livestock production

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• Livestock — For other uses, see Livestock (disambiguation). Domestic sheep and a cow (heifer) pastured together in South Africa Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber… …   Wikipedia

• Livestock's Long Shadow — Infobox Book name = Livestock s Long Shadow Environmental Issues and Option title orig = translator = image caption = author = Henning Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber, Tom Wassenaar, Vincent Castel, Mauricio Rosales, Cees de Haan. illustrator = cover… …   Wikipedia

• livestock — 1. any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land or the carrying on of any agricultural activity: Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. 2. cattle, horses, asses, mules, hinnies,… …   Law dictionary

• livestock farming — Introduction       raising of animals for use or for pleasure. In this article, the discussion of livestock includes both beef and dairy cattle, pigs (pig), sheep, goats (goat), horses (horse), mules (mule), asses, buffalo, and camels (camel …   Universalium

• Livestock carrier — A livestock carrier, as the name suggests, is a large ship used in the long distance transport of sheep, cattle and goats. They are specially built new or converted from container ships.Livestock carriersSeagoing vessels modified or purpose built …   Wikipedia

• Livestock Inventories and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries, Table — ▪ 1999 Table V. Livestock Inventories and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries In 000,000 head and 000,000 metric tons (carcass weight) Region and country 19971 19982   1997 19981   Cattle and buffalo3   Beef and veal World total4 1,502   …   Universalium

• livestock — /luyv stok /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch. [1650 60; LIVE2 + STOCK] * * * Farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category… …   Universalium

• production — noun 1 making/growing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ full, full scale ▪ The machine will go into full production in November 2002. ▪ large scale, mass, volume ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Livestock Inventories and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries, Table 1 — ▪ Table Table V. Livestock Inventories and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries                          In 000,000 head and 000,000 metric tons (carcass weight) Region and country         19951   19962       1995      19961       Cattle… …   Universalium

• Livestock Inventories and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries, Table 2 — ▪ Table In 000,000 head and 000,000 metric tons (carcass weight) Region and country 1993{1} 1994{2} 1993{1} 1994{2} Cattle and buffalo Beef and veal World total 1,034.3 1,039.0 44.18 44.75 Canada 12.0 12.5 0.88 0.95 United States 101.7 103.4 10 …   Universalium

• Livestock Numbers and Meat Production in Major Producing Countries, Table — ▪ Table In 000,000 head and 000,000 metric tons (carcass weight) Region and country 1992{1} 1993{2} 1992{1} 1993{2} Cattle and buffalo Beef and veal World total 1,034.4 1,033.4 45.93 45.80 Canada 11.7 11.9 0.91 0.93 United States 100.9 102.1… …   Universalium