beef-producing animals

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• Beef — For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). An uncooked rib roast …   Wikipedia

• beef — 1. noun /biːf/ a) The meat from a cow, bull or other bovines. I hate eating beef. b) Bovine animals. Do you want to raise beeves? 2. verb /biːf/ …   Wiktionary

• Argentine beef — Beef is a key component of traditional Argentine cuisine.Current situationArgentina has the world s highest consumption rate of beef, at 68 kg a year per capita. In 2006, livestock farmers kept between 50 and 55 million head of cattle, mostly in… …   Wikipedia

• Industrial agriculture (animals) — Industrial animal agriculture is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry (in battery farms ) and fish. Most of the meat, dairy and eggs available in supermarkets are… …   Wikipedia

• Cattle feeding — Different cattle feeding production systems have separate advantages and disadvantages. Most cows have a diet that is composed of at least some forage (grass, legumes, or silage). In fact most beef cattle are raised on pasture from birth in the… …   Wikipedia

• Factory farming — A commercial chicken house raising broiler pullets for meat …   Wikipedia

• Dairy — For other uses, see Dairy (disambiguation). A dairy farm near Oxford, New York in the United States. A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting of animal milk mostly from cows or goats, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses or …   Wikipedia

• Cow-calf operation — A cow licks her newborn calf clean A cow calf operation is a method of raising beef cattle in which a permanent herd of cows is kept by a farmer or rancher to produce calves for later sale. Cow calf operations are one of the key aspects of the… …   Wikipedia

• brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… …   Universalium

• Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… …   Universalium

• Hereford — Her e*ford, n. One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef producing quality is excellent. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English