Food Trends Review

Roni Tarver

How much of their disposable income do Americans spend on food?

• Less than 11%

What is butterfat?

• The natural fat of milk and a major component of butter

What is marbling?

• The intramuscular fat that gives meat its flavor and tenderness

What is the process of dressing cattle?

• Removing the head, hide, hooves, and viscera from the carcass of an animal

How are pigs processed?

• They leave the skin on pigs. They also have the highest dressing percentage (72%) of all animals

What is a good practice for disease prevention in a dairy?

• The entire milking parlor must be thoroughly washed between milking cycles to help prevent disease

What is farrowing?

• The process of giving birth to a litter of pigs

How much sheep/wool production is Texas responsible for?

• 17 % of the total US products

What distinguishes a lamb under one year of age from an older lamb?

• Lambs under a year have a milder flavor of meat, and a break joint as compared to a ossified spool joint in lambs over a year of age.

How often is turkey consumed?

• Turkey is now consumed year-round. It is no longer considered a seasonal product.

What is aquaculture?

• The production of fish and other seafood in artificial settings

What US state is the world’s second leading producer of pistachios?

• California, after only being in the market for 25 years

What is the most widely grown crop in our nation?

• Corn. It is also the leading feed grain for livestock in the US.

How much of the total world grain exports does our nation account for?

• 44 percent

What are forbs?

• Unusual food items with woody stems

Define Lactation

• The act of giving milk

Define Yearling

• 14-month-old animal

What is an example of a ruminant animal?

• Cattle• Sheep

What is an example of a monogastric animal?

• Swine