2. Beef its what's for dinner
But it starts here

3. Genetics determine finished
product

4. If you were running the farm
what would you look for in a
sire?

5. Beef
 Birth Weight
 Weaning weight
 Yearling weight
 Feed efficiency
 Carcass traits: marbling, ribeye size,
length of loin (we don’t eat the legs)

6. Milk
 Milk production
 Teat placement
 Udder structure
 % Milk Fat

7. Turkeys
 What do we look for in the US for
turkeys?

8. Chickens
 What do we look for?

9. Chickens
 What do we look for?
 Depends on what type of chicken you are
talking about.
Broiler: White
Plymouth
Leghorn Rock crossed
with a white
Cornish

10. Think we only do this with
animals?