1. Importance of Livestock Products and By Products
Essential Standard 5.00
Understand the impact of animal agriculture.
Objective 5.01
Explain the economical impact of animal agriculture.

2. Livestock Products
Work in groups of three and write down as many animals products and by-products as you can.
You have 5 minutes to complete this task!

3. North Carolina Agriculture
NC Farm Bureau talks North Carolina Agriculture

4. Livestock Products
Ruminants and other animals eat feed materials that humans will not eat and convert these materials into food that humans will eat.
Examples:
Meat, Eggs, Milk, etc.

5. Livestock Products
1. Food - meat, milk, cheese, eggs 2. Clothing- wool, leather from hides 3. Shelter- tents from hides 4. Power - work in less developed countries5. 5. Recreation - horse back riding, rodeos 6. Fuel- burn dry animal manure Manures can be used as raw materials in methane gas biodigesters; Can also be used as fuel in less developed countries.

6. By-Products
1. Wool – Coat of the Animal 2. Leather - Animal Hides 3. Candy and chewing gum - animal fat 4. Gelatin - from horns, hooves, bones, and hides 5. Glue, cosmetics, waxes, soap, lubricants, brushes, etc.

7. By-Products, continued
6. Animal Feeds – Scrap meat and bones and blood meal 7. Insulin – Used to treat diabetes; was developed from livestock pancreas at one time in history Today, this is produced more in biotechnology. 8. Heparin – Livestock Lungs; used for blood clotting

8. By-Products , continued
9. Many other medicines used to treat thyroid issues, allergies, and respiratory diseases. 10. Lanolin – oil produced by skin in sheep 11. Fertilizer, Printer ink, lubricants - All from inedible beef fats and proteins

9. Wool

11. Economic Impact Provides use of land and other resources
Conserves Soil
Helps provide jobs and increase tax base

12. Economic Importance
Income from livestock, poultry, and their products is about twice that from all crops in North Carolina.
North Carolina is near the top nationally in production of hogs, turkeys, and poultry.

13. Economic Importance

14. Animal Agriculture By the Numbers
Income from broilers is about $2.6 billion per year
Income from hogs is about $2.5 billion per year
Income from turkeys is about $775,000 dollars
Income from cattle is about $275, 000 per year

18. Johnston County Production Facts
Broilers Produced – 11,300,000 (20th) Cattle (all) – 11,100 (25th) Beef Cows – 5900 (19) Hogs and Pigs – 175,000 (13th) Layers – 72,000 (27th) Turkeys – 305,000 (14)

19. Trends in Animal Agriculture
Swine farms are getting fewer and larger

20. Trends in Animal Agriculture
Health concerns have caused an increase in the consumption of poultry.

21. Trends in Animal Agriculture
Most poultry farms are contract growers
Most swine farmers also grow on contract.

22. Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Cash Receipts from Farm Marketing, 2001

23. Resources For More Information
Charts and statistics provided by:
NCDA
USDA

24. Questions?

25. Vocabulary Note Cards Livestock Products Livestock By-Products
Food, Clothing, Shelter, Power, Recreation, Manure
Livestock By-Products
Clothing – wool and leather
Food – candy, chewing gum, gelatin
Household – glue, cosmetics, waxes, soap
Animal Feeds – bone/blood meal
Medical – Insulin, heparin
Economic Importance (2 statements)
12 Total

26. Issues in the Animal Agriculture Industry
Animal Rights versus Animal Welfare

27. Historically
The issue of Animal Rights and moral issues related to animals such as livestock and poultry date back thousands of years to the ancient Greeks.

28. Belief: Humane treatment of animals
Animal Welfare
Belief: Humane treatment of animals
Key Points:
Most animal producers and researchers believe in animal welfare, support animal nutrition, and oppose cruel treatment of animals.
Scientific information should be the basis of decisions, laws, and regulations related to animal welfare.
It is difficult to assess animal comfort and well-being because they do not talk and because there are no universally accepted measures to use.

29. Belief: Animals should not be used by humans.
Animal Rights
Belief: Animals should not be used by humans.
Key Points in Comparison to Animal Welfare
Involves good treatment, whereas animal rights means animals not used by animals
Animal welfare groups are usually less radical in their activities than animal rights groups
Rights movements supporters are usually vegetarians.
Animal producers and researchers are usually supporters of animal welfare, but NOT animal rights.

30. Animal Rights Fact
Largest Animal Rights Organization is the Humane Society of the United States

31. Other Groups

32. Laws Protecting Animals
Animal Welfare Act
Set standard for minimum care and treatment of animals used for commercial sale, research, transported commercially or exhibited to the public.
Originally passed in Revised numerous times
Most recent revision was in 2008
Health Research Extension Act
Passed in 1985
Sets standards for care of animals used for biomedical and behavioral research

33. McDonalds and Animal Welfare
McDonalds Talks Animal Welfare

34. Questions?

35. Vocabulary Note Cards Animal Rights Animal Welfare Animal Welfare Act
Health Research Extension Act
4 Cards total