Cattle: A Description Bovine is a fancy word for any type of cattle. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cattle: A Description  Bovine is a fancy word for any type of cattle. Cows are females, calves are babies, and bulls are males.  All together, cows, calves, and bulls are called cattle. Cow and Calf Bull

Dairy Cattle vs. Beef Cattle  Dairy Cattle are raised to produce milk.  Beef Cattle are raised to produce meat and other by-products. Holstein Dairy Cows Black Angus Beef Cows

Origins of Cattle  Cattle have been one of the main sources of food for human civilization.  Evidence is found in cave paintings. http://www.cardiffsciscreen.co.uk/sites/default/files/imce_uploads/Lascaux-aurochs.jpg

Domestication of Cattle  Cattle were domesticated approximately 10,000 years ago by early humans.  Since humans could now raise their own cattle, more and more people had easy http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Egyptian_Domesticated_Animals.jpg/ 800px-Egyptian_Domesticated_Animals.jpg access to their products such as milk and meat (beef).

Cattle in the United States  In the early 1600s, immigrants brought cattle with them from Europe to provide dairy products and meat for their families.  It wasn’t until the 1800s that breeds of cattle were specifically developed for dairy Devon cows were some of the first purposes. breeds of cattle brought to the United States by early immigrants.

Dairy Cattle in Idaho The top counties where milk is produced in Idaho today are:  Cassia  Jerome  Gooding  Twin Falls  Lincoln  Canyon  Ada  Owyhee

Idaho Dairy Facts  Dairy is Idaho’s #1 agriculture business.  Idaho ranks in the top four milk producing states.  Idaho ranks as the third largest producer of natural cheese.  If Idahoans had to drink all the milk produced in the state every man, woman, and child would have to drink 40 glasses of milk every day of the year!

The Journey of Milk Video

Dairy Farms: The Original Recyclers Recycling happens on a dairy farm in a few ways.  Water is recycled.  Manure is used to fertilize corn fields. The corn will later be used to feed the cows.  Some dairies turn the manure into compost to be sold.

Milking the Cows  Cows are milked 2-3 times every day for 4 minutes by an automated milking machine.  One cow can give up to 8 gallons of milk each day.  The milk is over 100 ° when it comes out of the cow.

Milk’s Journey from the Cow  The 100 ° milk is instantly chilled to 40 ° to keep it fresh.  The milk is then transferred to a bulk tank.  From the bulk tank, milk is pumped into an insulated milk tanker truck to be delivered to a processing plant.  At the processing plant:  Milk is pasteurized to kill microorganisms.  Milk is put into jugs or bottles or made into yogurt or cheese.  Dairy products are shipped a short distance to consumers.

Nutrition Facts  Dairy foods provide a powerful package of eight essential nutrients – including calcium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, vitamins D, A, B12, and riboflavin.  Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth. It is also needed so muscles, like your heart, can contract.

“3-Every-Day”  This is the easiest way to remember that three daily servings of milk, cheese, or yogurt will help most children and adults meet calcium needs while supplying an abundance of other essential nutrients.  One milk group serving is equivalent to:  1 cup (8 ounces) of milk or yogurt  1 ½ ounces of natural cheese (mozzarella or cheddar)

Activity  Now you are going to summarize the production journey of dairy products by writing a paragraph describing the step by step journey milk takes from producer to consumer. Be sure to use proper grammar, mechanics, spelling, and transition words.