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beef cattle
(redirected from Beef cattle production)

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Noun1.beef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meatbeef cattle - cattle that are reared for their meat
Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
longhorn, Texas longhorn - long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Santa Gertrudis - Brahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions
Aberdeen Angus, black Angus, Angus - black hornless breed from Scotland
Charolais - large white or cream-colored breed from France
shorthorn, Durham - English breed of short-horned cattle
Galloway - breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland
Hereford, whiteface - hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States
beefalo, cattalo - hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds
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beef cattle nplbovini mpl da macello


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Beef cattle production has three basic phases, with million-dollar cattle farms specializing in the last phase.
In 1993, nearly 15 percent of beef cattle production in the state, or 224,000 head, were from Benton and Washington counties.
 
 
 
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