AGR 203: Rotten by https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g Livestock production en-us 2018-08-03 23:10:16 UTC 2018-08-05 22:25:49 UTC hello@padlet.com “Chickens are expected to gain 2 ounces a day. This is the growers entire job, maintaining ideal conditions for them to gain weight ” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271925405 The industry is so competitive and regulated that chickens are expected to be a certain weight and fat percentage before they head to the slaughterhouse. An article I read online says Quantitative traits are the result of metabolic pathways exhibiting some major regulation stages that are controlled genetically (Douaire, 71)]]> 2018-08-03 23:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271925405 “Growers are paid based on the weight of the birds, at your supermarket butcher the parts from a single chicken will run you more than 7 dollars, to raise that bird the grower was paid about 36 cents” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271925428 The gap is so large, since it’s so easy to raise chickens and the industry is controlled by a few large major corporations it’s easy for them to determine how much they want to sell the meat for. A second conclusion is that poultry price is predetermined for demand in annual U.S. data, while quantity is not (Thurman, 30-37). So not only is the price predetermined but quantity is not which could result in an over production of broiler chickens. ]]> 2018-08-03 23:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271925428 “By the 1980s the US government was spending over 2 billion dollars a year holding up the dairy industry” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271997027 A lot of money was being lost due to a contract the government had with dairy farmers where they would basically purchase all of their dairy products no matter what. This led to a lot of spoiled dairy products. An article I found online says that since then the dairy industry in the United States has changed dramatically in the last decade. Milk production per cow has increased steadily because of a combination of improved management, better nutrition, and intense genetic selection (Lucy, 1). So now that we’re able to produce more efficiently maybe we won’t need to produce as much. ]]> 2018-08-05 18:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271997027 “Since the 1950s the number of birds grown in the US has risen by 1400% and the number of growers has plummeted 98%” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271997048 Larger companies such as Tyson are taking over the production of chickens. They hire people to grow and maintain the chickens and then just buy them from the chicken growers. That along with more efficient production methods have the demand for chickens through the roof. The rate of technical advance (productivity improvement) in broiler production has been both rapid and persistent during the entire period since World War II (Knoeber, 271). ]]> 2018-08-05 18:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271997048 “Market watchers expect chicken to be the most eaten meat in the world by the end of 2020” rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271999159 Because of how quick you are able to raise chickens compared to beef and the health benefits, chicken is becoming more popular. An article I read online states that chicken consumption more than doubled between 1970 and 2004, from 27.4 pounds per person to 59.2 pounds. Chicken is gaining ground on beef, the current leading meat. Chicken consumption has climbed since the 1940s (Buzby, 2). Another great thing about chicken is you can make it taste like anything you put on it ]]> 2018-08-05 19:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/271999159 Works Cited rtahren https://padlet.com/rtahren/l066pi2zig0g/wish/272005159 EL KHADIR-MOUNIER. (1992, November 01). Identifying Genes Involved in the Variability of Genetic Fatness in the Growing Chicken | Poultry Science | Oxford Academic. Retrieved August 5, 2018, from https://academic.oup.com/ps/article-abstract/71/11/1911/1501285

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