1.75
MILLON HEAD OF CATTLE IN ND
1,800
QUARTER POUNDERS ARE PRODUCED FROM A 1,000 LB COW
Beef cattle are raised to convert plants into meat for human consumption
CATTLE TERMS
BOVINE
- A ruminant mammal belonging to the genus Bos which includes cattle
BULL
- A male capable of reproduction
COW
- Mature female that has produced a calf
CALF
- Young male or female less than one year of age
STEER
- Male that has been castrated before maturity, especially raised for beef
HEIFER
- Young female over one year old that has not had a calf
TOP BREEDS IN ND
- Angus
Hereford
Simmental
FUN FACTS
- There are more than 70 recognized breeds of cattle in the US
- Disneyland sells over 4 million hamburgers each year
- The average cow has 40,000 jaw movements per day
- More than 100 medicines come from cattle
- Cows use their tail to swat flies
- There are about 1.75 million beef cattle in ND
- ND produces enough beef to make 113 million hamburgers annually