Essential Standard 5.

00
Understand the impact of animal agriculture.

Objective 5.01
Explain the economical impact of animal agriculture.
 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!

NC Farm Bureau talks North Carolina
Agriculture
 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.
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.
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.
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
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
 Provides use of land and other resources

 Conserves Soil

 Helps provide jobs and increase tax base

 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.
 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

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)

 Swine farms are getting fewer and larger
 Health concerns have caused an increase in
the consumption of poultry.
 Most poultry farms are contract growers

 Most swine farmers also grow on contract.

Charts and statistics provided by:

 NCDA
◦ http://www.ncagr.com/stats/index.htm

 USDA
◦ http://www.usda.gov/nass/
 Livestock 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)

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Animal Rights versus Animal Welfare
 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.
 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.
 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.
Largest Animal Rights Organization is the
Humane Society of the United States
 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 1966- 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
McDonalds Talks Animal Welfare
 Animal Rights

 Animal Welfare

 Animal Welfare Act

 Health Research Extension Act

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