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Georgia has over 30,000 cattle producers with an average herd size of less than 50 head. Most Georgia farms are cow/calf operations with calves being sold at the local auction barns. The calves which usually weigh between 300 and 500 pounds often go to a forage based stockering program, where they gain another 300 to 400 pounds. Then the feeders which now weigh between 600 and 800 pounds will typically move into feedlots.

A 1,000-pound market steer yields approximately 525 pounds of beef. Of the carcass, 99 percent is either used as meat or recovered as by-products, both edible and inedible, from which are made a wide variety of goods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and clothing. Up to 75 percent of all beef consumed in the US comes from cattle fed in feedyards. Feedlots are increasingly becoming fewer and larger. The states of Texas, Nebraska and Kansas now finish 60 percent of the cattle fed in the United States. Most of Georgia's cattle end up in feedyards in these states.

Agriculture and related agribusiness employ 1 in 6 people in Georgia. The agriculture's direct impact to Georgia's gross product is $6 billion. If you add sales and service, processing and distribution, the total impact is $52 billion dollars.

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CHINA/NEW ZEALAND WORK ON TRADE DEAL
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THEM AGAINST US - PART 1
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ACTIVE FLY CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD CATTLE HERD HEALTH
Whether in the pasture or the barn, fly control is an essential part of keeping healthy dairy and beef cattle herds, said Purdue University entomologist Ralph Williams.
INDUSTRY COUNTS ON STOCKERS TO ENSURE CATTLE QUALITY
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GELDINGS ARE A HAPPIER WORKING PARTNER
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FREEZE BRANDING OFFERS PRODUCERS AN ALTERNATIVE
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PUREBRED VS. COMMERCIAL NUTRITIONAL NEEDS MAY DIFFER
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Georgia Cattle Links

Associations - Livestock

Georgia Cattlemen's Association
State cattleman's Association.
http://www.gabeef.org
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