I need help with these questions for ECO 190

QUESTION 3

1. For the conventional Maine dairy farm the total farm acres which is acres is divided by the farm’s total 120.91 animal equivalent units (or AEU where 1 AEU = 1,000 lb of animal regardless of species) to get acres/AEU. Thus one divided by this acres/AEU means that the conventional Maine dairy farm has AEU/acre or lb/acre of animals, which is less than the organic Maine dairy farm. In other words, there is LESS animal mass per unit land area for the conventional dairy farm compared to the organic dairy farm. Please enter numerical values as they literally appear in the Excel file for the first 3 answers. For the 4th answer, please type in a whole number not using a decimal.
   

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QUESTION 4

1. In Maine, the organic dairy farm has more AEU/acre compared to the conventional dairy farm due to which of the following reason(s)? You may select one or more answers.

   	a.	Milk production.
   	b.	High expense of organic grain used to feed animals.
   	c.	Holons.
   	d.	Lack of diversity of livestock species.
   	e.	Diversity of livestock species on the farm.

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QUESTION 5

1. Food output per unit land area for the Maine organic dairy farm is equal to 609,387 total pounds produced per year (from milk, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, stewing hens and turkeys) divided by 315 acres to get a total food output of [x] lb/acre. This is LESS total food production per unit land area than the conventional dairy farm. Please enter the numerical value from the Excel file without a comma.
   

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QUESTION 6

1. Food output per unit land area for the Maine conventional dairy farm is equal to 913,157 total pounds produced per year (from just milk and beef) divided by 315 acres to get a total food output of [x] lb/acre. This is MORE total food production per unit land area than the organic dairy farm. Please enter the numerical value from the Excel file without a comma.
   

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QUESTION 7

1. The food that best explains the higher food productivity per unit land area of the conventional dairy farm compared to the organic dairy farms is MILK production. The conventional dairy farm’s average milk cow produces 19,961 lb of milk per year (slightly lower than the U.S. herd average), which is greater than the herd average for the organic dairy farm whose average milk cow only produces 14,000 lb of milk per year.

   Yes No

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QUESTION 8

1. Which of the following factor(s) better explains why the Maine organic dairy farm has the level of milk production it has compared to the Maine conventional dairy farm? You may select one or more answers.

   	a.	Animal ethics (e.g. not pushing milk cows so hard).
   	b.	High expense of organic grain used to feed animals.
   	c.	Holons.
   	d.	Lack of diversity of livestock species.
   	e.	Breed of milk cow species on the farm (e.g. Jersey vs Holstein).

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QUESTION 9

1. If the Maine organic dairy farm was not subject to the factor(s) specified as correct answer(s) in Question 8, it is theoretically possible for the organic farm to have milk production that is less thanequal togreater than the Maine conventional dairy farm. However many dairy farms do not want to be “industrial organic” and even those organic farms that are more industrially organic, the factor(s) specified may be extremely challenging to overcome especially given that concentrated grain feed makes up ~40% of variable costs of production for organic dairy farms. Concentrated grain feed (e.g. corn grain, soybeans) does not include ensiled forages fed such as grass and corn silages nor does it include any dry hay fed.

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QUESTION 10

1. For both organic and conventional dairy farms in Maine, please order in DECREASING frequency the following practices. For example after re-ordering, the first practice would be extremely common, the second the next most common, the third less common than the second, and the fourth the least common in Maine.

   –a.b.c.d.Dairy farmer purchases concentrated feed such as corn meal and soy meal.
   –a.b.c.d.Dairy farmer grows own forages such as corn silage and/or hay and grass silage.
   –a.b.c.d.Dairy farmer uses rBST (recombinant bovine somatotropin) injections.
   –a.b.c.d.Dairy farmer grows own concentrated feed crops (e.g. soybeans, barley, corn grain) and processes these crops to feed to animals.
   

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QUESTION 11

1. Please order the following stages of the industrial beef system in the proper order following beef cattle from rearing to slaughter.

   –a.b.c.d.JBS beef feedlot.–a.b.c.d.Cow-calf managed by cowboys on Federal rangeland.–a.b.c.d.Industrial beef slaughterhouse.–a.b.c.d.Stocker.
   

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QUESTION 12

1. In the Polyface Comparison to Beef Feedlot, the conventional beef farm has more types of livestock than Polyface Farm (run by Joel Salatin).

   True False

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QUESTION 13

1. For Polyface farm the total acres of grassland, woodlot and land required to grow feed crops which is acres is divided by the farm’s total 181.51 animal equivalent units (or AEU where 1 AEU = 1,000 lb of animal regardless of species) to get acres/AEU. Thus one divided by this acres/AEU means that the Polyface farm has AEU/acre or lb/acre of animals, which is more than the conventional beef feedlot buying range-fed calves. In other words, there is MORE animal mass per unit land area for Polyface farm compared to the conventional beef feedlot buying range-fed calves. Please enter numerical values as they literally appear in the Excel file for the first 3 answers. For the 4th answer, please type in a whole number not using a decimal.
   

5 points

QUESTION 14

1. For the conventional beef feedlot buying free-range calves, the total acres of the feedlot, the area required to grow corn grain and silage fed, as well as the range land required for cow-calf operations to produce feeder calves to send to the beef feedlot totals acres which is divided by the farm’s total 86.25 animal equivalent units (or AEU where 1 AEU = 1,000 lb of animal regardless of species) to get acres/AEU. Thus one divided by this acres/AEU means that the conventional beef feedlot buying free-range calves has AEU/acre or lb/acre of animals, which is less than Polyface farm. In other words, there is LESS animal mass per unit land area for the conventional beef system compared to Polyface. Please enter numerical values as they literally appear in the Excel file for the first 3 answers. For the 4th answer, please type in a whole number not using a decimal.

5 points

QUESTION 15

1. Polyface farm has more AEU/acre compared to the conventional beef feedlot system due to which of the following reason(s)? You may select one or more answers.

   	a.	Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National beef production.
   	b.	High expense of organic grain used to feed animals.
   	c.	Holons.
   	d.	Lack of diversity of livestock species.
   	e.	Diversity of livestock species on the farm.

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QUESTION 16

1. Food output per unit land area for Polyface farm is equal to 157,603 total pounds produced per year (from beef, pork, chicken, eggs, stewing hens, turkeys and rabbits) divided by 473 acres to get a total food output of [x] lb/acre. This is MORE total food production per unit land area than the conventional beef system. Please enter this numerical value as it literally appears in the Excel file.

5 points

QUESTION 17

1. Food output per unit land area for the conventional beef farm system is equal to 51,750 total pounds produced per year (just beef) divided by 268.59 acres to get a total food output of [x] lb/acre. This is LESS total food production per unit land area than Polyface farm. Please enter this numerical value as it literally appears in the Excel file.

5 points

QUESTION 18

1. Polyface farm has more total food production per acre compared to the conventional beef feedlot system due to which of the following reason(s)? You may select one or more answers.

   	a.	Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National beef production.
   	b.	High expense of organic grain used to feed animals.
   	c.	Holons.
   	d.	Lack of diversity of livestock species.
   	e.	Diversity of livestock species on the farm.