5.1.2 Livestock Farming

• The primary products of livestock farming include food, fiber, and industrial products
• Match the livestock with their primary products:

  Cattle ↔️ Meat, dairy, leather

  Sheep ↔️ Meat, wool, milk

  Pigs ↔️ Meat

  Poultry ↔️ Meat, eggs
• Sheep farming produces meat, wool, and milk.


  True
• What are examples of intensive farming practices?

  Feedlots, battery cages
• Mixed farming combines intensive and extensive methods.


  True
• What is a key environmental impact of extensive farming?

  Overgrazing and soil degradation
• Mixed farming aims to minimize environmental harm while balancing productivity.


  True
• Livestock farming refers to the raising of domesticated animals for the purpose of producing food, fiber, or other products
• The three main production systems used in livestock farming are intensive, extensive, and mixed
• What is the primary goal of intensive livestock farming systems?

  Maximizing food production
• Intensive livestock farming contributes to high greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and habitat destruction
• What is the main challenge that sustainability strategies in livestock farming aim to address?

  Balancing productivity and sustainability
• Feed optimization in livestock farming aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve nutrient efficiency.


  True
• What does livestock farming involve?

  Raising domesticated animals
• Cattle are farmed for meat, dairy, and leather.


  True
• Livestock farming provides food, fiber, and other industrial products
• Order the production systems in livestock farming from highest to lowest productivity:

  1️⃣ Intensive

  2️⃣ Mixed

  3️⃣ Extensive
• Extensive farming involves animals grazing freely on large open spaces
• Match the production system with its environmental impact:

  Intensive ↔️ High greenhouse gas emissions

  Extensive ↔️ Overgrazing and soil degradation

  Mixed ↔️ Reduced emissions and sustainable land use
• Intensive livestock farming has a higher environmental impact due to its concentrated nature of production
• What are the primary purposes of livestock farming?

  Food, fiber, industrial products
• Livestock farming is solely focused on producing food for human consumption.

  False
• Match the production system with its description:

  Intensive ↔️ High-density animal housing

  Extensive ↔️ Animals graze freely on open spaces

  Mixed ↔️ Combines intensive and extensive elements
• Intensive livestock farming has a lower environmental impact compared to extensive systems.

  False
• Match the production system with its environmental impact:

  Intensive ↔️ High greenhouse gas emissions

  Extensive ↔️ Potential for overgrazing

  Mixed ↔️ Balanced approach to environmental harm
• Precision farming uses technologies like GPS and sensors to optimize resource use, animal welfare, and environmental impact
• Order the sustainability strategies in livestock farming from most environmentally impactful to least impactful:

  1️⃣ Extensive/Mixed Systems

  2️⃣ Precision Farming

  3️⃣ Manure Management

  4️⃣ Feed Optimization

  5️⃣ Breed Selection