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    • Beef Production System
      • Adds body weight to recently weaned calves
      • Cattle are fed until they reach market weight
      • Produces feeder calves for further feeding
    • A cow will calve either a female or male calf
    • Cow-calf Operation
      • To produce stockers, feeders and replacement stocks
      • Uses grade of Philippine cows and pure bred or high-grade bulls
      • Extensive use of native pastures and minimum outlay for supplemental feed/concentrates
      • May be integrated with orchard or coconut plantation
      • Involves selling calves that are weaned, usually seven to eight months of age
    • Cow-calf Operation
      • Jadeco Farms (Masbate Cattle Ranch)
    • Breeder Farm Operation
      • To produce large number of quality breeder stocks
      • Requires large amount of capital for buying purebred animals and equipment
      • Skills and sound judgment is necessary for the success of the operation
    • Breeder Farm Operation
      • Juliana's Cattle Farm (JCF), Brgy. Anus, San Jose, Batangas
      • Rancho Consuelo Farm, Brgy. Canlubang, Laguna
    • Growing Fattening Operation
      • To provide the market with fattened cattle for meat consumption
      • Requires very little land area (uses cut and carry system/zero grazing)
      • Turn over of capital is faster
      • Uses high-energy feeds to give the cattle a better "finish"
    • Classification of Beef Production Systems
      • Extensive System
      • Intensive System
      • Integration into Crop
      • Backyard Cattle Raising
    • Backyard/Small holder
      • Constitutes 93-94% of the total cattle population in the country
      • Force feeding (supa or supak) of feed mixture is a common practice among backyard cattle raisers
    • Force Feeding (Supa/Supak Method)

      1. Proper animal position and application
      2. Ingredients: 15-25 kgs fresh "ipil-ipil", 15-19 liters of water, 1 kg rice bran, 100 grams salt or molasses
      3. Materials: Basin, Bamboo (30 cm long & 6 cm wide)
    • Extensive System
      • Popularly known as ranching
      • Animals in this system are maintained in a vast tract open lands
    • Extensive System
      • Siquijor Native Cattle (DA-Ubay Stock Farm)
    • Intensive System
      • Animals are confined and are fed on a cut and carry basis
    • Integration into Crop
      • Animals are maintained by feeding them by-products of agricultural crops or industrial wastes
      • A cow-calf project may also be done in combination with crop or plantation agriculture
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