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Why do Australian farmers need large land areas to raise livestock?
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What kind of livestock is Pennsylvania known for?
Although farmers raise beef and milking cows, the primary large livestock is sheep because of the rocky terrain on rolling mountains. Farmers raise pigs/hogs and chickens.
How can corporations hurt the small farmers and ranchers?
Large corporations have the funds to buy and maintain large livestock ranches and large farmlands. Because of their size, the corporations benefit from economy of scale. That means they can sell their products at a lower price than small farmers and small ranches. This is a huge handicap in competing with a large company.
What is the Australian name for a ranch?
A sheep station or a farm Generally a ranch is referred to as a Station which run livestock, a farm is smaller in size and can be producing grain, milk and all categories of livestock.
What is the most severe challenge currently facing general livestock farmers?
the severe lull in agricultural-commodity prices, due in large part to the massive production levels generated by large-scale factory farming
What is large livestock?
Large livestock are those animals that often weigh over 900 lbs. These animals include horses and cattle.
Why do you think so many Australian cities are concentrated on the coast?
Because a lot of the interior is desert and waste land. There are many large farms but they are so big because the vegetation is sparse for feeding livestock.
Why doesn't the Australian desert have any sand?
There are large areas on sand in some of Australia's deserts. There is actually a desert in that country called the Great Sandy Desert.
What are the prospects and problems of livestock production in Nigeria?
The prospects of livestock in Nigeria are great because the large amount of live stock in Nigeria ,but because the people are so poorly educated the heath care of the livestock is plummeting.
Would it be difficult to find gray wolves in the eastern US?
They are more common in the west and will only be found in the North of North America as they are prone to colder climates and wooded areas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the time European colonists arrived in America grey wolves were present almost everywhere across North America. However as the U.S. expanded westward farmers and ranchers exterminated grey wolves (and many other large predators, including the bald eagle the "symbol of the United States") in most places as they saw grey wolves as pests that harassed and killed livestock. Grey wolves survived in colder northern areas primarily because the farmers and ranchers found land in these areas to be unusable.
What is size XL Australian to US size?
An Australian XL is a US size large. An Australian XXL is also a US size large. Australian clothing sizes are larger than US sizes.
Who is a large scale Farmers?
Plantation
Who work on large farms?
FARMERS
