Raising the Steaks

Worksheet with answers for the video, Raising the Steaks, produced by the American Angus. The video examines how cattle are raised on farms, fattened for sale to a feedlot, further fattened and managed by a feedlot, transported to an abattoir for processing, the meat cut and packaged and transported to restaurants and retailers and then sold to the public. Three primary, family-based enterprises are examined. The theme is the humane treatment of livestock at all parts of the supply line. This resource is part of a unit of work on Beef Cattle Production. NSW Stage 5 Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.