Give an overview of the beef industry in the United States. What will be an ideal ...

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Currently, there are more than 97 million head of beef on about 800,000 farms and ranches in the United States. Cattle accounts for the largest segment of all the agricultural industry in the United States. Most cattle are raised on family-owned farms and ranches. About 80 percent of all cattle businesses have been in the same families for the past 25 years. Annually, the United States produces nearly 25 percent of the world's beef supply with less than 10 percent of the world's cattle. The beef industry contributes more than 66 billion to the U.S. economy each year.

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Veal is among the beef choices of the American consumer. It is meat from a calf that weighs about 150 pounds. Baby beef, beef from young cattle weighing about 700 pounds, has been raised mainly on milk and grass. Grain fed is a third American option for beef. It is the kind sold most often in the grocery store. There is growing demand for the fourth option: grass-fed beef. A fifth option for beef in the United States is natural beef. This beef is from animals never given growth promotants, antibiotics, or animal by-products. A sixth and final beef option is certified organic beef. As its name suggests, it comes from animals fed certified organic feed.

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