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Dairying Practice Test: Dairy Facts
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Here are some facts about dairy: Nutritional benefits: Dairy products are an important part of a balanced diet. They provide nutrients like calcium, potassium, vitamin D, and protein. Dairy products can also be a good source of magnesium, selenium, riboflavin, vitamin B12, and pantothenic acid. Dairy products: Milk is a key source of vitamin A and vitamin D, and an excellent source of riboflavin. It also contains potassium, which many Americans lack. Dairy products that undergo fermentation, such as yogurt and some cheeses, are lower in lactose and contain healthful gut bacteria that may... Show more
Dairying Practice Test: Dairy Facts
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1. In cows, salmonellosis infections are most common in those that have calved within ___________
2. The decision of a milk hauler to accept or reject milk at the producing farm?
3. The 2009 dairy export value was over 2 billion dollars down approximately ________% over 2008.
4. The average Federal order price per hundredweight in 2009 for class 1 milk was _______dollars per hundredweight.
5. In 2009, the annual farm milk price was about $_________ per hundredweight, down $5.60 per hundredweight from 2008.
6. What household cleaning agent has been found to cut odor in livestock manure by USDA-ARS scientists?
7. What technology destroys 90 percent of BST found in milk?
8. What field vegetable can be a cheap replacement for soybean meal and corn grain?
9. According to USDA’s economic research service, total per capita of all fluid products was approximately _________ pounds.
10. How long should Calf hutches be left empty between calves to prevent disease spread?
11. What disease is caused by a worm that is taken up as larvae by cattle eating grass, penetrates the gut, and eventually matures to an adult form in the respiratory tract?
12. According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association, what is the preferred method of dehorning cows?
13. More than _____ % of American household purchase cheese; including cream cheese.
14. Monterey Jack cheese has a moisture content of 44% percent and a minimum of ___________% fat.
15. The cheese that has maximum moisture of 45% and a minimum of 45% fat and is a pasta filata cheese is?
16. When performing a CMT test, watch for color changes and gel formation. Milk from a normal quarter does which of the following?
17. The country which imported the largest amount of U.S. ice cream and related products was?
18. Under Federal milk marketing orders, Class III milk is used to make?
19. The off-flavor that is seldom found except in pasteurized milk that has been stored too long is?
20. The minimum fat content of cheddar cheese is?
21. Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) is the ______ program that aims to strengthen and stabilize milk prices by balancing supply and demand.
22. Low sodium cheddar cheese contains no more than ________milligrams of sodium per pound of the finished food.
23. Which of these is a good nutritional strategy to maintain milk production in hot weather?
24. New food plate guidelines recommended how many servings of dairy products per day?
25. Approximately ______% of the frozen dessert market was ice cream (Hard and soft and low-fat/non-fat).