Question

Based on the information provided in the data table below which food is least efficient at converting feet into the final product

food product. food import per kilogram

per Kg produced

milk 0.9

chicken. 2.3

eggs. 2.7

pork. 5.4

beef. 13

Conversion efficiency = 1

---- x 100

input per kg

a) beef

b) chicken

c) eggs

d) milk

it should say converting "feed" not feet sorry for typo

Answer 1

The answer is a) Beef

Feed conversion efficiency or ratio is a fairly simple calculation to perform. The total weight of feed is divided by the net production (final weight minus starting weight) to obtain the feed conversion. For example, a farmer stocks 3,000 fingerlings in a pond which weigh a total of 300 pounds.

Beef is the least efficient product when compared with chicken or pork, possible because cows are ruminants. The ruminant digestive system is very different from chickens and pigs, and cows also eat grass which is difficult to digest.

Feed efficiency is usually measured as the gain in body weight of an animal per unit of food that is eaten by the animal.

the measurement will vary in the case of eggs and milk in which the animal is not sacrificed, and rather some measure of the amount of milk or the size and the number of eggs is used and compared with the amount of food given out to the animal.