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BEEF PRODUCTION IN
ISRAEL
Feed price
price
Feed
800
800
780
780
760
760
740
740
720
720
700
700
680
680
1996
1996
1997
1997
1998
1998
1999
1999
1.55
1.55
1999
1999
8.40
8.40
6.85
6.85
Live weight
weight price
price
Live
11
11
10
10
99
88
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
00
840
840
2.70
2.70
feed
feed
calves
calves
1998
1998
9.64
9.64
6.94
6.94
0.86
0.86
7.82
7.82
6.96
6.96
1997
1997
0.06
0.06
1996
1996
7.02
7.02
6.97
6.97
Sources
Overseas
New
Newborn
born
Initial Phase
45-50 Days
Milk
MilkCalf
Calf
60 -70 Kg
Growing hase
Young
YoungCalf
Calf
Crossbred
Crossbred
calf
calf
weaning
240 Kg
170
days
100 Day
170-200 Kg
Fattening Phase
Old
OldCalf
Calf
210 Days
450-490 Kg
Beef
BeefMarket
Market
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED BEEF
BEEF PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION BY
BY JEWISH
JEWISH SETTLEMENTS
SETTLEMENTS IN
IN 1999
1999
1999
1999
Number
Number of
of
heads
heads
Live
Live weight
weight
Distribution
Distribution %
%
Kg
Kg
Live
Live weight
weight
Cows
Cows
Dairy
Dairy cattle
cattle herd
herd
40
,450
24
,270
40,450
24,270
32.4
32.4
Heifers
Heifers
19
,100
19,100
55,730
,730
7.6
7.6
Fattening
Fattening bulls
bulls
55
,543
55,543
24
,000
24,000
29.6
29.6
Total
Total
11
,5093
11,5093
52
,217
52,217
69.6
69.6
Cows
Cows
Beef
Beef cattle
cattle herd
herd
44,000
,000
22,000
,000
2.7
2.7
Heifers
Heifers
10
,000
10,000
33,000
,000
4.0
4.0
Fattening
Fattening bulls
bulls
17
,000
17,000
88,500
,500
11.3
11.3
Total
Total
31
,000
31,000
13
,500
13,500
18.0
18.0
Imported
Imported
feeders
feeders
Total
Total
18
,530
18,530
99,265
,265
12.4
12.4
164
,623
164,623
74
,982
74,982
100
100
On a live
-weight basis, about 1/2 of total Israeli beef
live-weight
production is produced in special fattening facilities - bull
calves (45%) and heifer calves (5%).
As such, bull calves account for about 90% of total Israeli
feedlot production. With regard to feedlot production of bull
calves, about 95% of bull calves are fattened to be sold as
"mature bull calves" (marketed at an average liveweight of
465 kg and an age of 12 months), while the remaining 5% of
bull calves are fattened using a special feeding system and
sold as "baby beef" (marketed at an average liveweight of
220 kg and an age of 6 months).
%
% DM
DM Basis
Basis
25.0
25.0
13.0
13.0
6.8
6.8
5.0
5.0
8.5
8.5
20.0
20.0
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.5
1.0
1.0
20.0
20.0
100.0
100.0
Ingredient
Ingredient
CONTENT
CONTENT
Dry
Dry matter
matter %
%
83.5
83.5
Protein
Protein %
%
13.5
13.5
Metabolizable
Metabolizable
energy
/Kg DM
DM
energy Mcal
Mcal/Kg
Roughage
Roughage %
%
2.8
2.8
13.5
13.5
Calcium
Calcium %
%
0.85
0.85
Phosphors
Phosphors %
%
0.56
0.56
A typical grain
-fodder diet
grain-fodder
The
The feed
feed
Corn
Corn grains
grains
Barley
Barley grains
grains
Wheat
Wheat grains
grains
Fat
Fat
Wheat
Wheat Bran
Bran
Soy
Soy bean
bean meal
meal
Rape
Rape seed
seed meal
meal
Calcium+
Calcium+ salt
salt
Calcium
Calcium carbonate
carbonate
NPN
NPN permix
permix
Vitamins
Vitamins premix
premix
Total
Total concentrate
concentrate
Wheat
Wheat straw
straw
%
% DM
DM Basis
Basis
29.1
29.1
36.0
36.0
10.0
10.0
0.4
0.4
11.5
11.5
2.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
2.3
2.3
1.4
1.4
1.9
1.9
0.4
0.4
100.0
100.0
90.0
90.0
10.0
10.0