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Across 1. Red with white face polled or non polled 6. General family grouping 8. Meat from cattle 9. Young animal 10. Beef Promotion and Research Act established in October 1986. Each time cattle are marketed, $1 per head is paid by the seller to the Beef Industry Council (BIC). Month is used in promotion, research, and education. Generates approximately $70 million per year. 11. breed used for mat and milk 13. Pounds of liveweight gained per day 14. The desirable presence of fat in the muscle 15. Male bovine used for breeding 16. Shape, form, and type of animal

Down 2. Fed cattle whose time in the feedlot is completed and are now ready for slaughter. 3. Placing semen into the female reproductive tract 4. Producers that feed beef out for slaughter 5. management unit that maintains a breeding herd and produces weaned calves 6. In most beef breed associations, the owner of the dam of a calf at the time she was mated or bred to produce that calf. 7. Amount of available retail cuts 8. Cattle of common origin and having characteristics that distinguish them from other groups within the same species. 12. Enterprise in which cattle are fed grain and other concentrates for usually 90-120 days. Feedlots range in size from less than 100-head capacity to many thousands. 13. Black beef animal most popular in the US