beef production

collocation in English

meaningsofbeefandproduction

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beef
noun
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/
the flesh of cattle (= cows), eaten ...
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production
noun
uk
/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/us
/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process of making or growing goods to ...
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(Definition ofbeefandproductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pasture-basedbeefproductionsystems may influence muscle characteristics and gene expression.
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By 1993,beefproductionhad reached 19,500 tonnes and the country was already meeting nearly 40 per cent of its total beef requirements.
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Beefproductionincreased from 4,700 tonnes to 6,923 tonnes, while the cattle population increased by 140 per cent within the same period.
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Temperate grasslands support a major share of the world's milk andbeefproductionbut now there is increasing emphasis on sustainability in livestock farming systems rather than maximizing outputs.
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Our grassland system of quality and environmentally sustainablebeefproductionis being undercut by third country imports.
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We spend almost half our budget on our agricultural policy, and almost a fifth of that goes on supportingbeefproduction.
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Of these(a)1,760 had buildings related tobeefproductionincluded and;(b)156 had buildings related to potato production included.
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If these dairy farmers turn over tobeefproduction, will they then qualify for the livestock rearing scheme?
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Beefproductionis of very high quality, due to very intensive feeding methods.
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We have today a great spread of the system ofbeefproductionthat is known as the production of barley beef.
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I believe it would be far better if they were to go in for large-scalebeefproduction.
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Our farmers were encouraged to spend vast sums on dairy farming andbeefproduction.
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This has resulted in a welcome increase in calves retained forbeefproduction.
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When turning from milk tobeefproductiona farmer cannot get a return on his capital investment for two years, or perhaps longer.
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They would do much better to return tobeefproductionas they used to do.
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The cost of and returns frombeefproductionvary widely according to the system of production adopted and the quality produced.
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We have a shortage of milk and excess ofbeefproductionin this country.
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Beefproductionis unlikely then to exceed 950,000 tons, assuming that the beef herd is expanding again, and live animal imports will be less.
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The increase in calf subsidy will encourage the raising of calves forbeefproduction.
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Since we have been in office there has been a considerable expansion ofbeefproductionin this country, which is what we want.
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