Quantifying beef production gaps of two farming systems in the Charolais basin, France

Agriculture & Biology

• Charolais 100%
• beef production 98%
• feed quality 95%
• basins 71%
• France 66%
• farming systems 64%
• production technology 36%
• livestock production 26%
• beef 26%
• climate 23%
• crop production 22%
• herds 20%
• genotype 17%
• culling (animals) 17%
• grazing 15%
• concentrates 15%
• diet 15%
• ecology 14%
• slaughter weight 12%
• feed conversion 12%
• livestock 11%
• calves 11%
• field crops 10%
• animals 10%
• beef cattle 9%
• hay 9%
• barley 7%
• farmers 6%
• heat flow 6%
• energy flow 6%
• farms 6%
• model validation 6%
• social factors 5%
• cattle 5%
• crop models 5%
• animal products 5%
• dynamic models 5%
• meat production 5%
• thermoregulation 5%
• growth models 5%
• animal production 5%
• feeding methods 5%
• energy requirements 5%
• drinking water 4%
• land use 4%
• quantitative analysis 4%
• plateaus 4%
• labor 4%
• water 3%
• meat 3%
• digestion 3%
• grasses 3%
• breeds 3%
• cows 3%
• winter 3%
• proteins 1%
• methodology 1%