Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
[Re: Gary Benson]
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A friend of mine is nuts about buying meat that hasn't been treated with any antibiotics, yet most of us would likely be dead if we hadn't been prescribed antibiotics. I for darn sure would be dead without penicillin, vicilin and many other antibiotics.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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All this talk about what your beef is eating and not a lot about what happens after it’s lights go out . So much great meat is ruined , or at least the flavor suffers, by poor handling.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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I don't buy beef, the freezer is always stocked with venison. BUT, 3 years ago a farmer here had a blind steer (born in the spring) that the buyer would not load into the truck because the processor wouldn't take. This was late November, cool temps. This steer had only walked the pasture all summer grazing. We went out, I plinked with the .22, bled right there. Hoisted up with the skid steer and dressed. Loaded on a trailer and took to a friends Morton building where we skinned and cut in half. Wrapped in wet sheets for 7 days at 38° F. Butchered and split up among the farmer and people who helped. I gotta say, the steaks were excellent. All the burger was ground 80/20. I used that in zuchinni lasagna. No complaints. I'd rate the taste very good.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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Ya gotta admit, there's a reason people started feeding beef cattle grain to begin with! It's called cheap grain. Only where I live grain is way overpriced.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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The grass fed beef people around here are always advertising, no repeat customers. whats that tell ya? Every bodies taste is different and I don't doubt there are people who actually like the taste of grass fed beef, but we all chew the same and I doubt there are many people who enjoy their grass fed beef just cause they get to chew on it till there gums are sore. Well said
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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Some folks, maybe all of them, will feel corn silage to beef in a feedlot along with grain. I'd think silage would give beef a nasty sour taste but apparently it doesn't. Corn mash from ethanol plants all goes to feedlots as well. That likely affects the taste of the meat, whether good or bad.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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The biggest issue for many that grass feed their beef is they don't intensively manage their grazing for the best quality and if their sward density is moderate or lower the cattle don't gain well and they get older which is a bigger factor in toughness instead of grass versus grain. Those who manage pastures well with good pastures with dense swards can achieve 2.5-2.7 lbs. of grain per day on their stocker cattle. This can get the beef to market weight say 1,200-1350 in 18 months. Many that graze or pasture will have animals 22-26 months old before getting to those weights. Yes it is more difficult to put a fast growing beef animal to market in 1.5 years with all grass but not impossible whick is why most are fed a magority of their ration in grain. The two reasons for that based on typical grazing practices is grain will finish them better They will go to market quicker and with corn a subsidized crop as is milo and sorghum grain is by far cheaper to feed than high quality forage.
Bryce I didn't say grass fed cant be done right, I am saying 95% of the time it isn't done right. It takes the right knowledge, the right cattle, the right forage, the right time of year, seldom does this happen.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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I like how the Holstein steers actually grade higher than the beef breeds on grain. People think black Angus are so wonderful but they are not all that they're cracked up to be. I am not trying to argue with anybody. I like the dairy genetics. Holsteins tend to have a finer grain of meat if they're not too old. I am trying to agree with Bryce. Angus are ornery generally speaking.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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We used to breed a couple Holstein heifers to Black Angus bulls and raise the calves for the freezer. Made for some fine eating.
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Re: Grass fed beef vs grain fed
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I like how the Holstein steers actually grade higher than the beef breeds on grain. People think black Angus are so wonderful but they are not all that they're cracked up to be. I am not trying to argue with anybody. I like the dairy genetics. Holsteins tend to have a finer grain of meat if they're not too old. I am trying to agree with Bryce. Angus are ornery generally speaking. Would like to know where you got this info. You should share it with the cattle buyer's, they are currently paying about .35 apound more for beef breeds. Angus brood cows can be a handful.
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