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<blockquote data-quote="hayray" data-source="post: 325440" data-attributes="member: 3046"><p>It is not true. There is plenty of scientific research backed up by blind taste test that was done using a proper scietific design with a large enough sample size to refute this research , (MF-2464 Beef Marketing, Kansas State). In the research I have it shows that in these studies 80% of people prefer grain fed beef over the taste of grass fed and that more avid beef eaters are alot more likely to eat corn fed beef. The state of Wyoming tried to do a grass fed beef (Bastian et. al. 1997) marketing system for their producers but is was too hard to raise a consistent product. Also, it is far cheaper to buy corn and feed out cattle (H. Ritchie, 1997, Michigan State University) than to buy land and fence enough of it for a grass fed business. There is no way I could buy land in my area and even think I could pay for it by grazing cattle.</p><p></p><p>For grass finishing you can come out ahead by getting paid a premium for your cattle but you would already need existing access to the property, either family already owns it or you can convert hay ground to pasture and also lease some existing land cheap. I would guess that is why grass finisihing is a lot more popular out West, because of cheap property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayray, post: 325440, member: 3046"] It is not true. There is plenty of scientific research backed up by blind taste test that was done using a proper scietific design with a large enough sample size to refute this research , (MF-2464 Beef Marketing, Kansas State). In the research I have it shows that in these studies 80% of people prefer grain fed beef over the taste of grass fed and that more avid beef eaters are alot more likely to eat corn fed beef. The state of Wyoming tried to do a grass fed beef (Bastian et. al. 1997) marketing system for their producers but is was too hard to raise a consistent product. Also, it is far cheaper to buy corn and feed out cattle (H. Ritchie, 1997, Michigan State University) than to buy land and fence enough of it for a grass fed business. There is no way I could buy land in my area and even think I could pay for it by grazing cattle. For grass finishing you can come out ahead by getting paid a premium for your cattle but you would already need existing access to the property, either family already owns it or you can convert hay ground to pasture and also lease some existing land cheap. I would guess that is why grass finisihing is a lot more popular out West, because of cheap property. [/QUOTE]
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