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<blockquote data-quote="Stickney94" data-source="post: 1774542" data-attributes="member: 37941"><p>Wagyu myths</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Wagyu cattle are fed beer and massaged</strong>. <em>The fact is feeding Wagyu cattle is different from feeding other cattle breeds but, in America, it doesn't involve beer or massage. The Wagyu breed is a working breed, such as oxen, and some of these cattle are still working fields in Japan. Some farmers in Japan have massaged their cows because farmland is in short supply in Japan, meaning the cattle can't roam as freely as they should. In America, we have larger pasture land to give the cattle plenty of room to roam and relax freely. Some farmers in Japan may massage their cows' muscles during wintertime, when they are prone to their muscles cramping/seizing from the cold. The farmers used to pound on the cows so that when they went back out into the field, their joints weren't tight. This is where the massage myth came from.</em></p><p></p><p> <em>The feeding of beer has been used by Japanese farmers to increase their appetite, mostly during the winter months to bring their appetite up. This is not standard practice and is not a feeding requirement.</em></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goldringwagyu.com/myths-the-truth#:~:text=This%20is%20where%20the%20massage,is%20not%20a%20feeding%20requirement.&text=Wagyu%20is%20too%20fatty[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The vast majority of wagyu and wagyu influenced cattle in the US are fed in a feedlot (with what are probably fairly standard foodstuffs). See Imperial Wagyu, Heartland, Snake River, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stickney94, post: 1774542, member: 37941"] Wagyu myths "[B]Wagyu cattle are fed beer and massaged[/B]. [I]The fact is feeding Wagyu cattle is different from feeding other cattle breeds but, in America, it doesn't involve beer or massage. The Wagyu breed is a working breed, such as oxen, and some of these cattle are still working fields in Japan. Some farmers in Japan have massaged their cows because farmland is in short supply in Japan, meaning the cattle can't roam as freely as they should. In America, we have larger pasture land to give the cattle plenty of room to roam and relax freely. Some farmers in Japan may massage their cows' muscles during wintertime, when they are prone to their muscles cramping/seizing from the cold. The farmers used to pound on the cows so that when they went back out into the field, their joints weren't tight. This is where the massage myth came from.[/I] [B][I] [/I][/B][I]The feeding of beer has been used by Japanese farmers to increase their appetite, mostly during the winter months to bring their appetite up. This is not standard practice and is not a feeding requirement.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goldringwagyu.com/myths-the-truth#:~:text=This%20is%20where%20the%20massage,is%20not%20a%20feeding%20requirement.&text=Wagyu%20is%20too%20fatty[/URL] The vast majority of wagyu and wagyu influenced cattle in the US are fed in a feedlot (with what are probably fairly standard foodstuffs). See Imperial Wagyu, Heartland, Snake River, etc. [/QUOTE]
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