Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Hype about Anti Biotic Free Beef
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Dega Moo" data-source="post: 1049992" data-attributes="member: 19930"><p>I found a reference that claims 3% of US beef produced and slaughtered is grass fed. I'm skeptical it's more than a fraction of a percent and most of that would be sold as freezer beef directly off the farm or some larger producer selling to Whole Foods. There are probably quite a few folks who don't use antibiotics in their feeding regimens for locally raised beef. These folks may sell freezer beef or find a market to sell their 'natural' beef. In the larger scheme of things, I think freezer beef sales are again a fractional percentage of all beef sales. I've shopped at Whole Foods St. Louis and they don't always have grass fed beef available. They sell some bison. Cost of both is significantly higher than their regular beef prices and only rarely did I see someone purchase the grass fed or the bison. </p><p></p><p>So if there's any slamming of us typical producers it's not on a very big scale and above all else it's not very successful. If there's a media campaign I bet they're frustrated. In 1980 we had 48 million cows and in 2009 we had 41 million yet our beef production in pounds grew from 21,500 million pounds to 25,900 million pounds. That growth did not rest on the shoulders of grass fed or natural beef. Could not of happened. </p><p></p><p>If anything, these niche markets help us all out. Certainly the price paid for regular retail beef looks like a bargain next to grass fed and natural beef prices. Someone who doesn't want beef that was fed hormones and antibiotics might of bought chicken otherwise or gone with fish instead. Choice for the consumer is almost always a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dega Moo, post: 1049992, member: 19930"] I found a reference that claims 3% of US beef produced and slaughtered is grass fed. I'm skeptical it's more than a fraction of a percent and most of that would be sold as freezer beef directly off the farm or some larger producer selling to Whole Foods. There are probably quite a few folks who don't use antibiotics in their feeding regimens for locally raised beef. These folks may sell freezer beef or find a market to sell their 'natural' beef. In the larger scheme of things, I think freezer beef sales are again a fractional percentage of all beef sales. I've shopped at Whole Foods St. Louis and they don't always have grass fed beef available. They sell some bison. Cost of both is significantly higher than their regular beef prices and only rarely did I see someone purchase the grass fed or the bison. So if there's any slamming of us typical producers it's not on a very big scale and above all else it's not very successful. If there's a media campaign I bet they're frustrated. In 1980 we had 48 million cows and in 2009 we had 41 million yet our beef production in pounds grew from 21,500 million pounds to 25,900 million pounds. That growth did not rest on the shoulders of grass fed or natural beef. Could not of happened. If anything, these niche markets help us all out. Certainly the price paid for regular retail beef looks like a bargain next to grass fed and natural beef prices. Someone who doesn't want beef that was fed hormones and antibiotics might of bought chicken otherwise or gone with fish instead. Choice for the consumer is almost always a good thing. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Hype about Anti Biotic Free Beef
Top