My son sold his steer to a neighbor that is planning on processing him. He has been fed soybean oil to help him finish out. It smells just like peanut butter. Rather than sending him to the processor from the county show, he decided to bring him home for a couple of weeks to decrease the chance of a dark cutter and let the soybean oil leave his system. We bought a pig at last years county show and couldn't eat it....really sour taste. The processor felt it was the pecktlin(sp) they feed show pigs.
Do you think 2 or 3 weeks is long enough to get rid of the soybean supplement the steer was fed? Should we decrease the protein amount in his feed? Any suggests are appreciated. The other neighbors are wanting to buy finished beef from him as well. He needs happy customers so that his retired show cows can help pay his way through college.
Do you think 2 or 3 weeks is long enough to get rid of the soybean supplement the steer was fed? Should we decrease the protein amount in his feed? Any suggests are appreciated. The other neighbors are wanting to buy finished beef from him as well. He needs happy customers so that his retired show cows can help pay his way through college.