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what does it take to grass finish beef, besides grass
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 743493" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>There are several levels of "grass fed beef". I'm not sure there's a legal definition of that term. Most people on this board raise grass fed beef until weaning. "Natural" beef can't have had antibiotics or growth hormones, but that doesn't have anything to do with being grass fed/finished. "Organic" is much tougher because not only must the animal be "natural", but their pastures and any feed they eat must also be certified as organic. </p><p></p><p>IMO, the big drawback to grass FINISHING is the length of time it takes an animal to get to slaughter weight on grass/forage alone. The grass you're feeding steers could be supporting another cow while she grows another calf. And to get the marbling people tend to prefer, the animals need to be on high quality forage, especially in the finishing stage, but really their entire life. </p><p></p><p>Welcome to the boards. Hope you'll stay around for a while. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 743493, member: 13"] There are several levels of "grass fed beef". I'm not sure there's a legal definition of that term. Most people on this board raise grass fed beef until weaning. "Natural" beef can't have had antibiotics or growth hormones, but that doesn't have anything to do with being grass fed/finished. "Organic" is much tougher because not only must the animal be "natural", but their pastures and any feed they eat must also be certified as organic. IMO, the big drawback to grass FINISHING is the length of time it takes an animal to get to slaughter weight on grass/forage alone. The grass you're feeding steers could be supporting another cow while she grows another calf. And to get the marbling people tend to prefer, the animals need to be on high quality forage, especially in the finishing stage, but really their entire life. Welcome to the boards. Hope you'll stay around for a while. :) [/QUOTE]
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