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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1251680" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>Dad always said you should never butcher a steer off of green grass because the meat would taste "washy". What I assume he meant by that was something similar to milk from the family milk cow that had an off taste because of certain weeds during the growing season.</p><p></p><p>So we always butchered a steer when grazing dormant winter pasture, possibly supplemented with hay. Never did start feeding grain heavily. Many times the butcher steer functioned as a "big brother" to the weaned calves over winter or resided with the bull herd in their off season.</p><p></p><p>I fed my calves mostly 16% or 20% natural pellet/cake or a 50/50 mix of cracked corn/DDG. Some say too much DDG will give beef an off taste, but I never noticed it myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1251680, member: 14713"] Dad always said you should never butcher a steer off of green grass because the meat would taste "washy". What I assume he meant by that was something similar to milk from the family milk cow that had an off taste because of certain weeds during the growing season. So we always butchered a steer when grazing dormant winter pasture, possibly supplemented with hay. Never did start feeding grain heavily. Many times the butcher steer functioned as a "big brother" to the weaned calves over winter or resided with the bull herd in their off season. I fed my calves mostly 16% or 20% natural pellet/cake or a 50/50 mix of cracked corn/DDG. Some say too much DDG will give beef an off taste, but I never noticed it myself. [/QUOTE]
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