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your omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio
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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 615202" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I'm no expert on peoples eating habits but it seems to me you don't see many 10 oz. or 12 oz. steaks anymore? Mostly 6 to 8 oz.?</p><p>I don't think I've ever eaten grass fed beef so don't know if it is poor or not, but it does seem that the trend is to put more weight on cattle with grass with a relatively shorter period on grain? The days when that 500 lb. feeder calf being fed a grain ration to slaughter is getting fairly rare.</p><p>Don't know how it is in the USA but in Alberta the guys who bought small calves and backgrounded them until they hit 800 lbs. has pretty well ended? Also the small(500 head or less) farmer-feeder has pretty well disappeared...its all 5000+ feedlots now.</p><p>Generally you can put weight on grass steers for about 40 cents a pound? I think they figure weight gain in a feedlot is about 75 cents a pound? Seems to me if those figures are true we should be moving toward grass gains instead of expensive feedlot gains?</p><p>If the consumer will accept grass fed it seems to me that is the way to go. Probably makes for a healthier animal too? Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 615202, member: 8978"] I'm no expert on peoples eating habits but it seems to me you don't see many 10 oz. or 12 oz. steaks anymore? Mostly 6 to 8 oz.? I don't think I've ever eaten grass fed beef so don't know if it is poor or not, but it does seem that the trend is to put more weight on cattle with grass with a relatively shorter period on grain? The days when that 500 lb. feeder calf being fed a grain ration to slaughter is getting fairly rare. Don't know how it is in the USA but in Alberta the guys who bought small calves and backgrounded them until they hit 800 lbs. has pretty well ended? Also the small(500 head or less) farmer-feeder has pretty well disappeared...its all 5000+ feedlots now. Generally you can put weight on grass steers for about 40 cents a pound? I think they figure weight gain in a feedlot is about 75 cents a pound? Seems to me if those figures are true we should be moving toward grass gains instead of expensive feedlot gains? If the consumer will accept grass fed it seems to me that is the way to go. Probably makes for a healthier animal too? Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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