Artisan beef: An alternative view of beef quality

Alternative Feeds for Beef Cattle

As a beef cattle nutritionist, two things have been drilled into to me from early on: 1) the cheapest way to feed the cow is to let her “harvest” her own feed by grazing, and 2) corn is the cheapest source of energy for fed cattle. However, fluctuations in corn and land prices in more recent years have raised questions regarding the truth in these old adages. The objectives of these proceeding ...

Feeding and Supplementing of Low-Quality Forages as an Alternative for Wintering Beef Cows

Beef fat quality - December 1999

Fat hardness/softness directly affects efficiency of processing and fat also contributes to the desirable eating attributes of meat. In terms of meat quality, fat quality attributes of colour, hardness and texture are important for certain markets. The quality of fat can markedly affect the carcase value at the wholesale level—particularly that for the Japanese market, which prefers soft white ...

Packaging Influences Beef Quality Attributes

Many factors influence the shelf-life, color, and sensory attributes of beef. Packaging is one of those factors. There are several different types of packaging used in the meat industry, including vacuum packaging, overwrap, and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). Traditionally wholesale cuts are vacuum packaged, boxed, and sent to retailers where they cut the meat, place it on a styrofoam tra...

Beef Species: Beef Management

The objective of this study was to quantify fixed-time AI (TAI) pregnancy rates resulting from reduced intervals between 2 25 mg dinoprost tromethamine (PG) injections on d 5 of a 5-d CIDR-Co-synch estrus synchronization program. Angus and Angus-influenced commercial cows (n = 873) maintained on native pasture at 3 locations were randomly assigned to treatments, blocking for BCS and postpartum ...