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<blockquote data-quote="redblood" data-source="post: 5520417" data-attributes="member: 2947"><p>The grass fed craze is a marketing ploy IMO. We finished lots of beef on the farm. We would AI black simmental heifers to angus bull ( good ones) to get a smaller calf for their first birth (lower birthweights than simmental sired calves). We would also keep a bull calf and finish them on grain. It was superb. One year we had bought another farm down the road (35 acres) that was loaded with grass and fenced and put the heifers we retained and the steer and let em eat (grain was high so this was a great opportunity to add weight without the cost). Took a long time to get him to kill weight 800 to 900 pounds and the beef wasnt close. I know everyones taste is different, but it wasnt in same league as the beef finished in grain. We would finish them on a 16 percent beef pellet and then straight corn the last 30 days before slaughter. Sweet as sugar.</p><p></p><p>Of course farmers like to market "grain free" grass fed beef. In todays, market you can sell it for a premium and not have to buy over priced grain. But its not same IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redblood, post: 5520417, member: 2947"] The grass fed craze is a marketing ploy IMO. We finished lots of beef on the farm. We would AI black simmental heifers to angus bull ( good ones) to get a smaller calf for their first birth (lower birthweights than simmental sired calves). We would also keep a bull calf and finish them on grain. It was superb. One year we had bought another farm down the road (35 acres) that was loaded with grass and fenced and put the heifers we retained and the steer and let em eat (grain was high so this was a great opportunity to add weight without the cost). Took a long time to get him to kill weight 800 to 900 pounds and the beef wasnt close. I know everyones taste is different, but it wasnt in same league as the beef finished in grain. We would finish them on a 16 percent beef pellet and then straight corn the last 30 days before slaughter. Sweet as sugar. Of course farmers like to market “grain free” grass fed beef. In todays, market you can sell it for a premium and not have to buy over priced grain. But its not same IMO. [/QUOTE]
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