Category Archives: Cows

When feedlot cattle are ready for harvesting, they’re shipped to a processing facility. Learn how the animals are moved, and how the meat is processed and packaged.

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Young cows that reach their 400-lb. weaning weight are shipped to a feedlot that makes its money on cattle weight gains.

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Calves that are born in January eat grass that grows in March. You might say that time is everything in the life cycle of a cow.

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Why is local meat better? Reason #5 is lower costs. Local producers can eliminate costs like transportation and expensive feeds.

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Why is local meat better? Reason #4 is greater consumer value. Animal well-being, food traceability, and human health matter.

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Why is local meat better? Reason #3 is sounder agricultural practices. Learn about rotational grazing and what it means for soils, plants, animals, and people.

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Why is local meat better? Reason #2 is healthier, well-cared for animals. Learn about the challenges at large feedlots.

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Local meat is grass-fed and has better nutritional value. Grass-feed beef has higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamins A and E.

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Here are five reasons why local meat is better than what you can buy from the big companies that dominate so much of the beef industry.

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Agricultural run-off is a bigger problem that cow manure – and manure itself could be part of the solution.

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