Beef Processing and Packaging
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.
Weaning Weights and Feedlots
Young cows that reach their 400-lb. weaning weight are shipped to a feedlot that makes its money on cattle weight gains.
Birthing Calves and Growing Grass
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.
Lower Costs
Why is local meat better? Reason #5 is lower costs. Local producers can eliminate costs like transportation and expensive feeds.
Greater Consumer Value
Why is local meat better? Reason #4 is greater consumer value. Animal well-being, food traceability, and human health matter.
Sounder Agricultural Practices
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.
Healthier, Well-Cared for Animals
Why is local meat better? Reason #2 is healthier, well-cared for animals. Learn about the challenges at large feedlots.
Local Meat Has Better Nutritional Value
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.
Five Reasons Local Meat is Better
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.
Do Cows Cause Water Pollution?
Agricultural run-off is a bigger problem that cow manure – and manure itself could be part of the solution.