Animal choice for naturally raised meats

[Royd Wood]

For a strictly grassfed beef operation then look no further than Galloway cattle

 

[PendergrassRanch]

For a strictly grassfed beef operation then look no further than Galloway cattle

Why do you say that?

There is local ranch that raises herd of them, I use to rent a cottage on the property and woke up to mooing 20 feet from my room every morning

 

[SheepGirl]

For a strictly grassfed beef operation then look no further than Galloway cattle

Why do you say that?

He raises them

 

[PendergrassRanch]

For a strictly grassfed beef operation then look no further than Galloway cattle

Why do you say that?

He raises them

Oh so hes biased? LOL I was looking for details so I could be convinced

 

[Bossroo]

Black Angus is the way to go ... most restaurants from Diners, Drive Inns, Dives to High End emphasize the "Black Angus" as the source of their cuts of meat. That alone makes a point !

 

[Southern by choice]

For a strictly grassfed beef operation then look no further than Galloway cattle

If at any time I get a cow I want it to be strictly GRASS FED!

I have heard different thoughts on grass fed cattle vs. grain fed cattle and thought you may have some real answers.

I have heard that IF a cow has NOT been grass fed, but grain fed, it can take many generations for the offspring to be fully pasture raised. Hope I sated that correctly. Is this true?

If it is then I would need to search for strictly pasture raised cattle to begin with right?

Do certain breeds of cattle do better than others as far as pasture raised only?

...and yes, I understand what you breed and that you are passionate about promoting that breed. I also believe that people are passionate because they really get to see that breed first hand pos/neg traits together. So I really am looking at a more overall picture.
Not just a single breed.

 

[Bossroo]

What breed of cattle one ends up raising is basically limited to climate as well as the land that one owns. Where my ranch is in central Cal., what one most often sees is the black baldy, as well as a cross of a beef bred cow crossed to a Brahma bull in the more arrid regeons. Three way crosses of Hereford x Shorthorn x Beefmaster cows bred to one of the 3 breeds of bulls for terminal offspring. In Washington, I see mostly Angus, Herefords , Black Baldies and some Shorthorn . I understand that the Santa Gertrudis and Brangus as well as Brahma x's are popular in the arrid regeons in Texas . Angus and Hereford are most popular in the mid-west states. In Turlock county in Cal. alone , where they produce more milk then the State of Wisconsin, the Holstein is king, the bull calves are destined for th veel market and to a lessor extent put out to grow out on pasture and supplemented with grain, and sillage to slaughter weight. etc.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Here in Central NC EVERYONE has Black Baldies. Lots of Herefords and Black Angus of course. Some Belted Galloway, some Red Angus, a very few Highlands, a few Brahmas, and we have alot of Holsteins and crosses.

 

[OneFineAcre]

My inlaws raise beef cows, a black angus mix. It's kind of funny, when we opened our Christmas presents, my mother in law said we all had a present that wasn't wrapped, we were all getting a side of beef when they took steers to the slaughter house. For you N.C. folks his farm is in Wayne County, near Eureka.

My daughter hasn't started back to school yet, and when I picked her up yesterday she said "guess where me and grandaddy went today" To the slaughter house. They took 3 steers.

She did then gave me the whole story of loading them in the trailer, who helped, and eating at Waffle House after they dropped them off.
She then said, "you know they're all dead now". I informed that I did indeed know that, and that once they were dead, they were no longer cows, but "beef".

Now my question is, why would you want beef that was strictly pasture fed and not fed grain? Or do you mean that you want beef that was raised on a pasture and not on a "feed lot" I assume that's what you mean.

Either way, ours get shut up off pasture for a period of time and fed strictly corn before slaughter.

 

[Southern by choice]

Simply cows were not designed to eat corn. Strictly grass/pasture fed...NO CORN, GRAIN...That is the short answer but before anyone gets carried away and all offended the main question I have is....

I have heard that IF a cow has NOT been grass fed, but grain fed, it can take many generations for the offspring to be fully pasture raised. Hope I sated that correctly. Is this true?

BTW- These cows would be strictly for my food purposes not a"profitable" venture.