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Does beef flavor come from fat?
Our earlier post (The taste of beef), pointed out that the USDA beef grading system is based largely on visible carcass fat, the best grade known as Prime. When the grading system originated (1920s), almost all beef had a much higher percentage of grass in their diet and harvested…
Hitting a Dip
This past week we hit a dip in our efforts to produce grass-fed beef. We have experienced dips during the past two years but this one was a little more significant. In a matter of a few days we had an outbreak of pinkeye among the…
Making Hay!
Have you heard the phrase; “Make hay while the sun shines”? Late July into mid-August 2013 was unusually cool, cloudy and sometimes damp! Conditions not welcome for hay making. The “make hay…” saying now holds real truth for our family as the conditions have…
Beginning Farmer Award – 2012
Our farm is located in the tall grass prairie region of eastern Nebraska. A rare remnant of this tall grass prairie exists within our pastures yet today. Most people are familiar that historically a key component of the grassland ecosystem involved large roaming herds of grazing bison. When we arrived in 1997,…
Why Start?
We moved to our current location with access to pasture in 1997. We thought about getting some cows but the idea of raising commodity beef just didn’t seem appealing. Attending the 2002 Nebraska Grazing Conference, I had the chance to hear some outside of the box presentations…
