Beef Producer's Guide

The seven unbreakable rules for producing great beef - break any one of these rules and all your beef finishing efforts will be wasted. Obey them and you will consistently produce tender, nutrient-rich, flavorful beef. (Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

NEW! Version española: Las siete reglas del ganado vacuno rematado a pasto

NEW! The Devastating Beef Changes Unleashed by Cattle Stress - understanding this chain-of-events is the key to building a better cattle finishing program.

NEW! How to calculate target slaughter weights for your beef cattle finishing program.

Grazing Alfalfa - Are you brave enough to try it with your cattle?

Is grass fed beef more expensive to produce than grain fed beef?  

Beef Cattle Marketing Options (part 1):

• building your own direct-marketing pipeline

Beef Cattle Marketing Options (part 2):

• the team approach - multiple farmers, one pipeline
  

Beef Cattle Marketing Options (part 3):

• leveraging the advantage of the commodity markets
  

Cattle Handling Stress and Cattle Shrink - How Much Are They Costing You?

The Top 9 ways to reduce beef cattle farming expenses - here are the nine biggest costs affecting both conventional and grass fed cattle farms, along with suggestions for what to do about it!

Reduce Cattle Shrink (offsite link) - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture factsheet about the unnecessary weight loss caused by stressful cattle handling during processing, transport, and marketing.

How to Direct Market Your Beef (offsite link) - free online book by Jan and Will Holder in which they provide advice and share their experiences building their direct-marketing pipeline for their beef.

Grass Fed Beef Taste Test Challenge - Does grass fed beef taste different than grain fed beef? Which do you prefer?

Marbling - Beef fat is essential to meat tenderness, but is marbling as important and as reliable as you think it is? 

How to cook grass fed beef - Discover the subtle differences between cooking grass fed versus grain fed beef!

Is grass fed beef tough or tender? - Find out if beef tenderness affected by what cattle eat!

Why is grass fed beef fat yellow? - Fat color depends on what cattle eat. Grass contains beta-carotene. Grain does not. Learn more about grass fed beef and why it is so healthy for you!

Grass Fed Beef Buying Tips- Tips for becoming an informed beef consumer and knowing what questions to ask to gauge tenderness and flavor. 

Comparing Grassfed Beef to Grainfed Beef - how diet affect cattle and why this should matter to the humans who eat their beef.

Grass Fed Beef - the marketing label vs the farming strategy!

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