Difference between grain and grass feeding

Usually, the beef we eat is mainly divided into two categories: grass-fed beef and grain-fed beef. In the beef trade, customers often ask what is grain / grass-fed beef?

The growth of beef cattle begins with cow milk feeding and is fed with pasture after weaning. When the weight of beef cattle reaches a certain weight standard, they will be chosen to continue to feed grass or grain until they reach their expected weight.

The two feeding methods are quite different in feeding cost, meat quality and feeding time.

Grass-fed cattle mainly grow in pastoral areas, feed natural fresh forage grass for a relatively long time, until they reach maturity (usually 30-36 months old), grass-fed beef has less fat in muscle, and most of its fat accumulates under the skin. easy to remove when eating.

When calves eat forage grass to a certain weight or age, they will enter the farm to feed grain feed to fattening, so that the cattle will grow to the expected weight as soon as possible. In order to ensure a balanced intake of cattle, cereal feed contains barley, wheat, sorghum, corn, oats and other ingredients. Millet cattle have a high fat content, and fat is evenly distributed in muscle tissue, which is what we often call marbling or oil flowers.