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To: DesertRhino

Are you speaking from knowledge or something else? Are you really saying that our US based grain fed beef is better quality than African grass fed hormone free beef?

“The arid southern African nation, known for free-range, hormone-free beef, is set to export 860 tonnes of various beef cuts in 2020 to the United States, rising to 5,000 tonnes by 2025. “

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-namibia-usa-beef/namibia-first-african-country-to-export-red-meat-to-hungry-us-market-idUSKBN20E1BB


8 posted on 04/28/2020 10:12:14 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Sick and tired of the WuHu Flu Blues.)
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To: matthew fuller

yes. If you’ve eaten scrub or grass-fed only beef, you can tell the difference between grain-finished beef. Grain adds marbling. Fat. Juiciness and tenderness. Corn especially adds flavor. The best Angus beef in the world comes from America.

The below article explains why the ‘beef has hormones’ thing is just another urban myth meant to scare children and housewives into purchasing higher-priced boutique-farm beef.

“... a key point is that cattle are implanted long before they go to slaughter. By then, the implant hormone is used up. That’s partly why feed efficiency and growth rate trail off later in the feeding period — the implants and their growth-promoting effects are depleted.

“It’s also why there’s almost no measurable difference in hormone levels in beef from implanted and unimplanted cattle. There is more variation in hormone levels between male and female cattle than between treated and untreated animals.

“BCRC’s document, “Optimizing Feed Efficiency in Feedlots,” explains how and why beef producers may provide ionophores and beta agonists as feed supplements to improve feed efficiency and weight gain. Neither contain steroid hormones, nor do they mimic or supplement hormones, Bergen clarifies.

https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/features/straight-talk-on-hormones-in-beef/


9 posted on 04/28/2020 11:41:24 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: matthew fuller

Yeah I sure am. Texas...Africa doesn’t have the skill set to make good beef. Argentina does damn good, but pretty much almost nowhere else.


10 posted on 04/29/2020 1:03:05 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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