Methods of improving quality of grass-fed beef

1776-1976 "Buffalo to Beef" is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1976Ten steers of known background, approximately 18 months old, and wintered on alfalfa and protein were finished on a brome and bluestem grazing program. Carcass characteristics were measured. The influence of conditioning carcass halves at 55 F until eight hours post-mortem was compared with conventional chilling at 36 F. Finally, the effects of vacuum storage and display on beef quality were evaluated

Carcass characteristics, palatability, and shelf life on beef finished on selected feeding regimes

Cattlemen's Fate in '78 is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1978This report terminates a 3-year study and includes data from this past year. Previous results were reported in the 1976 and ’77 Cattlemen’s Day Report