Very nice Mark!

I am very happy to say we don't give our calves antibiotics unless its needed and absolutely no growth hormones. But, were not a big finishing place either where the animals are packed and dissease and bacteria would run rampid if left unchecked.

Isn't one concern with corn and grain finished cows that most all corn is gmo as its hard not to get corn that is not crosspollinated in the field itself from surrounding gmo corn farmers? So...the gmo stuff coming through the meat we eat will still effect us? T

Hello!!

the beef of Ireland is grassfeed or grainfeed?
I'm in Spain and the beef of supermarket is of Ireland.

To be honest with you, I think most grains these days are GMO and we would be hard pressed finding it in high enough quantity to feed all the live stock.

We raise all our own grains but I believe I've heard him talk about the seads in the past. They do "extra" things to the seads to keep them from rotting in the ground and the grain tollerant to round up and sorts. So, most of our grains is probably GMO, hard to find some that isn't.

IMO (small) but its more important and more economical to keep them pastured/hay with the grain and no hormones or antibiotics. There is a huge taste difference between our meat and store bought meat.

Now, we did riase up a bottle calf and he was butchered. He started out on replacement formula and at about 2 months old started eating grains and hay. When they all reached 5 months old and weaned, he went out with the other calves in the big lot on hay and grains. He fattened up just as nice as the others did but he did not taste as good as the others did. Coincadence?

I give you the reason, the taste is very different, as the texture and nutritional values.

thanks.

I just got a farm raised 1/4 cow and I notice a huge difference in taste and when the fat drippings get hard their whiter than store bought, I have no idea why.

I've just delved into the world of bone broth and I wanted to use the best possible beef marrow bones. I have severe stomach issues so it's important to me to make the most nourishing stock I can. I had no idea that it would be so difficult to source grass-finished beef bones --in Wisconsin no less. I prefer the flavor of grain-finished beef, but I don't want the GMO's. I have enough inflammation as it is. I finally found a couple of sources through eatwild.com and localharvest.org, and I am waiting for them to let me know when they have the bones I need. In the meantime, I just got some marrow bones at Whole Foods. Grass-fed, but grain-finished. It's the best I can do for now, but it's incredibly frustrating that it's so hard for me to get! *sigh*

I found this on beef from Ireland.

Are a good news for me.
thanks for the info.
Spanish beef is grain fed.

Thank you for that link. The person in the article who mentioned seeing cows grazing in fields in Ireland had the same surprised reaction that I did on my first trip back after several years in America.

I was driving through the English and Irish countryside and while my English companions chattered on about their lives, I just stared out of the window amazed and spellbound by the sight of cows gently grazing in fields everywhere. It was not until then that I realized I'd never seen that in all my journeys around the US. Here, I've seen plenty of corn fields, wheat fields, and occasionally horses in fields....but never cattle. I want to think I was just never in the right place at the right time. But in 30 years I think I might have come across at least one field of grazing cows by now, whereas in England and Ireland they were all over the place.

ETA: There are plenty of things I LOVE about America, but sadly the food supply isn't one of them. This is one area where we can certainly do better.

Maybe you were in the wrong places in the US, because over here in the Mid West you can't go 5 miles without seeing a big heard of cattle out grazing.

That's really good to know, Jacki - and what I was hoping.