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Right, but hay isn't fresh grass from the field. Grass fed beef has a distinctly gamey-er taste than corn fed, I've found. At least if the grass fed beef I've
by msandford 11y ago
Right, but hay isn't fresh grass from the field.
Grass fed beef has a distinctly gamey-er taste than corn fed, I've found. At least if the grass fed beef I've bought is actually grass fed.
- logfromblammo 11y agoFurthermore, pastures contain plants other than grasses that cows enjoy eating, which have different nutritional qualities than straight grass hay, alfalfa hay, or silage. There is a practice (MIRG) of rotating ruminant herds through different pastures on a schedule that allows plants in the pasture to reach maturity before being eaten, and this supposedly also has an effect on what plants the herd actually eats. I can't remember if the article that I read about it said that it makes them more picky or less picky, though. On a historic note, early American farmers planted pumpkins for their cows to eat, which made the butter darker, from all the carotene. A lot of herds still get the leftover trash from pumpkin farms after Halloween.