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  • From: "Rick Hopkins" <rdhopkins AT americanpasturage.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] re grass-fed steaks; how old are our animals
  • Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:22:41 -0600

Caryl,

We just had ribeye steaks from a 2-1/2 year old Charolais cross steer
tonight. I could not find a single complaint. We have found that the two
Charolais cross cows my daughter raised from bottle calves have given us
lower quality veal calves. I stopped harvesting their calves, but retained
the heifers. This steer has been around so long I had him trained pretty
well when it comes to weighing and moving. My deductions on the retarded
maturity paid off on him.

Rick H.

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Caryl
Elzinga
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:47 PM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] re grass-fed steaks; how old are our animals


Rick H. asked how old our animals are when we harvest. Range from 16-20
months, mostly around 18.




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