Source: BCRC, www.beefresearch.ca
Project Title: Validation of Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) for Tenderness Prediction
Researchers: Jerrad Legako, Texas Tech University, Heather Bruce (University of Alberta), Ben Bohrer (University of Guelph), Dale Woerner (Texas Tech University), Tyson Brown (Cargill Meat...
The U.S. beef industry is constantly evolving, with producers striving for maximum efficiency and high product quality. Since 1991, the average beef hot carcass weight (abbreviated as HCW) has increased from approximately 760 pounds to just shy of 900...
Source: Alberta Beef Producers
PROJECT NO.: 0009-020
RESEARCH INSTITUTION: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research Station
LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Darryl Gibb
Background: Vitamin A is involved in many biological processes. Cattle cannot manufacture vitamin A themselves, so it must come from the diet....
The study examined the impact of preslaughter management factors on cattle welfare and meat quality at five commercial fed cattle processing facilities in the U.S., collecting data from 87,220 cattle between March 2021 and July 2022. Key factors analyzed...
The governments of Canada and Ontario have provided over $12.2 million to support 213 projects aimed at improving the health and resilience of farmland. This funding, through the first round of the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program, focuses on initiatives...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.beefresearch.ca
Dark cutting is a stress-related condition that is severely penalized in youthful (under 30 months) carcasses within the Canadian grading system. Carcasses that ‘cut dark’ are assigned a grade of Canada B4 and their value...
Source: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Knowing the carcass quality of a herd is important to attaining Beef Quality Assurance targets for meat value. Learn the methods available for collecting data and the approach that is best for your operation.
Producing a...
by: James Mitchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & Extension Livestock Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, University of Arkansas and Kenny Burdine, Ph.D., Extension Professor, Livestock Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky
Beef-on-dairy refers to using beef semen...
Source: Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
The Canadian beef industry has just released a Status Update of its 2020-24 National Beef Strategy outlining many goals attained while overcoming challenges in the industry over the past two years. The Strategy was...
Source: Canadian Journal of Animal Science
Authors: Stephanie A. Terry, John A. Basarab, Le Luo Guan, and Tim A. McAllister
Abstract
Globally, there are approximately one billion beef cattle, and compared with poultry and swine, beef cattle have the poorest conversion efficiency of feed to meat. However, these metrics...
