Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/08/ [login to see] /beefalo-a-bison-cattle-hybrid-is-being-touted-as-the-healthy-meat-of-the-future
Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals that can be difficult to raise on a farm. Cattle are very docile, but their meat can be high in fat and not very healthy.
That's why proponents of a crossbreed — called beefalo — say they have what should be the future of U.S. meat production.
"As we like to say, when they created beefalo, they bred out the meanness but kept the leanness of the bison, so kept the good qualities of the bison," said Kelly Dietsch.
She and her husband, Andrew Dietsch, run A&K Ranch in Raymondville, Mo., where they have about 25 beefalo females that they attempt to calve every year.
The bovine is bred to include more cattle traits than bison. The American Beefalo Association says beefalo with 37.5% bison genes are considered full-blood beefalo and the perfect mix for the breed. But bovines with as low as 18% bison genes are labeled purebred beefalo.
Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals that can be difficult to raise on a farm. Cattle are very docile, but their meat can be high in fat and not very healthy.
That's why proponents of a crossbreed — called beefalo — say they have what should be the future of U.S. meat production.
"As we like to say, when they created beefalo, they bred out the meanness but kept the leanness of the bison, so kept the good qualities of the bison," said Kelly Dietsch.
She and her husband, Andrew Dietsch, run A&K Ranch in Raymondville, Mo., where they have about 25 beefalo females that they attempt to calve every year.
The bovine is bred to include more cattle traits than bison. The American Beefalo Association says beefalo with 37.5% bison genes are considered full-blood beefalo and the perfect mix for the breed. But bovines with as low as 18% bison genes are labeled purebred beefalo.
Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future
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OK, the response of a Farm Boy. Don't want your beef to be marbled, buy grass feed beef instead of grain feed. It's not uncommon around here, but you are going to pay a 25%+ premium on that beef. There are also several large Bison farms around and that meat is a premium even over the grass finished beef. Put that Bison in a feedlot and finish him on a diet of corn, that meat will have a higher fat content.
As we progress away from the narrative that fat is bad for you, fat is only unhealthy if you eat 2000 calories worth of carbs on top of it and don't get any exercise. We are designed to process fat just fine, better than we handle large quantities of carbohydrates.
In this case, NPR are about 2 decades behind the curve.
As we progress away from the narrative that fat is bad for you, fat is only unhealthy if you eat 2000 calories worth of carbs on top of it and don't get any exercise. We are designed to process fat just fine, better than we handle large quantities of carbohydrates.
In this case, NPR are about 2 decades behind the curve.
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Sounds like an interesting breed of cattle. I would try it to see if I like it.
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