Grass-Fed Beef - by the Union of Concerned Scientists

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:00 am

I thought these links might be of interest to those like me that are into the benefits of grass-fed beef...

Grass-Fed Video

Smart Pasture Operation

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Penny · Post by **Penny** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:20 am

Thank you Clive, very useful.
Where do you find the time to find, AND READ, all this info?! You really cannot sleep much!

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:28 am

I'm lambing Penny. Sleep, what's that!

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Colin · Post by **Colin** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:51 pm

Hi Clive, this is very helpful and timely. I'm playing around with creating my own web page at the moment, and I will be creating a section on benefits of grass fed beef.

Colin

nuttalls · Post by **nuttalls** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:31 pm

Broomcroft wrote:I'm lambing Penny. Sleep, what's that!

wot sheep clive? we,ve got texels,blue texels and heather has few jacobs lambing early march this time.

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:16 pm

We had our first lamb on 3rd January, very cute, ours are Greyface Dartmoors so the lambs are sweet.

Stephanie

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:24 pm

Hi Jean - we've got an Xmas lot which are lambing now (50), then the main lot (200) late March, and blow me down, a tup must have gotten loose because the scanner has just told us we've also got a load in the middle as well. So we'll be lambing from Christmas till late April almost solid

Colin - Are you using a mac or PC? If you using a mac, unlikely probably, I've just found some fantastic software for doing sites fairly easily and quickly. And the sites will work on PC's as well which is my big problem. But it's only for macs. If you want to pinch anything I've done just go for it. I also do a website called www.grassfed.co.uk (and it's rubbish at the moment) but it has some links on it but I've never got round to doing anything else with it yet. It's not for Dexters, it's for grass-fed.

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Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:44 pm

Sorry Jean, forgot, we've got pedigree Shropshire Sheep (they don't eat trees) and our main flock are Lleyns. We're also crossing Shropshire's on Lleyns this year. In tests, a good Shropshire on Lleyn will give as good as a Charolais on Lleyn. Never tried a Texel but might do.

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:21 pm

We have tried a Greyface Dartmoor tup on a Texel ewe - the resulting lambs grew bigger more quickly than the pure Greyface, I think maybe because the Texel milks better.......but they all taste equally fantastic! She hasn't lambed yet this year - she is due next week.

Stephanie :D

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:48 pm

Thanks Clive, if you don't mind me using some of those links you've found that'll be a great help. I have a PC and I'm using software from Virtual Mechanics called Sitespinner to build the web site which I find very good.

http://www.virtualmechanics.com/?app=spinner&ver=270f;

Not published anything yet as I'm only 50% through creating the content. I'll send you a link when its available.

Colin

ann · Post by **ann** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:35 pm

Hi clive

have you got the computer hitch up in your lambing shed?

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:58 pm

No, but I've got a bed up there Ann, otherwise known as a big bale of straw. The sheep woke me up last night, they were eating my hay pillow. No manners these sheep. We had a little rush of lambs, and now nothing for nearly a week but they all look like they're just about to pop. Really annoying.

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Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:17 pm

Just bringing up this old subject again for those interested in grass-fed beef.

I have added more links to www.grassfed.co.uk and smartened it up a bit.

The thing with grass-fed and where the Dexter comes in BIG-TIME, is genetics. I have added a link to a site which is dedicated to grass-fed genetics where they say out loud that when it comes to grass-fed, or naturally raised, healthy, sustainable beef, size does matter and "Less Is More". There are interesting details on the importance of carcass scoring etc etc.

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CarolineL · Post by **CarolineL** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:15 pm

Great site Clive with lots of interesting and useful info - another one for the favourites list!

Thanks
Caroline

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:02 am

Again, for anyone interested in grass-fed beef and how healthy it is and how good it is for the planet and the animals, there is a very well written article called "Cattle Carbon", written by Christopher Thomas-Everard, the chairman of the National Beef Association. Thanks to Beryl for pointing this one out.

A lot of people think that you just take a cow and let it eat grass. It's far more than that.

Here's a link (which may expire in time):
http://www.nationalbeefassociation.com/ ... ...sID=222

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