Study reveals that market-ready beef cattle maintain meat quality on low-input diets for as long as 60 days
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 18 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
A new study led by the Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences reveals that market-ready steers can maintain meat quality and yield even when fed lower-cost, low-input maintenance diets for longer periods than previously understood.
The finding is especially useful to cattle producers and feedlot operators during times of market unpredictability and processing slowdowns such as th . . .
A new study led by the Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences reveals that market-ready steers can maintain meat quality and yield even when fed lower-cost, low-input maintenance diets for longer periods than previously understood.
The finding is especially useful to cattle producers and feedlot operators during times of market unpredictability and processing slowdowns such as th . . .