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 . . .
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 . . .