hard and soft fat

[knabe]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6917/is_9_22/ai_n49577230/

 

[fed_champions]

reinforces the idea that older cattle get stale... I just skimmed so i may have missed it, but what feed causes an increase in the Stearic acid... May help with feeding old cattle, maybe a certain ingredient to stay away from?

 

[knabe]

seems a no-brainer to do some testing on this stuff instead of snps

 

[fed_champions]

seems a no-brainer to do some testing on this stuff instead of snps

??????????? I dont understand snps? (lol)

 

[rackranch]

So how to we get oleic acid in our feed or stimulate the production of oleic acid or the [Delta]9 ??? I drench our steers with omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids but still dont understanding if there is a coorelation between them and oleic acid??? help

 

[GoWyo]

Sounds like what we knew all along.  Best tasting beef is corn-fed, not grass fat.  I don't mind a grass fat coming off strong spring grass though.

 

[AG TEACHER]

Sounds like what we knew all along.  Best tasting beef is corn-fed, not grass fat.  I don't mind a grass fat coming off strong spring grass though.

The best tasting beef is from an animal that has been healthy. unstressed, and had a balanced diet its entire productive life.. You cannot take a beef animal that is not correctly designed to do well on grass and expect them to do well on it.. therefore they cannot produce a quality carcass if they are fed poorly.