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Grass Fed Beef vs Grass Finished Beef

Grass Fed Beef vs Grass Finished Beef

So what’s the difference between grass fed and grass finished cattle? Most people are familiar with the term grass fed, but there’s a significant difference between grass fed beef and grass finished beef.  Grass-finished beef comes from cattle that ate nothing but grass and forage for their entire lives. Unless beef is labeled 100% grass fed, then the term grass-fed, implies that the meat came from cattle which were started on a grass diet but had either received supplemental grain feed or were finished on a fully grain-based diet. Cattle are not required to have a 100% grass-fed diet in...

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