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Dutch article about beefproduction in the Usa

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Hello I wanted to put a link down here , but I can"t get it to work right.
If you search in google for "Rundvleesproductie in Texas" and then clic on translate this page , you should go to the Boerderij site, scroll down a little and you will find the article. I thought it would be interesting for you to see how they write about raching in the Netherlands
 
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Is it possible to get to this site or doesn't it work correctly?
I do have a question about it, they mention a 95 % use of growth hormones used on calves in feedlots.
Are these the calves that you all produce in a very natural way?
Are there any ways for you to make sure that your calves are not treated with growth hormones ?
I think I've got the link correct now, please try it
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.boerderij.nl/1084075/Rundveehouderij/foto-rundveehouderij/Rundvleesproductie-in-Texas.htm&ei=eQ-9Su2VAc35-AaE54nSCw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drundvleesproductie%2Bin%2Btexas%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG calves in
 

mrj

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jopie, there are many cattle producers who use full information tags in their cattle. Anything from date of birth to types of feed, treatments with antibiotics (if any), growth stimulants, and more is included in the computer readable tags.

Growth stimulants are not all "hormones". And the purpose is to grow more muscle and less fat on the animal.

Animals must have any treatments stopped long enough before slaughter so that there will be no residues.

There are no residues of anything allowed in beef. If there are marinades or tenderizers used on the meat, the label must disclose the fact.

For the record: there are many family ranchers who raise their cattle on native grass pastures until they are about 6 or more months of age. Then they go into feedlots for 90 to 120 days on a grain and forage feed.

Typically, we sell our cattle between 8 and 16 months of age. They were fed a growing ration during the 5 winter months, then put into native pastures for 3 to 7 months before we sell to a feedlot owner.

I hope this answers your question. If not, you could get more definite answers by contacting either the National Cattlemens' Beef Assoc. at www.beef.org, or SD State University, our agriculture college in South Dakota.

mrj
 
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