Performance, meat quality, profitability, and greenhouse gas emissions of suckler bulls from pasture-based compared to an indoor high-concentrate weanling-to-beef finishing system

M. McGee, C. Lenehan, P. Crosson, E.G. O'Riordan, A.K. Kelly, L. Moran and A.P. Moloney

Agricultural Systems, 2022, vol. 198, issue C

Abstract: Demand for environmentally sustainable produced beef, especially ‘grass-fed’, is rising. Bull-beef production is a desirable alternative to steers due to large inherent growth and feed efficiency advantages. Compared to conventional indoor high-concentrate diets, pasture-finishing of bulls is low-cost, but carcass fat cover may not meet market requirements.

Keywords: Beef cattle; Carcass; Concentrate supplementation; Grass-based system; Grazing; Net protein efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103379

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