Fattening beef cattle depends on what diet you want them to fatten up on, their age, their breeding, average daily gain, rate of intake, and target weight you want to have them slaughtered. Grass-finished cattle take a month or so longer to fatten up than grain-finished cattle. But both types of finisher cattle should be on a high-energy, high-protein diet to gain weight quickly. For grassers this would be young, vegetative grasses that are almost at the stage of inflourescence but the long stems that haven't quite popped up yet. It will take about 6 months for the cattle to reach target weight. For grainers, a diet of 80 to 90% diet of grain is the common way (the feedlot way) to fatten cattle within a period of 3 to 4 months. However, if you wish you could finish your cattle on a 50-50 or 40-60 diet of grain and forage, respectively or vice versa, to get a stronger tasting, yet juicy steak.
British breeds fatten quicker than Continentals will. So starting British breed-type cattle when they are but 18 to 20 months of age on a high energy ration will get them to gain enough meat on them but not too much fat. Continentals genetically are built to be lean, so you could start them whenever you like, like right after they are weaned on a grain-based diet or a diet of 50% forage 50% grain to get them to gain weight. Continentals will finish at a heavier weight than British breeds will, so also bear that in mind when choosing which breeds to fatten up for your freezer. Crossbred calves that have British and Continental breeds in them can be started either way, but the British influence will have them still fatten quicker, so backgrounding them until they are 18 months old would be a wise decision.
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No beef cattle can also be fed, grass, corn, insilage, silage, grain, oats, barley.
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Cattle average from 5.5 to 6.5 lbs of feed per lb of gain. These numbers can vary a lot depending on weight of cattle entering the feedyard, genetic background etc...
It's supplemental protein for beef cows that are on grass diets.
No. Grazing land for cattle needs much more space than does grain production for the same caloric benefit.
They are raised on either family farms or feedlots.
Secondary farming in its simplest definition is something a farmer does to promote a primary purpose of the farm. For example, if a farmer has a beef cattle ranch, secondary farming might be the growing of hay to feed the beef cattle.
None. If you get enough energy content with feeding oats (especially processed oats), corn is not necessary. However, it depends on the class and breed of beef cattle you are referring to, as well as environmental factors, additional feedstuffs given and accessibility. As such, a person could include anywhere from one percent to as much as 80 percent corn used with oats to feed beef cattle.
No, beef does not grow on a plant. Beef comes from the meat of cattle animals like cows, which are raised on farms for human consumption. The cattle are fed a diet of grass, hay, grains, and other feed to help them grow to the appropriate size before being processed into beef.
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