Tag: beef
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Perfect Grilled Steak
My favorite thing about summer – easy meals on the grill. This steak with herbed butter is delicious! Especially when made with Dexter beef. https://iowagirleats.com/perfect-grilled-steak-with-herb-butter/
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Dexter Beef – The Taste Test
I had never tasted Dexter meat previously, so I was very keen to sink my teeth into a nice steak. The first thing I noticed was the flavor. It reminded me of what beef used to taste like when I started as a butcher, 50 years ago. https://butchermagazine.com/dexter-beef/https://butchermagazine.com/dexter-beef/ Submitted by Pam B
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Filling the summer forage gap
Valerie Tate shares management solutions, including planting warm-season annual forages such as pearl millet and sorghum-sudangrass https://www.beefmagazine.com/farm-business-management/filling-the-summer-forage-gap?utm_rid=CPG02000003229815&elq2=4f59c09e57ac441ba04619d70f690137&sp_eh=7918b56c11c76f55a8c727b1a7b7dcdc898203486555975c5ae1a7a2ed896fdd
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Game Changer – Genetic Tenderness Testing
This morning I just received my package from Callipyge Genetics Lab in Selah, Washington. This is very exciting because it could be a game changer. The package is from W.F. Hendrix, DBA (Doing Business As) Callipyge Genetics, LLC. The first thing I noticed is it cost $2.04 to send it to me in Calfornia, which…
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Breed standard…Detailed English Dexter Breed standard that well defines Dexters unique traits.
Breed Standards define breeds so that people know what unique traits the breed possess. Dexters were known to have extremely fine quality beef, it turns out that the original genetics Dexters process may actually help them to have finer quality beef because they have “skin that should be soft and mellow, and handle well, not…
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Dry-Aging – Why It’s Important
Dry-aging is a key factor in creating high flavor profiles in your beef.
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Why Dexter Cattle?
https://www.thenorthcoastranch.com/blog/4-reasons-our-grass-fed-beef-tastes-uncommonly-delicious
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The Best Beef – The Randall Line Back, Galloway and DEXTER chewed up Nearly As Many First Place Votes as Any Of The Other Breeds Tasted
https://www.farmprogress.com/management/and-the-best-beef-was-
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Welcome to Spring:
By Shelley Hatfield/Whippoorwill Pines Farm Spring is a beautiful time of the year!! All the new babies, flowers popping their heads up showing off their colors, everyone itching to get their hands in the dirt!! But that also brings some problems if you have cows. Here are a few things that I have found that…
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Mongolian Beef Recipe
Try this quick (30 minute) and easy beef recipe for dinner tonight: https://tasteandsee.com/mongolian-beef/
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Dexter Cattle – Ideal Small Cattle Breed for Homesteads and Small Farms
Dexters are better at foraging for their food, live long, produce well and rear about 10 calves or more, during their lifetime. Because they are small cattle, you can stock more cattle per acre than you would with conventional cattle breeds. https://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/dexter-cattle.html
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Dexter are perfect for the Homesteader
There are some good pointers in this short video. Always breed for duality and you will have a Dexter herd that meets all of your needs. Please keep in mind many don’t like the term mini cow being applied to our breed, as they are the smallest breed in the world.
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Cattle Worth More than Diamonds
A good read on the current cattle market trends. Understand the market so you can adjust your sales prices and purchases for maximum yield. https://www.beefmagazine.com/farm-business-management/cattle-market-insights-can-bred-cows-beat-diamonds-
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Getting Dexters is like eating chips, you can’t just have one!!! Written By Shelley Hatfield Whippoorwill Pines Farm
I kinda want to go back to the beginning. We are getting several new Dexter owners and several people asking questions. So I will post some articles on getting started. These articles aren’t necessarily directed to Dexter cattle in particular, but the basics are the same. First of all, you do need to decide what…
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Beef Production Strategies
https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/topic-files/cattle-business-mississippi-articles/cattle-business-mississippi-articles-landing-page/mca_feb2011.pdf
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McDonald’s and Syngenta Team Up.
https://www.producer.com/livestock/mcdonalds-to-pay-for-feed-efficient-corn-use/?utm_source=Glacier+FarmMedia+LP&utm_campaign=cfd51828a4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_06_10_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be8da64209-cfd51828a4-91362076&mc_cid=cfd51828a4
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Hybird Meat May Gain Ground!
https://www.producer.com/farmliving/stealth-health-could-be-new-trend/?utm_source=Glacier+FarmMedia+LP&utm_campaign=cfd51828a4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_06_10_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be8da64209-cfd51828a4-91362076&mc_cid=cfd51828a4
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Bone Broth: Nature’s Collagen Supplement Submitted By Donna Grace
Bone broth elevates dishes with rich flavor and nutritional value https://miniature-cattle.com/documents/bone-broth-collagen_mercola.pdf
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Keep Your Cowherd Healthy This Winter
Keeping your cattle healthy during the stress of colder winter temperatures is easy. https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-health/how-to-keep-your-cowherd-healthy-this-winter
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Do you need lots of acres to raise beef cattle? By Shelley Hatfield- WP Farm
Do you need lots of acres to raise beef cattle? The answer is absolutely not! But you will need to be a little more prepared than farms who have several acres. You will need to have sturdier fences for one thing. Farms with several hundred acres have room for the cows to roam so they…
