Tag: tenderness
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The BEST Beef
We’ve been raising our own beef for years. Before that, we raised rabbit and chicken, and hunted deer to fill our freezer. It’s been so long since we had to purchase meat from the store, I forget how lucky we are. Especially now that we raise Dexter cattle. I’m always pleasantly surprised when we get…
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TENET BEEF UPDATE
After a small sampling from one herd, it appears that the Dexter breed does have this highly inheritable genetic marker. It appears that the marker is found in those cows with the most milk production. This makes total sense, as they refer to the genetic marker as found in most easy keeping cattle. Unfortunately no…
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Who knew tenderness is directly correlated to easy keeper Submitted by Jeff Reusser, Royal Fare Farm
With all the talk about marbling and beef tenderness, here is something to consider…marbling does not equal tenderness…taste yes…tenderness no. And selecting for easy keepers can be a great step selecting the best beef from your herd. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/working-cows-regenerative-ranching-to-maximize-profitability/id1307361758?i=1000701294394
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Do you know how to do a tail stick to get blood for Pregnancy and Tenet Beef testing?
Here is a video that Nancy Bowers, Lonestar Ranch did on blood testing one her Dexters. This the same technique that you will need for testing for Tenet beef tenderness, except you will need much less….lol. I have sent in 7 tenet tenderness tests to see if our Dexters have this genetic trait. Unlike other…
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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…