Grass-Fed Beef vs Corn-Fed Beef

Firstly, when you are thinking about the “risks” associated with cattle eating a food product they don’t get the opportunity to consume in the wild, I think you are thinking of horses. While horses are... keep reading →

It all depends on what type of cattle you are talking about.

Beef cattle fed on grass tend to be more tough,because they don't have marble in the meat from eating corn products.

Dairy cattle fed grass without a corn or grain supplement will not produce as much milk.That is why you see beef cattle in a feed yard and milk cows confined to a dairy setting.

As far as risks are concerned feeding corn to livestock,is no different then me eating corn off the stock.

Mostly a big myth created by people who are vegetarians.

Any time you buy beef in the store it will most likely be corn or grain fed.

Any time you buy milk in the store it will most likely be from dairy cattle fed grain,corn or silage.

Corn is not something that a cow would eat if a cow were let free to roam. So why do we feed cows corn? Because it's cheap and because the government has paid farmers to grow excesses of corn.

Grass-fed cows are following a more natural cycle by eating their traditional food-source. Thus, the meat from these cows is much less "messed around with." So, if you're looking to eliminate as many chemicals as you can from your diet, grass-fed is the way to go.

Oops, I missed this question when you posted it, but just wrote a hub for the current hubmob that you might find answers this one as well:

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Benefits-of-Grass-Fed-

I did a search just to make sure I was right about this, and it confirmed my idea. Corn is a member of the grass family. Corn was wild at one time, I suppose, and I also suppose that if a wild bovine met a patch of wild corn, the animal just might consume it.