Comparing Grass-Fed vs. Grain-Fed Beef Production

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The farmer discusses the differences between grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Grain-fed beef from feedlots typically takes 12-18 months (sometimes up to 18 months) to raise, often involving antibiotics in their feed to promote faster growth and steroids via implants to stimulate growth. In contrast, Stoney Ridge Farm's grass-fed and grass-finished beef takes longer, anywhere from 18 to 32 months (or even up to 32 months), because they rely on natural growth hormones by not castrating animals at birth. This approach results in animals with stronger natural immunity and no need for antibiotics or steroids. He highlights that grass-fed animals live in a cleaner, pasture-based environment, away from their own waste, preventing diseases like pneumonia common in crowded feedlots.

Goal: Learn about the differences between grass-fed and grain-fed beef production, including growth timelines, natural immunity, and the absence of antibiotics or steroids in grass-fed animals.

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takes to raise out and the choices that you have to make when you're taking these cows to the butcher so you notice the weights of the cows they were between 540 pounds and 680 pounds ish dressed out the cow itself probably weighed close to 900 to a thousand pounds each cow probably weighed about that much typical feedlot beef is going to take 12 to 18 months maybe a little bit longer maybe be a little bit less to raise out to processing typical beef that's raised on a feedlot is given an antibiotic in their feed which helps them to grow faster they are given a steroid either in their food or in a little injectable and their ear or underneath their skin which stimulates growth in other words we leave the testicles on our animals until our animals are much larger we don't castrate them at Birth a lot of operations do that we want to use that hormone that's naturally occurring in the animal to help that animal to grow it only makes sense right so our animals have more natural immunity they have more of the natural growth hormone and they have less outside inputs we don't have to give them steroids we don't have to give them antibiotics we don't feed them grain and we don't have to give them medications to keep them healthy and keep them from getting pneumonia because they don't live in a Dusty crowded feedlot where they're standing in places where they pooped it only makes sense guys if you eat where you poop you get sick these animals are on a section of pasture for about 12 hours they never have an opportunity to eat next to their own manure and therefore we don't have to medicate them how much sense does this make now you can't feed the world like that bull I call bullcrap there is so much vacant and unused land that's not fenced out there when you're driving down the highway next time just look out at all the land that's out there that is just unused we can do this as a nation and you vote with your dollar when you buy feedlot beef out of the grocery store that's my politics again I tell you I just want us to have good food good clean food so that being said the average cow on a feedlot 12 to 18 months ish something like that this just depends on the animal and how much steroid and antibiotic they feed them right now the average grass-fed and or grass finish beef is going to take anywhere from 18 to 24 up to 32 months to raise out so it takes longer to raise these hand raised beef cows that's Donnie the bull right there by the way it takes longer it…

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