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<blockquote data-quote="Blaithin" data-source="post: 6451292" data-attributes="member: 5764"><p>Hormones don’t have anything to do with it, those just affect conversion rates. </p><p></p><p>You want beef like America then finish it on rations like feedlots do. 6+ months of 85% grain and anything will have the fat of a whale. People can say it’s genetics as much as they want but there is a large portion of mongrel, mutt, commercial farms here that run a mixing pot of breeds. Yet those mixing pots can all get put together in even more mixed pens at feedlots and still finish as consistent products. Don’t think there’s any regulations there that stop this kind of finishing? Just the products that can save on conversion - like implants and beta agonists. </p><p></p><p>Other things said on this thread that can be put paid to:</p><p></p><p>Most beef in this hemisphere isn’t hung. There’s no space for the time it takes. </p><p></p><p>Some of the biggest and best breeds the market wants here are traditional British breeds. Their lines have evolved, yes, but they’re still British breeds. </p><p></p><p>Can’t reliably say how S America produces beef however I’m fairly sure it’s similar to N America and here you get discounted for anything over 30 months. Just recently I believe it’s Japan that has lifted that on Canadian beef in some way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blaithin, post: 6451292, member: 5764"] Hormones don’t have anything to do with it, those just affect conversion rates. You want beef like America then finish it on rations like feedlots do. 6+ months of 85% grain and anything will have the fat of a whale. People can say it’s genetics as much as they want but there is a large portion of mongrel, mutt, commercial farms here that run a mixing pot of breeds. Yet those mixing pots can all get put together in even more mixed pens at feedlots and still finish as consistent products. Don’t think there’s any regulations there that stop this kind of finishing? Just the products that can save on conversion - like implants and beta agonists. Other things said on this thread that can be put paid to: Most beef in this hemisphere isn’t hung. There’s no space for the time it takes. Some of the biggest and best breeds the market wants here are traditional British breeds. Their lines have evolved, yes, but they’re still British breeds. Can’t reliably say how S America produces beef however I’m fairly sure it’s similar to N America and here you get discounted for anything over 30 months. Just recently I believe it’s Japan that has lifted that on Canadian beef in some way. [/QUOTE]
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