Grassfed Beef
Better for the Animals
 Cattle
see very little grass nowadays in their lives. Producers
start feeding them corn as soon as possible, which speeds up
their lifespan and promotes weight gain. The problem is
that cows are not designed to eat corn. The rumen is
designed for grass. Unfortunately, in the feedlot, grass is
nonexistent.
Feedlot cattle stand around in their manure all day long.
When they go to sleep, that's what they lie down in.
Animals naturally avoid their feces, because of diseases
carrying parasites Feedlots only scrape them out between
classes, which is every six months. By feeding cattle what
they're not designed to eat and placing them in a stressful
feedlot environment, they become more vulnerable to all the
different diseases cows get. Of course being penned up with
thousands of other cattle from thousands of different farms
exposes them to all kinds of viruses.
Cattle suffer
under these conditions. They are sickened from
bloat, liver disease, feedlot polio and dust
(manure) pneumonia just to name a few. So what do
feedlots do to solve these problems? Antibiotics,
antibiotics and more antibiotics. It comes as no
surprise that health experts are concerned about
antibiotic
resistance.
In contrast,
our cattle are raised in a completely natural environment.
They are born on our farm where they graze in lush green
pasture, with clean air and water. At Baucom's Best
our cattle are rotational grazed. This allows
the cattle to receive the best grass available which in turn
creates the best tasting beef for you/ This practice
is also a natural way to ward off parasite infection and
eliminate the need for pesticides.
Our cattle
are very rarely sick, because they are not exposed to or are
intermingled with other herds. Subsequently,
antibiotics are rarely needed. If by chance an animal
requires medication, it will be treated, but it will never
be sold to our customers. Our cattle are treated
humanely and are handled with as little stress as possible.
In our opinion, healthy cattle are happy cattle. We
know speculating about animal happiness is a slippery slope.
However, common sense tells us that animals doing what they
were created to do are happier animals.
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