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Cowboys and Grass Fed Beef Making Comebacks!

By Bobby Tall Horse, published Mar 07, 2008

Consumers have spoken with their wallets in the last few years. Even though grass fed beef costs a bit more, they are willing to spend the money for what they believe is a safer meat product. And they're right.

Cattle that have been raised in feed lots are at least 58% more likely to be carrying a disease called campylobacter. This bacteria can cause fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache and muscle pain when consumed. Pasture raised cattle fed grass and hay do not seem to be bothered by this bacteria.

Cowboys raising grass fed beef had become more or less obsolete. In Arizona, ranchers are looking for cowboys again. They will raise them the traditional way. The cowboys will herd the cattle and move the cattle, instead of merely shooting them up with vaccinations and hormones and wormers and leaving them in feed lots.