grain fed
Diet of corn
Grain fed describes livestock raised primarily on grain-based diets rather than grass or forage.
The term appears most often with beef cattle: grain-fed beef tends to be more marbled than grass-fed.
Grain feeding typically occurs in feedlots during the final months before slaughter, producing fattier meat with a milder flavor that many consumers prefer.
- beef cattleLivestock raised for meat
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- beefBovine meat for eating
- red meatMammal flesh for eating
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
factory farm · marbling · tender · fatty · prime cut · USDA · prime · choice · angus · steer · fattened · barnyard · trough · silage · corn belt · commodity · industrial · heartland
- food gradesUSDA prime, grade A, grade B, fancy, prime beef
- meat gradesprime, choice, select, standard, commercial
animal diet/feeding method
grain fedgrass fed
Raised eating forage
pasture-raised · pasture raised · free-range · free range · wild-caught
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