MEISNER BEEF
Are you vegan and are concerned about cow farts? Read this article about “Upcycling”, and you will want to eat a big juicy steak today. Cattle more than offset their emissions. :)
From www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com :
“What is “upcycling”? When cattle graze, their ruminant digestive system turns things humans can’t eat, like grass, other forages, and byproducts - such as distillers grain, cottonseed, and beet pulp - into high quality protein and micronutrients for human consumption – a process called upcycling.
Cattle ranching is the perfect example of “upcycling.” Cattle graze on grasslands turning natural resources like pastureland and solar energy into beef and other everyday products. They are upcyclers that take otherwise useless materials, add nutritional and environmental value, and transform them into a high-quality protein and essential micronutrients. In fact, the U.S. beef industry produces more than three-times more high-quality protein for the U.S. food supply than cattle consume.1
HOW DO CATTLE UPCYCLE?
About 90% of what cattle eat can’t be digested by humans, making them invaluable to a sustainable food system. Cattle consume plants that humans can’t eat and through their unique digestive system, transform these plants into a high-quality, nutrient-rich protein. In addition to the grasses they graze on for most of their lives, cattle can eat numerous other food byproducts. They can take items like brewers’ grains, pea pulp, beet tops, and potato peelings and turn those products into beef.
By using byproducts that would otherwise go to waste, cattle are enhancing the sustainability of other industries. For example, cattle eat distillers grains from the corn ethanol industry, cottonseed that is a byproduct of cotton production, and beet pulp that is a byproduct of sugar beet production.
Approximately 29% of the land in the United States is too wet, rocky, steep, or arid to support cultivated agriculture.2 However, cattle graze on plants native to their surroundings that humans can’t eat. Their unique, four-compartment stomach and digestive system is home to trillions of microbes. These microbes allow cattle to benefit and gain nutritional value from these sources that other animals can’t digest.
Approximately 29% of the land in the U.S. is pasture or rangeland that is too wet, rocky, steep, or arid to support cultivated agriculture. This land is able to support cattle, sheep, and goats— and protein upcycling.
THE VALUE OF UPCYCLING
Upcycling adds additional value to products that otherwise would’ve been wasted.
Byproducts from biofuel and food production industries, such as distillers grains and beet pulp, are digestible by cattle, reducing the volume of waste going to landfills.
Properly managed cattle grazing can improve rangeland and wildlife habitats.
As the global population continues to grow, ruminant animals like beef cattle can help us make more food with less.
More than 44% of an animal’s live weight transforms into other goods such as leather, cosmetics and pet food.
Corn going to the grain-finished cattle represents only 7% of harvested corn grain in the U.S. or 5.5 million acres.3 By comparison, 34.8% of corn acreage in the U.S. is used for producing fuel ethanol.4
REDUCE LANDFILL WASTE
Cattle’s ability to upcycle also helps reduce landfill waste. For every 100lb of human food from crops, there are 37lb (or 7%) of plant leftovers produced, which cattle can then upcycle into protein, micronutrients, and other important products.5,6,7
This is important because municipal solid waste landfills accounted for 14% of methane emissions in the U.S. in 2017, making them the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the United States.8,9”
OUR CONCISE STORY
Our family, Meisner Beef, are grateful every day, that God has entrusted us to be the caretakers of his land, crops, and animals, and continues to bless us with the tools to provide the best quality, flavorful, and healthy beef product we possibly can. We started out over 54 years ago raising market beef for our family and close friends. By inviting friends over, word quickly spread and more people started requesting to buy our beef. Our customers can be confident that they will be enjoying premium quality American beef free of added hormones/implants. Our beef is home-grown and raised, from birth to market, on our small family farm, raised on grass and forages most of their life and finished on a nutrient-balanced grain diet, ensuring enhanced flavors and tenderness.
“Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.”
You can be confident that you are getting 100% American beef and know exactly where it came from.
Our FAMILY
JERRY & LINDA MEISNER
JEFF MEISNER
SHERRY TERRELL
ALEX MEISNER
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
"This is the ONLY beef we buy. We have been buying it for several years and you cannot beat the quality. It also is cheaper by the pound in the long run than buying beef in the store. We are very satisfied customers and look forward to purchasing it every year!" - Tanya E.
"Just bought our beef to fill our freezer this morning. Jerry said he just has a few more up for grabs! Give him a call ASAP to fill your freezer with the best beef around!" - Jessica H.
"Meisner beef is awesome and any of my friends who I've shared a meal with that include Meisner beef are so amazed of the quality of meat and wonderful taste. Highly recommended!" - Elaine M.