Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Most beef you will buy in a Canadian store is finished on grain. Wondering if there is any nutritional difference between grass-fed and grain-fed beef? Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Global Protein Consumption Advanced Plant Breeding Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals Pig Housing The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Gluten Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health History of Plant Breeding Bees Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Best Food Facts FarmFood 360 The Food Dialogues Health Canada Footnotes Justice Laws Website. (April 6, 2018). “Organic Product Regulations.” Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. (No date). “Beef Nutrition.” Canadabeef.ca. (No date). “Understanding Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef.” Mary E. Van Elswyk & Shalene H. McNeill. (January 2014). “Impact of Grass/Forage Feeding Versus Grain Finishing on Beef Nutrients and Sensory Quality: The U.S. Experience.” Meat Science 96(1), 535-540. Canadabeef.ca. (No date). “Understanding Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef.” Ibid. References Canadabeef.ca. (No date). “Understanding Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef.” Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. (No date). “Beef Nutrition.” Van Elswyk, Mary E. & McNeill, Shalene H. (January 2014). “Impact of Grass/Forage Feeding Versus Grain Finishing on Beef Nutrients and Sensory Quality: The U.S. Experience.” Meat Science 96(1), 535-540. Photo Credits Cow lying with calf, Page 1 – Heidi Spilchuk Calf eating out of feedbunk, Page 1 – Canada Beef Cows and calves with ranchers, Page 2 – Tara Mulhern Davidson Tags animals food cows beef grass-fed or grain-finished beef cattle grain grass feed finishing diet organic nutrients farm farming livestock meat