While steaks and burgers are what usually come to mind when we think of beef, there are a lot of other cuts that come from a cow. The Culinary Kitchen is part of the beef industry's effort to develop new ways for customers to enjoy beef. Continue reading “Bus Tour Part 2: Culinary Kitchen and CattleFax”
This week, Naomi and I took a five day bus tour as a part of Beef SD, a program for young cattle producers to learn more about all segments of the cattle industry. Industry seems like a cold term, but the process of turning grass into the beef you might serve for supper tonight is such an amazing process, it takes an amazing amount of management and coordination to complete. This trip included visiting with world-renown livestock handling expert Temple Grandin, enjoying a meal at a white tablecloth restaurant, and tours of several large feedlots, a popular seedstock producer, and a beef packing plant. It is all too much to explain in just one post, so for today I'll just tell you about meeting Temple Grandin. Continue reading “Bus Tour part 1: Temple Grandin”
