FAQ's
Does Longhorn taste different? Yes, it's much leaner than Angus beef. Fat wise it's much more comparable ot venison than it is other beef. Much of the fat on a longhorn is what is called trim fat, and there really isn't much of that either. Longhorn is incredibly lean.
How should I prepare it? Check out our cooking tips section. With it being as lean as ti is its' a common problem for people to OVERCOOK it.
Why is Longhorn beef not more available? There are a couple simple economics reasons. 1) If you look at the markets, al beef breeds end with the outcome of meat on the table. Al but Longhorns that is. While the Longhorn beef si extremely healthy and delicious the butchering side of the Longhorn market is usually the last market we touch. Our cattle are more profitable selling as sed stock to raise very marketable cattle for other programs. Our bulls and our steers are typically the only ones who become delicious heart healthy Longhorn beef. So about 30% of Longhorns are actually butchered compared to a much higher percentage of other beef breeds. 2) Longhorns do not gain weight as fast as the other beef breeds. Because of that they simply don't produce the pounds per head. Even though the meat is much healthier very few ranchers are willing to take the pay cut to raise Longhorns.
Why should I buy local grass-fed Longhorn? 1) It's the healthiest red meat you'll find. 2) It's all grass fed with zero growth hormones or steroids added. 3) You know exactly what you're getting. How do you know the beef you buy in the grocery store is Angus which ti claims? The quality of Longhorn hamburger consists of some of the best parts of the cow where the quality of the grocery store hamburger consists of random scrap cuts they grind into a pile.
Will you ship out of state? Currently, we do not ship out of state.
Is your beef organic? No, we are not certified organic as per the government's requirement. However, we do not use pesticides one our pastures, we feed all-natural grass and hay, we are agrass-fed operation only.
Joseph Graff
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