Alternative Beef Production Systems: Issues and Implications

by Kenneth Mathews and Rachel Johnson

U.S. beef markets are undergoing rapid change as alternative production systems evolve in response to consumer demands and compete with conventional grain-fed beef production. Beef produced through distinguishable systems has different marketable attributes that may attract price premiums.

Keywords: beef production, grass-fed, grass-finished, organic, conventional, alternative, market attributes, niche, cattle, resource use, environmental impacts

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