Beef producers leaving ‘money on the table’ with beef defects

Jamie Henneman
Dec 14, 2024
Dec 14, 2024

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Beef producers may be ‘leaving money on the table’ when marketing their cull animals due to several factors that create beef defects at the processing plant.

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