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Red meat wins the ‘feed versus food’ debate

Feb 24, 2022
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TYPICAL Australian grassfed beef cattle with a diet supplemented by small amounts of grain produce 1,600 times the protein they consume.

Grainfed beef cattle produce almost twice the amount of protein they consume.

These findings come from a new CSIRO study looking at the ‘net protein contribution’ concept to measure the quality and quantity of protein cr…

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