Alternative Beef Production Systems: Issues and Implications

Kenneth Mathews andRachel Johnson

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: beef production;    grass-fed;    grass-finished;    organic;    conventional;    alternative;    market attributes;    niche;    cattle;    resource use;    environmental impacts;   

RP-ID  :  LDPM-21801

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

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.