"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
...
> at Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:27:14 GMT in <52h922hfjnm5gh4s4k0p9vqqs1nm8d94st@
> 4ax.com>, (Terry Pulliam Burd) wrote :
>
>>After the recent discussion about grass fed beef vs. grain fed beef, I
>>ordered our usual Allen Bros. ribeyes (grain fed)
>>http://www.allenbrothers.com/ and also ordered our newly-found Neff
>>Family Ranch ribeyes (grass fed) http://www.nfrnaturalbeef.com/
>
> I wonder if that's the deciding factor? I'd hazard a guess that the
> quality
> of grain fed beef and of grass-fed beef ranges from farm to farm. And I
> have a suspicion that quality differences between farms are more
> significant than those between feeding practices. In other words, there
> are
> probably good and bad grass-fed meats, just as there are good and bad
> grain-fed beef. And a good grain-fed vs. a bad grass-fed will win, and
> vice
> versa - so that there's virtually no way to get an "objective" test,
> unless
> you find a farm that does *both* types.
>

Not to mention the differences in processing. If one takes the time to age
the beef where the other doesn't, you'll see a significant difference in the
meat.