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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2006

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Examining Cost Of Gain In Kansas Feedlots (2006), A. Babcock, R. Jones, Michael R. Langemeier Jan 2006

Examining Cost Of Gain In Kansas Feedlots (2006), A. Babcock, R. Jones, Michael R. Langemeier

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

This study had three primary objectives: 1) to examine the effects that individual performance and ingredient price factors have on cost of gain; 2) to quantify the annual and/or seasonal trend in cost of gain in Kansas feedlots; and 3) to examine the difference in cost of gain between steers and heifers. For both steers and heifers, corn price was significant and positive, indicating that as the price of corn increases so does cost of gain. The price of hay, which is a feedstuff in the majority of feedlot diets, has a positive, but insignificant, effect on feeding cost of …


A Novel Method To Dry Age Beef By Using Vacuum Packaging (2006), M.L. Ahnström, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, D.E. Johnson Jan 2006

A Novel Method To Dry Age Beef By Using Vacuum Packaging (2006), M.L. Ahnström, M. Seyfert, Melvin C. Hunt, D.E. Johnson

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

The traditional dry-aging method for beef was compared with a novel technique of dry aging in a highly moisture-permeable vacuum bag. Paired beef strip loins were cut into four sections and were dry aged traditionally (unpackaged) or packaged in the novel bag for 14 or 21 days. Cooking loss, tenderness, juiciness, and all flavor attributes were similar for the aging methods. Beef dry aged in the bag had less weight loss during aging, less trim loss after 21 days, and lower yeast counts after either aging time, compared with beef dry aged unpackaged. This novel method of dry aging beef …