When someone orders a burger at a restaurant or picks up some beef at a meat market to make a burger at home, they’re most likely not thinking about where the meat came from and how the cow was treated. Understanding where and how that beef was made can be instrumental in choosing the right …
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If you want to buy meat in bulk meat packages, you should know that you’re already making a wiser financial decision. But choosing the right type of beef is an important health decision that coincides with your purchase as well. Grass fed beef, for example, is an option that is growing in popularity in the …
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If you’re an amateur chef, there are probably a handful of things you already prepare really well. You may have mastered the art of slicing up meat julienne for a salad, or perhaps you have mastered making the best scalloped potatoes anyone has ever tasted. Of course, there are a few things you probably don’t yet …
Continue reading A Butcher’s Tips for Making the Best Steak You’ve Ever Had
There are four “big” livestock present on the market: cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep, and chances are you’ve likely enjoyed all of the above at some point in your life. However, unless you’re in the restaurant industry or are a particularly talented cook, you have probably never received formal instruction on how to safely handle …
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According to the USDA’s latest data, the total value of the U.S. cattle and calf livestock industry as of 2015 was $60 billion and growing, while the beef industry was valued at an additional $105 billion. Besides being large, the U.S. cattle and beef industry is an indispensable part of U.S. culture — just think …
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Even though we made the decision to start Schaendorf Cattle Company in 2015, our story really began long before that. Members of my family have been farming in West Michigan since back in the late 1800s. The best starting point for our story is in in 1994 when my dad, John Schaendorf, started a small …
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