Dr . Mary Ellen Hicks is a Professor of Animal Science at ABAC and says ABAC
‘ hits everything on my check list .’
“ We don ’ t do a lot of feeding until they are weaned ,” Hicks said . “ She ’ s the primary food source until then . We ’ ll weigh them in November before they go to a feed yard in Iowa . They ’ ll leave here at about 750 pounds .
“ The steers go to a feed yard in November and then on to a processing plant in May or June of the next year . By that time , they each weigh between 1,200 to 1,400 pounds . ABAC gets paid on the quality of the carcass .”
From birth this spring to the feed yard in November to the processing plant next May to a steak on the plate for your Independence Day celebration , the Circle of Life continues .
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