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beef

Edible muscle from cattle, which is commonly consumed throughout the world except where it is taboo (e.g., among Hindis) or discouraged (e.g., among Buddhists).

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What beef breed also has a dairy breed associated with it?

Chapter 8 Beef cattle

As mentioned, Holsteins are used for beef, while beef breeds are sometimes sold directly to a slaughter house for veal.

Pot-bellies, cattle breeds and revealing signals

The many beef breeds have differences in size (height and body weight), carcass traits (lean or fat), color and markings, hair coat and weather tolerance, and so on.

Selecting cattle for your small farm: are you interested in milk? Meat? Both? Find out which breed suits your needs

There are a large number of popular beef breeds in America today, including three British breeds (Hereford, Shorthorn and Angus) and many European breeds, Nationwide, Angus have the most numbers.

A sampling of popular cattle breeds

Any Other Beef breed: Meirion Jones (Simmental) DAIRY CATTLE Supreme and Holstein: M and J Owen and res.

Reed family maintain great record with Lampeter win; NEBO JULIE ANNE ADDS TO ROYAL WELSH TRIUMPH

The quality assessments, which involved detailed analysis of the eating quality of the beef, mean that Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls will be added to M&S's approved beef breeds sire list later this year.

Blonde meat makes it to M&S

Here are some thoughts on some of the more popular beef breeds from Heather Smith Thomas' book:

Which breed of cattle is best? That depends ..

"It is a great honour to have The Prince of Wales as our patron and we are proud that he is actively supporting and promoting our native beef breeds and British food," said Andrew James, chief executive of the Welsh Black Cattle Society.

Welsh Black put on menu for royal dinner by Prince; Banquet for European guests backs export

Mr Topliff said: "A marked rise was, once again, evident in calf registrations from other beef breeds, the bulk of this coming from the Montbeliarde, Saler, Beef Shorthorn, Stabiliser, Brown Swiss, Devon, Lincoln Red and Luing breeds."

Calves available for beef industry on the increase

Syfni Welsh Blacks from Gareth James and family carried off the beef breeds trophy and Anthony and Hugh Davies of Welston did likewise with their Holstein entries in the dairy section.

Move to another ground justified when rain rolls in

His 18-month homebred Hereford bull, Mwyn 1 Aurther, scored a notable victory for Britain's native beef breeds when securing the reserve supreme championship in his last outing of the show season.