Country Natural Beef: 100% vegetarian diet 100% of the time

Country Natural Beef cattle are fed a 100% vegetarian diet. For the first 14-18 months of the animal’s life they are on native range grasses, seeded pastures and hay to assure a year around supply. Some ranches use winter growing lots where the cattle are fed a high roughage ration based on silages and hay before they come to the feedlot. They spend an average of three months at our gathering feedlot on a diet of potatoes, grain, and hay.

Country Natural Beef has been able to reduce the typical grain usage of 80% corn by combining corn, distiller's grain (a byproduct of ethanol) and sunflower seed screening for 32% of the feed. To complete the ration, they are fed about 60% cooked potato byproducts, 5% hay and 3% supplements and minerals. Feedlot activities focus toward keeping the fat in the muscle (marbling) at the High-Select/Low-Choice level to ensure quality for our customers.

No Additives. USDA approved label grown without hormones or antibiotics. We feed an all-vegetarian ration and never use feed additive antibiotics which include never using ionophores.