The Cow-Operative

StatsCan indicates that we eat about 63 kilograms of red meat annually as of 2001. That’s 138 pounds. Will Taft indicates that the average American eats over 200 pounds per year, as does the Huffington Post. Pasture to Plate says the average BC’er easts 30 pounds per year, but what is average, and does it [...]

How much meat does a steer produce? The internet tels me that a Hereford will come in at perhaps 1,200 lbs on the hoof, but many meat producers use 1,000 as a round number. We’ll do the same. How much of that turns into beef hanging in the cooler? The number seems to be about [...]