Hormones and Growth Tools

Hormones and Growth Tools

All About Beta-Agonists

What are Beta-Agonists? Beta-agonists (beta agonists), such as ractopamine and zilpaterol, are animal feed ingredients that help animals make the most of the food they eat. Farmers and ranchers work with their nutritionists and veterinarians to provide the ingredient for the right animals at the right time, when they typically gain excess fat. Beta-agonists help…

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Would Eliminating Hormones Impact The Meat Industry?

Cattle ranchers use hormones to improve how animals’ bodies turn food into lean muscle. This means meat is leaner and animals grow more quickly. This is one factor that helps meat prices for the consumers. Additionally, there’s less of an environmental impact per pound of meat raised today because of tools such as growth hormones.…

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What Will Food Labels Tell Me About the Hormones Used in the Meat I Buy?

Hormones in animals occur naturally, even when raised organically. All animal products contain some hormones. Consumers looking for milk and…

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What Options Are There If You Prefer Meat From Animals Not Given Beta-Agonists?

Consumers have the right to make choices on what type of meat they buy at the grocery store. If they…

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Are Hormones In Our Food Creating Health Problems Like Early Puberty?

Our own bodies make hormones on a daily basis, and we’d be dead without them. We consume all kinds of…

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Animals That Generally Do And Don’t Receive Growth Hormones

Beef: Supplemental hormones are used in about 95 percent of cattle production in the U.S. to synchronize cow reproductive cycles,…

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