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The story of beef

This resource tells the story of beef production via a series of videos that bring the farmyard into your classroom up close and personal but without the muck and without the smells!
Videos show:
- An introduction to the Beef Food Story
- Billy Bull
- Bringing Cattle In ready for calving
- Cow Calving – real footage of a calf born
- Cows being turned out to grass in the spring
- The Beef – cattle being sold at market and carcass dressed by a butcher
This resource is one of a series of Food Stories.

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STC Research Foundation Ltd

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