{"id":178,"date":"2012-05-01T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/the-grass-fed-cattle-of-ireland"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:27","slug":"the-grass-fed-cattle-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/05\/01\/the-grass-fed-cattle-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grass Fed Cattle of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indeed with all the rain they have here, there are no feed lots to fatten up the cattle. And as such, their diets do not have a basis in corn. ??In other words, grass fed beef and dairy products are not buzz word special here, it is the generic description for Irish milk and beef……<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

THX 4 all of U!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indeed with all the rain they have here, there are no feed lots to fatten up the cattle. And as such, their diets do not have a basis in corn. In other words, grass fed beef and dairy products are not buzz word special here, it is the generic desc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5520,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/29\/garden-variety-irish-back-road-beauty\/","url_meta":{"origin":178,"position":0},"title":"Garden Variety Irish "Back Road" Beauty","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I see so much of what you are seeing here, I have to remind myself these are not common sights.\u00a0This is the kind of stuff I see EVERYDAY on my rides here in County Mayo. \u00a0 The grass fed cattle here can often be seen \"mowing\" a lawn... 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