Farmers in Australia are encouraged to implant all their calves with growth hormones when they are weaned. As a result, conventional beef cattle produced in Australia are automatically implanted with slow acting growth hormones. These hormones trigger abnormal growth rates in calves, which can achieve in excess of 20% more growth with the same amount of feed within a period of 90-100 days. This greatly increases the returns gained from cattle fed on either grain or grass.

Our rejection of the use of hormonal growth promotants originated in the 1980’s and we have resisted their use ever since. This commitment stems from a concern over the impact upon humans (especially children) from the consumption of these artificial hormones. Our scepticism has been shown to be validated with the banning in the United Kingdom and European Community of the use of Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH).

Bovine Growth Hormones
Reprinted from The Ecologist, Vol 28, No 5, Sept/Oct 1998
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/john.rose/rbgh.html

Beef Growth Hormone Linked To Cancer
CBC News 5-3-99
http://www.jeffrense.com/health2/beef.htm

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