Last year 12,000 buffalo were slaughtered while 120,000 cattle went to market every day in 1999. I want to give my customers an affordable package. He anticipates being able to ship come fall. If things go as well as I hope, I'll need to hire someone to do all the things I can't. I want to work with the herd, finish my degree and get new clients.
Buffalo meat has a dramatically lower fat content than beef or chicken.
A 3.5-ounce piece of buffalo sirloin measures 40mg of cholesterol, while beef comes in at 65mg and chicken breast with the skin on has 72mg. The lean meat, which is high in protein, cooks faster than beef, but there is no gamey taste. In fact, the steaks are rich and flavorful. We see this as the future of how people will be eating red meat. Once cholesterol was recognized as a health risk, bison became a logical choice.