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Bison Basics - Raising a North American Icon

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The <strong>Bison</strong><br />

Advantage<br />

� No barn (artificial shelter) needed<br />

Outdoors, year round, no matter the weather<br />

� Efficient feed utilizers<br />

� Long productive life<br />

� Primary requirements: fresh water and adequate nutrition<br />

� Calving rarely requires human intervention<br />

� Superior hardiness results in disease resistance<br />

� Thrive in many environments with no ill effects<br />

� The meat they provide is low fat and high protein<br />

� There is considerable consistent growth in consumer’s<br />

demand for bison meat<br />

� Free enterprise market without excessive intervention<br />

A cow standing into a blizzard so her thick winter hair lies down, keeping her very warm.<br />

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