Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future

This hybrid bull, which lives on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Mo., will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the magic number for the best beefalo meat. (Jonathan Ahl/Harvest Public Media)

Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals that can be difficult to raise on a farm. Cattle are very docile, but their meat can be high in fat and not very healthy.

That's why proponents of a crossbreed — called beefalo — say they have what should be the future of U.S. meat production.