Print Version. Biting midges are minute to tiny flies that can be severe biting pests of humans, pets, livestock, and wildlife. Their blood-sucking habits also raise concerns about possible involvement in the transmission of disease agents.
The best cut of beef ribs comes from the lower, ventral, section, from the 6th through 10th rib, roughly the same cut as the St. Louis cut of pork ribs. It is called the short plate, and the ribs are called short ribs not because they are short in length, but because they come from what is called the short plate.
The rib primal is separated from the beef plate primal by sawing across the ribs a few inches down from the pointy end of the ribeye muscle. How far down depends on a lot of things. Technically a full beef rib primal will have ribs that are up to 10 inches long toward the chuck end, and six inches long at the loin end.