What's in the Feed?

We believe that God intended cattle to live on grass.  After all, they are ruminants, grazers, grass eaters.  Because of this, our calves are pasture raised.  That means that they will be free to roam their pasture grazing on grass or eating hay until the day they go to the butcher.  This is not common practice in today's industrialized meat market.  Cattle usually are sold to feed lots at 700 to 800 pounds. For the last 180 days of their life, they stand on piles of manure eating grain filled with antibiotics and steroids.  Filling them with these antibiotics is the only way they can keep them alive in the feed lots and steroids bulk them up for more profits.  But do we really want to eat that in our meat?  Desiring something better, we have chosen a different destiny for our animals.

Our calves are raised on grass

and quality bermuda hay.

Along with that, they receive a little grain.

This keeps them coming in twice a day for us to make sure they are all healthy.

It also adds just the right amount of marbling in their meat.

The grain does not have medications in it. 

A local feed mill has helped us develop a plan for feeding them.  The percentage of corn will increase as we go along but the basic ingredients will stay the same.

And their feed won't exceed 2% of their body weight which keeps them in prime condition.

 So, what's in the feed?

Corn

Alfalfa

Molasses

Soybean Meal

Calcium

Cotton Seed Hulls

&

Grass ~ lots of grass.