Our protocols

Our protocols are how we make sure we do right by our animals, our land, and the people who eat our beef.

Grass-fed, no grain

All of our cattle’s diet is freshly grazed pasture and stored grasses (hay or grass silage). We may also give free-choice minerals as needed.

No hormones or steroids

We never give our animals hormones or steroids.

No routine drugs or antibiotics

Because our cattle live on pasture, they don’t need the low daily doses of medication (called subtherapeutic use) that are common in confinement operations. To keep an animal from dying or suffering, we do allow limited therapeutic treatment of an individual animal. When we do, we double the prescribed withdrawal period before that animal is harvested. We see this exception as part of caring for our livestock responsibly and treating them ethically.

GMO-free

We don’t feed genetically modified crops such as GMO corn or soybeans.

Pasture-raised

Our cattle live out on pasture as the seasons allow.

No animal by-products

We never feed animal by-products.

No herbicides or pesticides

We don’t use herbicides or pesticides on our hay fields or on our animals. We use other pest management methods instead.