How our animals are raised.

• None of our animals are locked up in factory, feed lot conditions. They come from small family farms.
• Beef cattle are outside on pasture land all summer, and in the winter are in large pens where they have plenty of room and thick straw bedding. 
• Pigs, while not outside, are in large pens where they have plenty of room to roam and thick straw bedding. 
• Chickens are not in cages, but in large rooms where there is lots of room to walk around. The modern barn is also sealed, so it is impossible for a wild bird to get access. This is to ensure no avian flu exposure. 
• Lambs are in roomy pens with lots of straw bedding. They can go outside in the summer.
• Wild game is illegal to sell. The hunter can eat it and give it away, but not sell it. So while we have elk, it is farm raised.

What our animals are fed

• Beef: Hay, corn, soybean. Pasture grass in summer. A little bit of oats & barley when cattle are very young.

• 100% Grass fed Beef: Hay, hay, and only hay.   

• Pigs: Corn, lots of corn. At times a very little barley. 

• Chickens: Flax, barley, corn, soybean.

• Turkeys : Barley, corn, soybean.

• Lambs: Barley, corn, some oats. Plus hay.

• Elk: Pasture grass and hay, with a bit of corn, oats and barley in winter.