Breed: Our beef heard consists primarily of Angus/Devon and Hereford/Devon crossbreeds.  Angus and Hereford are both well-known beef breeds.  The Devon breed is another quality beef breed that is known for a smaller frame and efficient growth on grass pastures and hay.   

 

Quality of Life: Our beef herd live a stress free life (don't we all wish that was the case in our lives). Starting from birth, our beef calves nurse on their mother as they were meant to.  The calves are not separated from their mother for at least 9 months and often times live along-side their mother their entire life.  Our herd lives outside year-round, the way they prefer to.  They will browse at their leisure and seek shade when it gets hot or shelter when its cold or windy while always having access to clean, fresh water.  We even send our cows to "summer camp"!  In the summer our herd goes to a vast 70 acre pasture that is located in the Finger Lakes National Forest and managed by the Hector Grazing Association.  This unique "summer camp" for cows is a great local natural habitat where the animals can roam and forage or just lay down under a shade tree with their young calf.  In the fall, our herd comes back home where they roam our pastures along Route 96 and we feed them our organic hay until the following summer.   

 

100% Grass Fed: We choose to only feed grass to our cows - 100% of the time.  Key to good growth and flavorful meat is high quality grass and a variety of forage which we take seriously. Did you know that cows have four stomachs? Utilizing this unique digestive system, cows are very efficient in converting grass, clovers and other forages into energy for growth, so we allow them to do just that.  The benefits of grass fed beef include:  a better flavor profile, more mineral content, increased CLA's and Omega-3 fatty acids, and less total fat.