“The craft of family
ranching lives on!
My grandfather would be proud.
We ranch the way he did,
on open pastures.”
Hormones, Antibiotics, Containment Farms, Slaughter Mills
I select the cattle that have been bred to produce flavor and tenderness. And I use a high fiber supplement feed in addition to grass, this gives the taste of corn-fed.
My cattle live on pastures and are never confined. They graze on grass and on a high fiber ration that gives them extra protein.
Being mostly grass fed, the cattle get lots of phyto nutrients that you can’t get from corn alone. My beef tests high in Omega-3 and CLA, and nutrient content.
My cattle are not confined and never leave the farm until harvest, so they are kept disease-free and very healthy, the all-natural, old-fashioned way. My cattle don’t go to the slaughter mills but to a local butcher, where the beef is always kept separate and not exposed to mass contamination. The beef is processed and quick frozen on location providing you the safest beef possible.

Free range beef is beef that has been raised on grass pasture. They are never confined in a feedlot in unhealthy conditions. They have a diet of nutrient-rich grasses and pasture forage. We also give them access to a high-fiber vegetarian ration. This allows the cattle to self-regulate their nutrition needs. The result is a very healthy herd. We don't use antibiotics or artificial pharmaceuticals. Through three generations of experience we have found this combination produces both the flavor and the nutritional content that we demand.
Ranching is a craft that few have learned well. Many free range or merely grass feed their beef. We craft beef that is fit for the finest restaurant, and meets the high health demands of today's health-wise consumer. Taste it and you will never turn back. Eat it and you will feel the difference. Be a part of a movement back to the way beef was meant to be raised, on the free range, on local family farms.
Sincerely,
Mark Mahnken
3rd Generation Rancher