From our pastures, to your plates.
Prime Angus Beef
A closed herd
At any given time we have about 200-250 head of cattle on our properties.
Our cattle are bred, born, and raised from our own closed herd of cattle. Closed herd meaning we do not supplement our numbers with cattle from other farms (with the exception of rotating bulls to avoid inbreeding), so our beef is truely our own!
Our bulls are kept with our cattle year-round, meaning we don't have a strict calving season. This gives us continual supply of steers of various ages and let's us schedule butcher dates monthly rather than seasonally or yearly.
It also allows our cows to decide on their own terms when/if they become pregnant.
The Feed
Our breeding herd is 100% grass-fed.
The weaned calves remain 100% grass fed up until 3 months before butcher. At this point they are offered a once-a-day ration of feed to ensure prime marbling. This ration is a mix of grains grown and grinded 100% by Stewart Ridge Farms and is only a secondary option of feed (think of it as a treat) to the finishing cattle. The real "meat" of their diet comes from pasture products and hays.
What gives our Angus a delicious taste? The sileage we offer once a day! SIleage is fermented (think sauerkraut) grass forage, and is a handy way to ensure grass-feeding in the winter. It is most typically seen on dairy farms rather than beef, and we are lucky that our farm was originally set up as a dairy farm, allowing us to continue this practice.
Our sileage is also 100% grown and produced on farm.
