Tag: beef

  • Dexter Beef Cuts

    Dexter Beef Cuts

    We’ll weigh each and give cooking and selling tips. Dexter beef is the best!

  • Why you should salt your steak.

    Why you should salt your steak.

    A discussion on salting your steak. Enhanced crust is just one of the tips. https://www.chefsresource.com/how-to-tenderize-meat-with-salt/#How_to_Tenderize_Meat_with_Salt_A_Deep_Dive

  • Grass Fed Beef Biggest Scam?

    Grass Fed Beef Biggest Scam?

    Even if you feed a little grain…it is way better than what is in store and being passed off as grass fed. Check out this video from a well known doctor.

  • An easy recipe for ground Dexter beef

    An easy recipe for ground Dexter beef

    Tried and true ground beef recipe. Quick and easy! Whip up this cheesy, crowd-pleasing beef enchilada recipe in just about an hour, and bring authentic Tex-Mex flavor straight to your dinner table!

  • How to Get Your Product Into Grocery Stores

    How to Get Your Product Into Grocery Stores

    Grocery stores are a great way to put your business into overdrive, giving customers new options in ever-fashionable packaging. Whether you are looking to sell at local convenience stores or big-box wholesale grocers, it presents the perfect opportunity for your product. Interested in learning more about how to get your product into grocery stores? In…

  • WCP – A more resilient Food System

    WCP – A more resilient Food System

    Gabe Brown and Dr. Temple Gran… – Working Cows – Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health – Apple Podcasts

  • Farm Sales…A Way I Find works

    Farm Sales…A Way I Find works

    I think one of the hardest things for farmers, ranchers and homesteaders is when they need to sell something off the farm.  That journey should start well before you need to sell something. Let’s look at the model I use for selling of Dexter beef.   I share all of the information about our wonderful breed I…

  • Dexter Arrival: A Homesteading Dream Realized, Hayburner Acres

    Dexter Arrival: A Homesteading Dream Realized, Hayburner Acres

    Our journey to homesteading began about five years ago. My husband and I were searching for self-sustainability, a quieter life, and a deeper connection to the land. Raised in the suburbs with every modern convenience, we only knew which grocery store had the freshest beef. That was the extent of our food sourcing knowledge. Once…

  • LET’S TALK DEXTER WEIGHTS!

    LET’S TALK DEXTER WEIGHTS!

    Calling all Beef Breeders!!! For anyone who likes a bit of Beef in their dual-purpose Dexters here’s something for you! Have you ever wondered what the Live weight, the Average daily weight gain of live weight, Weight of dressed Carcass, Percentage of carcass to gross live weight, Weight of loose fat and Weight of hide…

  • Beef Stroganoff Recipe

    Beef Stroganoff Recipe

    Need a quick week night meal? Check out this tasty beef stroganoff. And it can be made with one dish, so less dishes to do after dinner!

  • Why Dexters make so much sense for the homesteader… On a small scale, raising cows for milk only can be costly!
  • TENET BEEF UPDATE

    TENET BEEF UPDATE

    After a small sampling from one herd, it appears that the Dexter breed does have this highly inheritable genetic marker. It appears that the marker is found in those cows with the most milk production. This makes total sense, as they refer to the genetic marker as found in most easy keeping cattle. Unfortunately no…

  • Who knew tenderness is directly correlated to easy keeper Submitted by Jeff Reusser, Royal Fare Farm

    Who knew tenderness is directly correlated to easy keeper Submitted by Jeff Reusser, Royal Fare Farm

    With all the talk about marbling and beef tenderness, here is something to consider…marbling does not equal tenderness…taste yes…tenderness no. And selecting for easy keepers can be a great step selecting the best beef from your herd. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/working-cows-regenerative-ranching-to-maximize-profitability/id1307361758?i=1000701294394

  • Perceived value ….true for dexter milk, beef and breeding stock

    Perceived value ….true for dexter milk, beef and breeding stock

    A CONVERSATION ABOUT PERCEIVED VALUE: A customer asked me how much it would cost for a gallon of raw milk . I gave them a price of $15/gallon. The customer responded: That’s seems really high. I asked: What do you think is a reasonable price for this? The customer answered: $4 maximum I responded: Ok,…

  • The Importance of Minerals Podcast

    The Importance of Minerals Podcast

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  • Getting And Keeping Your Dexters In Optimal Condition.
  • Understanding where Your Dexters came from will Give you a vision for their future.

    Understanding where Your Dexters came from will Give you a vision for their future.

    Enjoy this video from 1949 to see what a common herd of Dexters may have looked like at that time. It would be interesting to see what observations new people to the breed would take away from the video if they were to compare them to many Dexters now available for purchase.

  • Dexters – Poor Man’s Cow to Luxury Cow By Danielle Lowther

    Dexters – Poor Man’s Cow to Luxury Cow By Danielle Lowther

    Poor Man’s Cow to Luxury Cow How did the Poor Man’s Cow become owned by the wealthy and famous. Dexters and Kerry Cattle became recognized for their unique hardy attributes, Kerry for milk and Dexter for milk and meat. Dexters were known to get by on less, produce rich milk and raise a healthy vigorous…

  • Dexter Beef Podcast – Taste the Difference

    Dexter Beef Podcast – Taste the Difference

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  • Summer Heat Podcast- How It Affects Our Dexters and Other Livestock

    Summer Heat Podcast- How It Affects Our Dexters and Other Livestock

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  • Better Beef Starts in the Soil

    Better Beef Starts in the Soil

    “The statement “you are what you eat” is actually a biologically correct concept akin to bioaccumulation, in which the nutrients at the bottom of a food chain carry through organism after organism, increasing in concentration as they reach the top of the chain…”

  • Beef That Will Blow Your Mind

    Beef That Will Blow Your Mind

    There are plenty more recognizable and branded breeds for beef, but are they the best? I would argue they are not. Am I wrong? Maybe you should taste for yourself…

  • Beef with a story to it: Niche market for ranch-raised beef on the rise

    Beef with a story to it: Niche market for ranch-raised beef on the rise

    Direct beef purchases from the farm continue to be an emerging trend as consumers want to know both the story and faces behind the products they are purchasing, according to an expert.

  • Do you know how to do a tail stick to get blood for Pregnancy and Tenet Beef testing?

    Do you know how to do a tail stick to get blood for Pregnancy and Tenet Beef testing?

    Here is a video that Nancy Bowers, Lonestar Ranch did on blood testing one her Dexters. This the same technique that you will need for testing for Tenet beef tenderness, except you will need much less….lol. I have sent in 7 tenet tenderness tests to see if our Dexters have this genetic trait. Unlike other…

  • A little bit of history about our WONDERFUL breed
  • 3 reasons to raise Dexters on your homestead.
  • Beyond Meat Better than Dexter Beef?

    Beyond Meat Better than Dexter Beef?

    When Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) went public, there was a broad belief that people wanted meatless meat. It was healthier than meat. It was better for the environment. Beef cattle give off huge amounts of methane. McDonald’s even partnered with Beyond Meat to create a McPlant sandwich. Key Points

  • 5 Tips For Finishing Cattle on Grass

    5 Tips For Finishing Cattle on Grass

    https://www.agriculture.com/livestock/cattle/to-capitalize-on-the-grass-fed-beef-craze-proper-finishing-is-key

  • Advantages of Marketing Your Beef Directly

    Advantages of Marketing Your Beef Directly

    Small-scale livestock producers who direct market their animals or their products have more control over variable market prices and can increase their profit potential.

  • Grassroots Marketing for Farms: 5 Ways To Reach Customers

    Grassroots Marketing for Farms: 5 Ways To Reach Customers

    As a farmer, you’re a growth expert. You can turn seeds into delicious produce, coax a bountiful harvest from even the poorest of soil, and take livestock from scrawny to hefty.  But for financial success, you also need to become an expert in growing your customer base.