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What is the difference in dry aging, wet aging and gas packing and why is it important to you and your family? What does carbon monoxide have to do with meat in the display case? 

Fall is harvest time here at the ranch. The Mobile Unit from our Farmer's Co-Op was here last week to complete our grass fed beef harvest for this year and the meat looks great!

We are very excited to announce our Ranch Store is now open! With two weekends under our belt, things at the store are going very well. We've met some wonderful new customers and are proud to introduce them to our grass fed beef.

We have just returned from a great weekend at the Northwest Lowline Association Cattle Expo, held at the Idaho Lowline Cattle Company's beautiful ranch in Hayden, Idaho. It was a good time meeting new Lowline Cattle folks, attending workshops, networking and sharing information. 

I'm sure you've all heard about the "Pink Slime" in ground beef controversy in the news lately. I'm very happy to tell you that our all natural, grass fed beef has no slime added - pink or otherwise.  All the attention to beef processing is a good thing, I think.  Just as important as what your beef is fed is how your beef is processed.  I don't know about  you, but I have no desire to eat pink slime or ammonia. 

Do you know where supermarket / industrial beef comes from? Have you seen a feedlot lately?  What do you think of the conditions?  CAFO / feedlot / industrial beef or grass fed beef -  which is healthier? 

It's been a long journey,  but at last we have our grass fed beef website up and running - an exciting day at the ranch!  The seeds of this adventure were sown long ago.  A little boy, a heifer named Georgeanna . . . and we ended up here.

We have just returned from a trip to the Spokane Fair and Lowline Cattle Show there.  We helped out with the Lowline Cattle Show put on by the Northwest Lowline Association.  The NWLA has members all over the Pacific Northwest; Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada.  Our friends from Muddy Creek Ranch were at the show and their cattle did really well in the competition.  Three of their animals were awarded Grand Champion Cow, Grand Champion Female and Grand Champion Bull. Their heifer MCR Crazy Sage, was also crowned Supreme Champion Lowline Percentage Exhibit of the fair. 

Due to the drought in Texas ranchers there have been selling off calves and cows of calf-bearing age even though they know it will be costly to rebuild their herds later.  Many ranchers also have lost access to water because ponds have dried up, adding to the need to reduce the size of herds or even sell all their cattle.