About Us
Established in 2017, we both have a long family history in agriculture. As 7th generation farmers in Macon County, we've had a wealth of mentors to seek guidance from and grow our own farm. Raising livestock starts with managing pastures. Hay and cattle are something we grew up with, but goats are relatively new. Tenacious little creatures, our goats have greatly changed our pastures without the use of pesticides or fertilizer. We prioritize multispecies and rotational grazing in addition to both working full time off the farm.
We raise both registered Simmental and SimAngus in both spring and fall calving herds. Currently we exclusively use artificial insemination and place a strong emphasis on cow fertility. Matching genetics to our local forages and collecting data to raise productive cattle on lower inputs is a cornerstone of our breeding philosophy.
Raising breeding stock continues to be a finding a balance of optimizing instead of maximizing production. While we all want the heaviest weaning weights, we don't want to breed animals that are so productive they fall apart on our Missouri pastures. We believe that sometimes it takes listing out priorities to not lose sight of the fundamentals.
Before we evaluate performance in our does, for example, they must pass three objectives that we consider essential:
- Blood test clean of the three major caprine diseases
- Have a preferred ABGA qualified teat structure
- Cannot need dewormed more than two times a year
Our objectives for cows are quite different of course. They look something more like:
- Calve in a 365-day interval
- Rebred with only fescue mixed hay and mineral to supplement pasture
- Docile enough to be worked by a single person
Since we are relatively small, our focus is on developing individuals that really fit our management and collecting enough data to find those individuals. We need our animals to work for us, not the other way around.