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This Week’s Story: The Way of Human, Horse, and Hay

“Pet.” I looked at her as I spoke, and the mare’s ears rotated back as she heard her name. In response, the big Belgian leaned forward into the great leather collar, conveying true horse power to the thick cowhide tugs behind her. There was a brief jingle at the beginning of the pull, but now that was silenced as all was taut and unwavering. The doubletree chains glistened in the high noon sun as if they were magically transformed to solid steel, humbled thereto by the sheer magnificence of draft horse power…..

Store News

Next Shipping Date: Monday, June 9th

We generally ship every Monday, holiday weeks excepting (see calendar). You’ll get a tracking number when we ship your order. UPS may initially show an extra day of transit time, but will correct late Monday night when orders hit the Salt Lake hub.

Next Restock Date: Wednesday, June 11th

We restock every Wednesday and send out a sale flyer on Wednesday in the early evening with the week’s deals.

SpECIAL Mention

We have a brand new suite of organic grass fed regenerative sausages in (kielbasa, bratwurst, and hot Italian) and a full lineup of Lifeline organic dairy and raw milk sheep cheeses.

This Week’s Reader-Only Deals

Use the code “BONES&ORGANS” to get 10% off bones, tongue, and liver!

Use the code “GROUNDBUNDLE” to get 5% off 20 lb. fattier ground beef bundles!

To access these sale items, and for more deals and products, you can click the button below!

Ranch News

Crew boss Rose and her loyal pup Loon, saddling horses at the beginning of the day in Little Hat camp. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Summer range riding intern Keegan, aboard Toby, watches the herd as they graze up from their night pen to a higher plateau where forage abounds. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

While it’s not an unprecedented wildflower year by any means, there are plenty of beautiful blooms amidst the sagebrush. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Crew boss Rachel aboard the steadfast Ben, moving the cattle back to camp for the night. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

This last week we branded calves. Here’s part of the branding crew getting it done! From left to right: Chris, Jed M., Rachel, Keegan, Aaron, Drew, Webb, and Rose. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Branding crew muggers have a calf down, and are in the process of the freeze brand. The iron comes in at about 80 degrees below zero and has to be held in place against the skin for about 45 seconds to properly freeze the hair follicles—and that means that the calf has to lay still. Here you can see the “iron” –it’s actually made out of brass—that just came out of a portable deep freeze cooler. The calves rarely flinch upon placement of the brand; it’s pretty clear that the freeze just makes them go numb. Meanwhile, Tari the rope horse in the background catches a quick nap. Photo credit Caryl Elzinga.

Crew boss Jed M. holding a calf aboard Bobbie.

Melanie in the background, coiling up for another shot at a calf, Rose, Webb and Linnaea on the mug crew. It was a beautiful cool day in the middle of the Hat Creek Country, miles and miles away from the nearest human settlement. Photo credit Caryl Elzinga.

Part of the crew after a successful afternoon branding calves on the range. From left to right: interns Leonna and Aubrey, crew boss Webb, and intern Kate. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

Elle and I went to check the pairs (momma cows and babies) the other night. The cows that have calved are grazing a different drainage from the main herd, and we mostly leave them alone save a few daily checks to make sure all calves are healthy and accounted for. Everyone is thriving and happy on range pasture! Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

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