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Procedures Include:
- No animal by-products fed to animals
- No human sludge used on the fields
- No growth hormones or steroids
- No inhumane treatment of animals
- No antibiotics in feed or given to the animals unless it's to save a life
- No genetically modified cattle
- No irradiation of meat
- No artificial breeding or embryo transfer
- All animals grass and hay fed with supplementary grain used for training and baiting purposes only, and rarely
- All animals grass finished
Battle Creek Beef is the name we gave to our newly expanded natural beef business in 1994 (Battle Creek runs through our property). We had always raised a few animals for family and close friends and knew we had a superior product. In 1994 we decided to share our beef with the general public and Battle Creek Beef was born.
We are transitioning again from Simmental beef to Red Devon. Our herd bull for 2007 is a registered Red Devon from a herd in Tennessee. Red Devon is a heritage breed that has escaped genetic tampering. This breed is highly fertile, very efficient on feed and grows and finishes well on grass. We know how to raise healthy animals and want control of their health from the time they are born. Our calves are not routinely fed antibiotics and we NEVER resort to hormone implants.
Our beef steers right now are a Simmental Cross, which are fairly efficient on feed, and very high spirited. We will still only feed them until they reach an optimum weight of about 1200 lbs. so we end up with a lean instead of "fat" animal.
The first of our Red Devon cross calves were born in the spring of 2007.
