Our Red & Black Angus cattle are born and raised right here on our ranch in the Pacific Northwest. We manage our cattle with a focus on animal health, responsible land stewardship and producing exceptionally high-quality, nutrient dense beef.
Are your cattle grass-fed?
Yes. Our cattle are grass-fed for life on pasture and locally grown forage. We also use a small amount of barley during finishing to improve overall marbling, a buttery flavor and incredible quality all without loosing the nutrional quality of grass fed beef. Over an animal's lifetime, barley accounts for less than 1–2% of its total diet.
What do your cattle eat?
We grow 100% of our own forage locally, giving us control over one of the most important parts of raising beef: nutrition. Our forage is glyphosate, corn and soy free, and the barley we feed is always non-GMO and glyphosate-free.
Do you use hormones or antibiotics?
Our beef is raised without added hormones or antibiotics.
Is your beef pasture-raised?
Our cattle spend their lives grazing outdoors whenever conditions allow. During our wet Pacific Northwest winters, finishing cattle may be housed indoors where we can provide a clean, dry environment and carefully manage their nutrition. Our mother herd are outside all year around.
What breed of cattle do you raise?
We raise Red and Black Angus cattle selected for excellent carcass quality & maternal traits.
Why do you feed barley?
We're not trying to produce the leanest beef possible—we're trying to produce exceptionally good beef. A small amount of barley helps our cattle develop the intramuscular marbling responsible for tenderness and flavor while maintaining a forage-based diet.
How is your beef aged?
Our beef is dry-aged for a minimum of 16 days to develop tenderness and a richer, more concentrated beef flavor.
What makes Widnor Farms beef different?
Our beef is truly farm-to-freezer. We know the cattle, their genetics, their nutrition and the land that feeds them. Our beef program is birth-to-butcher, giving us control and traceability through the entire process.
