Omega 6:3 From Stored Forage

Since 2016 we have been testing the Omega 6:3 ratio from our harvested “Pasture Grazed” beef. In past years we have made it a point to harvest our beef towards the end of the green grass season to optimize the Omega 6:3 ratio because…

2021 Grass Finished Beef

Pasture Grazed Beef at DS Family Farm is grass-fed beef for life. Some folks refer to this type of management as Grass Finished beef. Since practically all beef are “grass-fed” for a portion of their lives, “grass-finished” implies that the beef was “grass-fed” right…

Chicken Omega 6:3 Ratio

We have six years of Omega 6:3 data on DS Family Farm grassfed beef, so this past year we decided to test our No Soy – No Corn, GMO free Pasture Chickens. The first thing to remember is that a chicken is not a…

Easy Keepers

All of us have a friend that seems like they can eat ANYTHING and not gain weight. Chances are, you are thinking of someone right now. That person is NOT an “Easy Keeper”. As for myself (Doug), I am an “Easy Keeper”. I can…

2020 Grassfed beef

Harvest time has arrived. It just makes sense that the best time to harvest Certified Grassfed Beef is from pasture, with green forages, near the end of the growing season. Our pastures are predominantly warm-seasons grasses and as August comes to a close, our…