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…

Omega 6:3 (2020 Results)

We now have 5 years of laboratory data from testing our pasture grazed beef. Since the label of “Grassfed” is meaningless, at DS Family Farm we go the extra steps to ensure customers that our beef is truly grassfed from birth to harvest: Third-Party…

Freeze proof tank

In an effort to mimic nature, the cattle herd is constantly on the move. Mimicking the roaming bison herds that developed the prairies in this part of Nebraska. The past two winters herd impact was focused on new pasture areas near our home and…

Precision bale grazing

Actually the herd is less than precise when they munch on a bale of hay this time of year. In this post we cover HOW we decide where we want bales placed in our stockpiled pastures. If the cows aren’t picky where they find…