Organic Beef Matters
News from Alderspring Ranch, with an occasional rant about American agriculture
The watercolor azure skies above our little band of cattle and riders were rapidly degenerating into a threatening black of charcoal on this particular August afternoon. Little did we know then what chain of events it would set in motion that would deepen in each of us cowboys a respect for the wild …
Continue Reading about A Near Barbeque of Cowboys and Cattle on Taylor Butte
Dear Friends The Arctic cold has finally subsided on the Ranch. We are enjoying sunny 20 degree days now, and are relishing the balm of breezes that are over 55 degrees warmer than we endured over the last 3 weeks. Amazingly I don't notice any particular difference in the cattle. The only thing I …
Continue Reading about Raising Character and Cattle on the Range
The stately elk were also carrying on an animated conversation in the bottoms, but Jackie wouldn't chase them. She leaves them alone. A bull was bugling his lonesome and ethereal call that echoed across the bottoms; I could clearly pick out the meow-like cow elk talk carry in the thick air across …
Dear Friends Fall sneaks up on the Ranch while we're almost still too busy with summer work to notice. The colors are already in full regalia on the higher elevation ranges and the aspens show off their golden veil as they succumb to the heralding of winter. At our valley location, repeated …
The rain over the past few days had washed away the forest fire smoke that had obscured the mountains for much of the late summer. Leaves lazily drifted downward like gold pieces from the sky from the aspens in some of the timbered canyons. Fragrances of sweet pine and spicy sagebrush mixed with …
Continue Reading about Regenerating Rangelands, Reinventing Grass Fed Beef
Dear Friends: I'm writing this before sunup, and the light is just coming over the ranch. It's still gray, before the sun bathes the highest peaks with the rosy orange of alpenglow. I can see across the valley to the Hat Creek ranges that vault up from the Salmon River nearly 5000 feet to the …
Continue Reading about Husbandry: Alive and Well at Alderspring Ranch
