Calves are born on pasture and a calf’s diet consists of its mother’s milk and grass. At approximately eight months, calves are weaned and fed hay and baleage throughout the winter. In April we graze cover crops. In May, we move them to pasture and use intensive rotational grazing practices through October (often longer into January utilizing regenerative cover crops). We then repeat the process another winter and summer. Our guidelines for raising 100% grass fed meat follow the USDA FSIS compliance guide and are approved by the USDA.

Our cattle never eat grain.

Our animals have never and will never receive added hormones or be given antibiotics for the purpose of stimulating their growth or diet.

If one of our animals becomes ill, we consult veterinary care and if needed, administer antibiotics to ensure we are treating our animals humanely and they are receiving the medication they need. Those animals are recorded as being in-eligible for harvest until twice the regular withdrawal period of the antibiotic according to the guidelines listed on the medication.

The majority of Grand View Beef cattle are born, raised, and finished by our family on our farm in Iowa. When we do not have enough calves, we partner with family owned ranches in the Midwest to purchase their 100% grass fed calves at weaning. They are raised with the same standards and grass fed requirements. We take great pride in our animal husbandry practices that ensure our animals remain calm and lead a very humane life. When it is time for harvest, we take animals to a federally inspected processor. An inspector is on site for each harvest to ensure the beef is of high quality and safe to consume.