Save the Date! Sign up now for your chance to hear Ken McDowall, from the Rotokawa Devon Stud in New Zealand, Ridge Shinn of the Rotokawa Cattle Co., and Michael Gourlay, CEO of Hardwick Beef, discuss the breeding methods that shaped the Rotokawa Devon herd. Fee: Only $800, including two nights' lodging and all meals. Call 413-477-6500 or email ridge@bakewellrepro.com.
Welcome! The Bakewell Reproductive Center has become the Rotokawa® Cattle
Company. Our new company was formed to make
the world’s best genetics for 100% grass-fed cattle
available to beef production in North America.
The goal of the Rotokawa Cattle Company is the revitalization of a sustainable
rural economy through grass-fed and grass-finished beef production that benefits
the animals, the consumers, and the land.
Please sign up for our periodic newsletter, which
will bring you information you need on grass-farming,
running a sustainable rural business, human and bovine
health, and much more. In addition to the most
up-to-date information from experts, we’ll draw on some
of the forgotten wisdom of the past that is very relevant
to today now that we’ve rediscovered the benefits
of raising cattle without grain. Download our 1st issue.
This newsletter is free. Please refer your friends
and neighbors. Comments and questions are always
welcome. Send them to me at ridge@bakewellrepro.com.
Here we post more informal notes, comments, and book reviews. We call our blog "Ruminations."
Read our blog.
Hardwick Beef, a 100% grass-fed
and finished meat company based in
Massachusetts, has discovered the
quality and quantity of Rotokawa®
Devon influence in steers harvested
in their 100% grass-fed program.
Hardwick Beef is offering a premium
on steers or heifers sired by
Rotokawa® Devon bulls.
Visit the Hardwick Beef site at www.hardwickbeef.com.
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Rotokawa Devon cattle arrive (finally!) at their new home in Massachusetts.
View more photos here.
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A recent radio interview featured Mandell Hill property in Hardwick, Mass., where Ridge Shinn's beef cattle graze the pastures. Listen to the interview.
New England Cattleman Turns Old Breed Into Prime Beef: LancasterFarming.com reports on Ridge Shinn's work to produce high-quality grass-finished beef.
Featured Producer:
Harrier Fields Farm, with 90 head of Devon cattle on 80 acres of pasture in New York's Hudson River Valley, has a strong commitment to pursue grass farming in its purest sense. We offer the 2009 Devon Calendar, which features original artwork created by farmer / artist Joan Harris of Harrier Fields Farm. Ordering information.
Read about the owners.
Book Recommendations:
A list of selected books that will help you learn how to enter the grass-fed cattle market.
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