Sweetdewfield

About the farm ranch

Who runs this operation, how we work our farmland, and what agriculture means to us.

A worn ranch desk with pasture maps, breeding records and open notebooks
Why we started this ranch

Four ranchers, one shared taste for rural life

We kept comparing notes after every chore and finally admitted it was worth writing down. The first issue went out to eleven neighbors, mostly updates on our Cattle and the season's hay crop.

A rancher reviewing herd records near the stables
How we raise our cattle

Pasture first, paperwork second

Every story starts in the pasture, checked by hands that know bull breeding and daily livestock care firsthand. If it doesn't hold up on a second walk through the herd, it doesn't make the page.

How we work

Three principles we farm by

01

No shortcuts in the field

Nothing gets written down unless one of us has stood in the stables or pasture and seen it with our own eyes.

02

Bull Breeding at the Ranch

The rough seasons stay in the record, especially a bad hay harvesting stretch — that's usually where the real lessons are.

03

Hay Harvesting in Autumn

Mistakes get corrected right on the page, with a note about what changed in our animal feeding or care routines.

Raising Cattle on the Open Range

One long read on the ranch and one short field note, sent out early each month.

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