Buying a side of beef is one of the best ways to keep quality beef on hand, but there’s one practical question you want answered before pickup day: Do I actually have enough freezer space? It sounds simple, but it’s easy to underestimate how much room a larger beef order
When people hear “grain finished,” they sometimes assume it simply means feeding cattle more before processing. For us, there’s a lot more to it than that. At Triple JC Ranch, our cattle are grain finished for approximately 90 days because the finishing period plays an important role in the quality
Buying beef directly from a ranch is different from picking up a package of steaks at the grocery store. You’re buying more beef at one time, you have more say in how it’s cut, and you get a much better connection to where your food actually came from. But