Nihsen Family Farms

05/23/2026

The most nutritious nutrient dense food on the planet! Government and monetary driven medical fads and not real science finally being disproved. Let us know if you need stocked up!

Red meat has long been tied to risks to cardiometabolic health, including heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. The conditions affect more than 160 million Americans, including over 36 million living with Type 2 diabetes.

05/04/2026

People come out to our place and see the tractors, trucks, cows and think we are rich. If it weren’t for Marias off farm jobs especially at Kubota getting deals on tested farm equipment, spending weekends at farm auctions to find deals, doing our own repairs, saving our own heifers and calving them out when most don’t want to do the extra work they require, being gone from home at my off farm embryology job especially thankful for Conceptions Florida and Dr Armando Hernandez-Rey for employing me to help pay our bills and we still are in debt most people couldn’t contemplate. If farming and ranching were easy more than 2% of our population would do it. There are only a few of us crazy enough to put in the time and risk so people can eat.

04/11/2026

This is the sale barn where I sat and learned about livestock with my grandfather and then my dad on many Saturdays. Also spent quite a bit of time in Thelma’s cafe hearing all the local news/gossip. Super special people that put a lot into the community!

Friday we had the honor of hosting students from the Denison FFA Chapter. These kids have a very bright future ahead of them as they inquired about the operations of the barn and what our marketing plans are to further this great "price discovery" business!! Auction barns are a different breed of business as we are a fast paced, high-stakes hub for not just the Ag commerce side but also the social aspect. Sale barns serve as a business, social gathering spot and a commodity marker setting real time value on land and livestock!! Thanks Again Ms. Tucker for bringing your class to visit!!
The Pauley Boys!! (and Mert & Thelma)

01/05/2026

A sudden spasm of madness lead by maximise facial derangement 🏃‍♂️

11/02/2025

There’s always one that thinks “cow yoga” will be the next “goat yoga”. I present …… downward cow.

10/23/2025

Dear President Trump-
Respectfully, you have gone too far.
And I will not stand idly by, while your foolish words denigrate the hard work of America’s ranchers.
Don’t think, for one minute, that YOU are responsible for our survival. Don’t think, that the administrations of the past were who failed us.

You have ALL failed us, in ways too numerous to count. We don’t want your “relief dollars” or hollow words.

We want liberty, fair trade, and a market free from the influence of words, free from those who love to stand around and “talk,” free from the ignorant, who have never ever EVER walked in her boots.

We are doing well right now, because of our people. People who show up, in the frigid winds and blizzards. People who tarry through the night to usher new life into the world. People who burn up in the heat of the hayfield. Peoppe who take on risk that most will never ever understand. People who raise the BEST beef on the planet, finding a way to do so when the rest of the world sits by and “talks” about how to do it. People who have found a way.

You owe American ranchers and those who came before us an apology. You owe it to our children, those who stand to bravely step into leadership. And to those brave souls who dream to do, even when it’s an uphill battle.

Come and see, Mr. President.
Come and listen, Mr. President.

We wish for the chance to change your mind and heart, when you immerse yourself into the ranching community.

Most sincerely,
A Nebraska ranching family, since 1878

10/21/2025

An open letter to President Trump.

Dear President Trump,

My name is Andrea and I’m a 5th generation farmer and cattle producer from Minnesota. I’m proud to say we raise beef on our family farm all the way from birth to finished cattle leaving on a truck to become beef + byproducts. I am also an entrepreneur outside of agriculture and have a good grasp on economics, the beef market & running a business.

Your plan to “fix beef prices” is not and will never be the answer. I understand you’re a business man, but business looks quite different in beef production.

Bragging about how you plan to lower beef prices with what sounds like a trade deal with Argentina isn’t going to help consumers and the economy— it’s a direct hit on American farmers & ranchers who are already fighting to survive and honestly, one of the biggest disappointments.

American first, that’s the platform right? Doesn’t that mean you should put American farmers and ranchers first?

Here’s the actual truth to the numbers: the inflation-adjusted retail price of ground beef has been quite stable for decades. We are in a market right now that’s finally given ranchers a fair price after years of being underpaid AND is finally compensating for the high price of all inputs.

It’s finally FAIR -- for BOTH sides.

We’re producing the same high quality beef and even more — with even fewer cattle. When we talk about progress in sustainability and efficiency while still producing the same amount of the SAFEST & HIGHEST QUALITY beef — we’re doing that right here on U.S. soil.

We should be PROUD of that and embrace U.S. beef with labeling too, but that’s a battle for another day.

The market has finally reached a point where cattle producers can afford groceries and make payments without relying on off-farm income — which is HARD to balance in our livelihood.

Yet now you want to push prices down because of some pressure about the prices of it? How about we actually stand strong in our policies of AMERICA FIRST.

The nutritional value of beef makes it still an incredibly affordable food.

Beef is a complete protein.
Beef is rich in iron, zinc & B vitamins.

If you actually care about consumers, target the real problem: the big four meat packers. They control the market, prices, and pocket the high profits majority of the time. Your plan to lower beef prices won’t make beef cheaper in the grocery store — it’ll just increase the corporate profit and take away profit from family farmers & ranchers that actually deserve it for the hard work and time we put into raising beef.

Stand up for rural America.
Stop punishing the very people who feed this nation.
Put America first like you always talk about

Sincerely,
A disappointed and extremely frustrated cattle producer.

I’d love to have a discussion about this while producers are present. I have a lot of contacts in our industry from all areas and would love to make it happen.

Donald J. Trump
JD Vance
The White House