Murdock Land and Cattle

10/10/2025

Series Finale

🏡🌾 The Ripple Effect of Agriculture in Oklahoma 🌾🏙️

When a farmer makes a dollar, it doesn’t stop at the farm gate. That dollar flows through every part of life in Oklahoma:

• 🚜 Buying seed, diesel, and parts from local suppliers
• 🏪 Spending money in small-town stores and cafes
• 🏫 Paying property taxes that fund rural schools
• 🙏 Supporting churches, 4-H clubs, and community events

When agriculture thrives, rural Oklahoma thrives.

But here’s the thing: when rural towns struggle, so do our cities.
➡️ Metro areas rely on rural Oklahoma for food, fuel, fiber, and workforce.
➡️ Weak rural economies mean fewer goods moving through Tulsa, OKC, and other trade hubs.
➡️ If families are forced off the farm and everyone moves to urban areas, it strains housing, transportation, resources, and the job market — driving costs higher and quality of life down.

👉 Agriculture isn’t just the heartbeat of rural towns — it’s the backbone of the entire state economy. When rural Oklahoma is strong, urban Oklahoma is stronger too.

06/22/2025

American cattle rancher Shad Sullivan warns of a "War on Beef" by globalist elites, urging Americans to brace for an ongoing battle. How secure is our food supply chain? What steps must we take to prevent future food shortages? Watch the full interview with Glenn Beck for more. ...

11/25/2023

Perfect morning for pregging. 22 degrees, 10 with the wind chill. Vaccine only froze three times. Record time finishing the job.

06/27/2023

Ruminants are amazing creatures, but what does being a ruminant mean? Ruminants are ungulates (2-toed) animals that chew a regurgitated cud. In order to chew their cud, they must have a specific type of stomach -- a rumen. Our domesticated ruminants have 1 stomach with 4 awesome compartments.
1. Rumen - The 1st chamber is the biggest and can be bigger than 30 gallons in a mature cow! The rumen has a "shaggy" carpet feel/look with papillae that flow back and forth (think seaweed moving in the ocean). The rumen is filled with "bugs" and has its own ecosystem of bacteria and yeast to break down forages.
2. Reticulum -- This 2nd chamber is a smaller outcropping of the rumen and has "cups" like a honeycomb pattern to catch the food for digestion.
3. Omasum - The 3rd part is a tight basketball shaped compartment in adult cattle with many "pages" of a book. The food weaves back and forth, absorbing water and drying out the ingesta.
4. Abomasum - The 4th compartment is like our human stomach. The ingesta is rehydrated with acid for the final digestion before the intestines.
Check out what they look like!

05/15/2023

Harvest is around the corner! We have 1/4, 1/2 and whole beefs that will be ready for delivery in mid- August. PM us for pricing and details.

04/28/2023

Lucky 🍀

04/22/2023

Do you know the difference between a Porterhouse and a T- bone?

The Porterhouse is differentiated from the T-bone by its larger tenderloin muscle.

04/10/2023

03/15/2023

03/13/2023

A recent study found those who incorporate animal proteins in their diet get more out of that protein-- including an increase in net protein balance and protein synthesis. Here's why beef is truly a "super food."