09/25/2025
Help Settle a Friendly Farm Debate 🐄😄
Alright friends — Rebekah and I have been going back and forth on this for about a year now and we still haven’t settled it. We’re planning to raise a small herd of beef cattle on grass, sell the meat by the cut, and maybe even tan the hides for leather down the road.
Here’s the debate:
🐮 Red Devon – old-school heritage breed, super thrifty and efficient on grass
🐮 Murray Grey – famous for tender, well-marbled beef even on pasture
🐮 Beef Shorthorn – a balanced, all-around cow with great beef and excellent hides
If you’ve raised any of these — or just have an opinion — we’d love to hear it. Which one would you choose for a small, pasture-based farm in northeast Ohio… and why?
Bonus points if you help us finally settle the argument!