Valley View Cattle Company

04/08/2026

Connor wasn’t home earlier so I took it upon myself to feed the ladies! They actually listened to me and all came up! I was so proud of myself for NOT screwing anything up.
Until…..
one cow had pinkeye, one cow is snotty, one cow cut her mouth AND a calf cut his head so bad the vet had to come out. 🙃

But at least I fed them, right? 😅

03/01/2026

Sunny and 57 degrees.

Prefect weather to work cows and calves in 🐮

How are you spending this beautiful Sunday afternoon?

02/12/2026

You know you had a successful day of working calves when they turn and look like they want to murder you 🫶🏼
It’s a love/hate relationship around here ❤️

But all new babies are vaccinated after our mess the past few months. No BRD/BVD or any other diseases are welcome here 🙅🏼‍♀️

We vaccinate because we care!
We vaccinate to save our herd and any future cattle we may bring in!

10/21/2025

Support your local beef producer.
Prices may be high but they will be higher when all the family farms disappear and we rely solely on imported beef.

American beef > Imported beef. 🇺🇸

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

10/13/2025

Always a sad and terrible day when you find a baby in the back field. Mama #08 was still standing over her, licking her clean but she wouldn’t get up.

The reality of it all, no matter how hard we try, nature is always in control. Nature Is cruel yet beautiful, all wrapped in one.

10/01/2025

Crisp fall morning 🍁🍂
New babies born! 🐮
It’s October 1st! 👻

It’s my favorite season, yall!

09/24/2025

Can’t decide who was having a harder time tonight.
The oldest feeding the calf or the calf trying to eat out a slow bottle 😂
Dinner time made for 3 happy girls 🩷

09/23/2025

Sometimes, nature is cruel and farming sucks a little.

Sweet girl was born today as a twin to one of our mamas. Completely unexpected as our cow who normally has twins passed away suddenly about a month ago.
This momma #7, had a beautiful, solid black heifer and a beautiful, white face (possibly) bull. Unfortunately, #7 only took her white face baby and literally kicked this girl out 🙁

The chances of a black angus cow having twins only occurs in 1-2% of pregnancies. If both babies make it, usually the momma will abandon one of the calves and only raise one, not both.

We have been blessed, and cursed, with having twins every year.
In 2022, we had 2 sets of twins.
Bull/Bull twins that were stillborn
Bull/Heifer twins
Both sets caused their momma a lot of Issues.
In 2023, we had a set of heifer/heifer twins that were alive and healthy
In 2024, we had a set of bull/heifer twins
In 2025, we have another set of twins.

Here’s to bottle feeding a new baby, who is very spunky and full of energy, since her momma is a POS that chose the other over her 😠

Either way, here’s calf #25-31……that I have also named Stormy since she was born in the middle of the storm that came through earlier 🌩️⛈️

08/11/2025

It’s about calving season!!!!

Every year we like to “name” a calf out of the group. Well, I do but Connor doesn’t 😅

This past group we had “Grass Monkey” and it just happens to be Connor’s feeder calf 😅

Drop some fun names for an upcoming calf! I’ll be making tags soon and someone needs a fun name for the 2025 calving season!

06/25/2025

A little Wednesday morning humor for you 😂😂😂

Offering to do one small task for your husband, like put mineral out, but it doesn’t end up being a “small” task……

Get in gator and drive the back to get mineral.
I’m in my sandals and have to walk through muddy cow s**t covered with hay.
Open fence and go to drive through said fence.
Gator dies. Out of gas.
Get back up front, by a hope and a prayer, go to find gas, 2 jugs look like same. Call husband, “hey which one is gas?” He replies with “diesel is red. Just smell them or look at them.” 😒
My response…”of course. Nothing I love more than getting high on gas fumes.”…..🙃
Open jug, spill diesel all over me. Obviously not that jug.
Fill gator up with gas, spill it all over the gator. Only put enough to get me there and back
Ride to hell, I mean the mineral tub.
Now I’m fighting for my life to open this bag and there is no knife in sight. 90 degrees and 75% humidity about takes me out.
End up using fencing pliers (sorry honey 😅) and get mineral dumped. See pic below.
I decide, “hey let’s go look at the girls while I’m out here. They’re looking better!”
Hahahahaha. Wrong.
Cows look great! Much prettier.
Calves, not so much. All fighting pink eye.
Call hubby again, say “sooooooooo. There’s more” and he replies with words I will not insert.
Decide that’s enough adventure for the day and head back up to leave.

Moral of the story……when offering to do a “small task” for your husband on the farm, it’s never just a small task. I’ll do cowboy s**t for my husband but man I’m not built for this. 😅😅😅😅

05/18/2025

Do you know that Fescue Toxicosis is a very common but under talked about problem with cattle?

Since we bought the farm in 2021, I have always wondered why our cows were caked in mud but other farms had these beautiful cattle. It wasn’t until the KCA convention this year that I finally learned the reason behind that. Fescue Toxicosis.

Fescue Toxicosis is caused by cattle consuming tall fescue infected with the endophyte fungus Neotyphodium coenophialum. So basically, even tho the fescue is a great source of fiber and energy, it can also be deadly if it becomes infected with this fungus. If cut and rolled into hay, the fungus can stay in there for 2 year, which means even in the winter months, they continue to consume it.
‼️ Now, let me add, It Is not toxic to cosume the meat of a cow that has this.‼️

It can cause symptoms like heat stress, weight loss, rough coat, reduced grazing, “summer slump”, low pregnancy rates, and even death. The more they eat, the worse they get. It leaves farmers confused as to why they eat constantly but still look poor and dont gain weight.

Because it is a fungus that causes the issues, there’s so way to really “treat” it. All you can do is have better pasture management by diluting your pasture with legumes and other grasses, prevent seed heads from forming, and using herbicides.

Below, you can see our cattle right before they were rotated to a different part of the pasture. You can see how a few cows have a nice, slick appearance to their coat and all the others have a thick, nasty mud coat. Now that we have identified the issue, we have worked since beginning of spring to help our cattle get better. Connor sections our pastures into smaller areas, which allows them to graze but prevent overgrazing. When they have options, they are less likely to eat the seed heads of tall fescue. Mineral is offered to them 24/7 and we monitor the progress every day. We have noticed our mama cows gaining weight each day, their coats are getting more slick, and they seem overall happier.

If you own cattle, whether it’s 1 or 100, and you have fescue, this is something that should be on your radar. It’s not known by a lot of people but it is an issue that is very common. You can do something about it which will leave you with happier and fatter cows.

I share this non glamorous picture of our cows because I have learned that sometimes, other farmers can by judgy when it comes to cattle. We’re real and honest here and want to help educate others on things we’ve learned along the way. ❤️

04/22/2025

This is cattle country 🐄🖤

Dedicated to farming for better tomorrows 🖤