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Red Truck Farm We are a small, fourth generation Oklahoma homestead. We prioiritize land stewardship, animal welfare, and personal relationships.

Our sheep and longhorn cattle are free-range and grass fed - no grain finishing, hormone implants, or daily antibiotics. We're a small family farm in southwestern Oklahoma that specializes in pastured poultry and grassfed beef. The farm has been a family venture for over 100 years and caring for the land is as important as caring for the livestock. We raise only heritage breeds of chicken, turkey, duck, and cattle - ones that do well in our dry, arid envrionment. We don't use hormones, anitbiotics, steroids or implants with any of the animals. The poultry are all free-ranged during the day which means they eat a diverse mix of grass, w**ds, and insects in addition to their commerical feed (non-organic). Our longhorn cattle and Dorper sheep are on native grass pasture - no grain finishing - but we do occassionally suppliment them in the winter with a little commerical cow chow. We love the land, we love our lifestyle, and we love to talk about growing good food. Look for us at the Lawton Farmer's Market or give us a call if you'd like to learn more or are interested in pastured chicken, turkey, lamb, and beef.

🥳Big news for my little farm - Quartz View Meat Company in Altus has Red Truck lamb in their store. 🥳Go check out the go...
10/05/2026

🥳Big news for my little farm - Quartz View Meat Company in Altus has Red Truck lamb in their store. 🥳

Go check out the good prices and the great meat Quartz View Meat Co.

So dry a jackrabbit would need to pack his lunch.
09/29/2026

So dry a jackrabbit would need to pack his lunch.

Nothing but Kings. Sit-in.
09/24/2026

Nothing but Kings. Sit-in.

09/21/2026

We’ll have our tender, mild rack of lamb at 4J Meats Harvest Store in October. There are only 2 racks on a lamb. They get snapped up quick. So if you’re planning something different for the holidays, don’t dither. Grass-fed, never grain-finished.

Portrait of a FarmHer….
09/20/2026

Portrait of a FarmHer….

Pasture walk 9/18/26.It’s amazing what you see when you get out of the vehicle and walk your land. But I’m troubled by w...
09/19/2026

Pasture walk 9/18/26.

It’s amazing what you see when you get out of the vehicle and walk your land. But I’m troubled by what I see.

This mesquite tree is growing on a poor upland site. I’ve been intrigued for weeks by the blooming sunflower at its side. No rain. No groundwater. Why bloom you little flower? I’ve been thinking maybe hydraulic action by the roots bringing water up?

Today I understand something new. The tree is badly hit by boring beetles. A tree under severe infestation releases different root exudates than a healthy tree. Somehow those exudates have created a microsite for the sunflower.

So what who cares? A good land steward cares. Mesquites produce pollen and nectar in a harsh landscape. Mesquites produce high protein beans that my livestock relish. They offer a lightly filtered shade. And they give these big guys a place to rub, and scratch, and joust.

We have almost no grasshoppers this year. Which means we have almost no blister beetles. Because blister beetles eat grasshopper larvae. Not much for grass or w**d seed production. Too dry. Even the prickly pears kept their money under the mattress this year.

I’m not smart enough to know the why or the wherefore to these things. But I think I’m going to fasten my seat belt now. I think there’s rough road ahead.

09/16/2026

Last minute panic over the unrelenting drought. But scarcity drives demand and prices. 30% increase in the price since August. Thankful to have the extra. Grateful for a Good Hay Guy who works into the evening. Just another year of red ink and anxiety.

09/14/2026

Pasture Notes 9/13/26.
I caved. Gave the girls the last paddock today. Best ground on the farm. Grass should be over their backs. Even they look dismayed.

Normally it’s their early winter paddock. The deep grass feeds them until Christmas and provides a cozy windbreak with insulated bedding. But there is no deep, thick grass this year. I’ve been supplementing the poorer paddocks with hay and cake since August 1 in hopes of saving this until November.

It’s going to be a rough winter girls. I’m sorry.

Another day. Another 37 cents. 🌻
09/08/2026

Another day. Another 37 cents. 🌻

The best employees don’t stand around waiting to be told what to do. They assess and act. When you acquire thrifty, dura...
09/07/2026

The best employees don’t stand around waiting to be told what to do. They assess and act.

When you acquire thrifty, durable, low maintenance genetics, be prepared. They don’t stand around waiting for you to notice the grass has bottomed out. They act.

Thank you to my new Hopping/Markway/Phelan composite ewes for pointing out the downgrade in grass quality. There’s no sugar and no protein left in my biomass. It’s like eating the wrapper after the Snickers bar is gone.

Thanks to Tracy at for the photo of farm life. I photograph well from that angle don’t I?

And thanks to the Hopping Markway, and Phelan families that insisted on raising Good Sheep not just over-large papered sheep.

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Manitou, OK
73555

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(580) 919-0967

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