Cadillac Ranch Rainier

06/01/2026

New ram, new genetics coming to Cadillac Ranch Club lambs. We are super excited to find the right ram. We been looking for few years now. We will reveal information on him after he arrives here in Washington in a week or two!

05/31/2026

Less than an hour to get your last minute bids in!!

Silent auction 'Mat Rats Rebooted: We Aim Higher Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

05/30/2026

A recent study at the University of Kentucky evaluated the effects of dietary fat source (cornstarch, tallow, corn oil, and coconut oil) and vitamin E supplementation on bacon quality in pigs slaughtered at a heavy body weight.

Read highlights from the study findings: https://brnw.ch/21x1TNu


Photo credit: Getty Images: igorr1

05/30/2026

From our friends in California. A great opportunity for education!

05/30/2026

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34991493/

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05/30/2026

Pray or keep Richard in your Thoughts!
A Iowa farmer in a terrible accident on Tuesday.

Some of you may have heard, many of you likely have not. I've waited to share until I had...well...better news than what I thought I was going to have.

On Tuesday (5/26) my dad was involved in a terrible farm accident. We were spot planting corn, meaning we were taking the planter through some spots in the fields where the corn was thin. At the same time, we were trying to use up leftover seed, which meant a lot of getting in and out of the tractor to shuffle seed from unit to unit. My dad was in the side by side, and I was in the tractor. Dad was following me in the side by side and when the planter ran out, he and I would get out of our respective cabs, go the the planter, and refill/shuffle seed. Then, he'd go back to the side by side parked behind the planter and I'd go back to the tractor and take off. We did this 3 or 4 times with no issues, it's a pretty routine thing we do each year.

Unfortunately, the 5th time did not go as planned. We shuffled seed around and he started back to the side by side and I started back to the tractor. Unbeknownst to me, he turned around on his way back to the side by side and for some reason ended up in front of the planter (I truly don't know why). Not knowing this, I took off. A bit later, I looked in there mirror and there he was...laying on the ground.

I have to type this out because I won't make it through a video. I thought I killed him. I truly don't know what happened. I called 911 immediately and held him until they got there. He was stabilized miraculously in Manchester and was life-flighted to University of Iowa hospital (there's a beautiful story in there for another post)

So that was Tuesday. Today is Friday. For the first time, we were able to speak to one another. His first words to me were "Thank you". He's undergone significant surgeries, has many broken bones but somehow by God's grace there is no major organ damage. Which if you saw what I saw in the field, it should be impossible.

We are far from out of the woods, but today was a huge step in getting his breathing tube out and breathing on his own - but he needs to do that for the next 18 hours for the Dr's to call it a success. The next big milestone is Monday. He has a surgery to repair some fractured vertebrate. Again, somehow there is no spinal cord damage, he can wiggle all his toes and fingers and can hold our hands.

We have seen so, so many prayers answered. Please join us in continuing to pray for my dad. His name is Richard.

I'm sure you understand we won't be posting for a while. Teeg will be helping me out by posting Sunday's YouTube video, which I am only posting because I'm hoping it will give my dad something to watch once he is recovered.

Thank you, Lord.

05/29/2026

Donkeys KitKat and her daughter Jellybean always out protecting there sheep friends.
Kids named them.

05/29/2026

This hog still available. Standard cut wrapped meaning you get a variety of cuts.

05/27/2026

Have a 192 lb hanging weight whole hog. At $5.99 lb off hanging weight.

Its being Standard Cut and wrapped today with smoke bacon and hams.
$1,150.08 total

No surprises. Includes cut/wrap/smoking, rendering, harvest fees

I can do a half of this same hog at 96 lbs hanging weight. $575.04 total

Standard cut/wrapped

I can send an invoice if you are interested in a half or whole of this hog. Msg me [email protected]

05/26/2026

I thought this was a pretty informative graphic.

“Always match your breed to your purpose” is great advice.

It is never fun as a processor when somebody picks up their finished product and is disappointed with the yield. Unfortunately, we cannot make muscle (packaged cuts) out of fat. If the carcass was never especially meaty to begin with, the yield is probably going to be lower than expected.