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Our Cattle are Grazing in the Shade Lightning Rock Cattle is a veteran- owned pasture-raised, pasture-finished beef cattle ranch located in Walterboro, SC.
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Husband-and-wife team, Trey and Corrine Wright, focus on regenerating forest land to support a growing cattle herd. Unlike conventional farms, we use no-till planting to grow a variety of forages for the cattle while increasing soil health to eliminate the need for fertilizer. The cattle move to new pastures every 3-4 days, allowing the grasses to recover and regrow while breaking parasite lifecyc

le and eliminating the need for pesticides. Our goal is to provide beef to the Lowcountry community while caring for the environment.

10/03/2025

We missed them so much over at Cordray's, we had to bring a deer!

Cordray’s is our favorite beef butcher and they always take care of us! But when they shut for deer season, we usually don’t see them for months at a time!

Trey’s been out hunting lately and when he got this buck, he asked me to tag along to Cordray’s to visit while we dropped the deer off. Wasn’t much time- they were slammed!

I’m a little nervous to eat deer meat, as my one experience eating it I didn’t like it. But we got some flavored sausages, ground, and deboned ham to make jerky with! Hopefully with the right recipes, it will become a household staple!

Cordray’s Taxidermy has also done a fantastic job with our cow hides and skulls so of course we got this big boy mounted!

07/06/2025

Rotational grazing at its finest.

We got busy for a couple days and the cows grazed lower than we normally do. But farming needs to work with our schedule- not against it. Just like we believe our practices should work with nature- Silvopasture, no-till planting and maintaining living roots, and no herbicide or fertilizer.

Regrowth may be stunted on that 1-acre paddock after such an intense grazing. But we’ll monitor it and skip it on our next rotation through if it hasn’t recovered.

07/02/2025

We love using sacrifice lots!!

Every spring and every fall, while waiting for the warm/cool season forages to grow, we designate a sacrifice lot. We choose this area based on weed/shrub/sapling pressure and quality of existing forage. In this case, our “south pasture” met the criteria following our thinning last fall. There were a bunch of saplings that needed knocked over and soil exposed to sunlight for the first time in many years. We fed hay into the thickest areas of brush for about a month and a half while the rest of the farm grew.

Since being back from our trip out west, we’ve moved the cattle to our perennial pasture and started our daily moves through the warm season forages. In south pasture, we’ve seeded and spread compost. We won’t turn back into south pasture until likely late September.

Our other pastures are thriving and waiting to be grazed- sun h**p, r**e, sorghum Sudan, cowpeas, millet, crabgrass, and lespedeza.

Do you use a sacrifice lot??

06/24/2025

Bring your coolers and get stocked up on beef!!!

06/23/2025

Check us out on Saturday for our quite possibly our last market of the summer, super close to Charleston!! Pick some berries, bring your cooler, and stock up on beef just before 4th of July! Specials will be announced later this week!!
Newton Blueberry Farm

06/17/2025

Some picture of branding! Bobbie rode to gather cattle the first day and Riley hitched a ride with Poppa on the four wheeler to gather cattle the second day! The first day the Gomes’ boys got a crash refresher on wrestling calves while the ropers made due with fewer guys roping. The second day we consistently had three calves on the ground and we were able to double our speed with seven ropers and an in- sync ground crew! Such a great weekend!!

06/15/2025

Spent a few days on the desert of Oregon branding cattle!

Trey’s a fourth generation cowboy and for the past eight or so years, we’ve aligned our visit to see family with their branding! We love helping out, working together, and getting back to family roots.

Early in the morning, the cowboys gather the cattle off the permit and drive them to the branding pen to meet the ground crew. The cowboys rope the calves by their heads and heels and hold the calves so the ground crew can safely brand, earmark, vaccinate, and castrate the calves. It surely takes a team- and two days to get it all done!

06/05/2025

We are so excited to announce TWO market opportunities at the end on June!! First up, we’ll be back with at Whippoorwill Farms On Farm Shopping Day on June 22nd!!

Then on June 28th, we’re excited to be at Farm for the first time for their Blueberry Festival!!

Both are perfect times to stock up for your 4th of July burger and steak needs as well as the first time we’re offering individual cuts of beef in 2025!!! We don’t have many markets planned so if you haven’t wanted to commit to a beef share but want to try our beef, these are two great opportunities to buy your favorite beef cuts!!

We hope to see you there!!

05/28/2025

Great morning picking blackberries out at farm!!

We narrowly missed picking last week (they sold out in 31 minutes!!!) but today they had more ripe berries and expect to have many days of blackberry picking ahead!!

Soon, they’ll have blueberries! It was so tempting to see some blue ones but not be able to pick them 😂

I loved chatting with Mr. Lee and we look forward to coming back for blueberries in a couple weeks!!!

04/29/2025

No better selfie has ever been taken…

04/10/2025

PART TIME SUMMER HELP WANTED!!!

Looking for a strong high schooler with their own transportation to help part time on the farm this summer! Located in Walterboro, we specialize in regenerative agriculture and need this person to help building fence, setting up/breaking down/moving cows with hot wire, help putting in water pipeline, help moving the corrals, and helping with other odd jobs. We’d work along side you and teach you what you need to know about soil health, Silvopasture, and cattle husbandry. We also have bees and can help with that if you wanted!!

Must be able to lift 60lbs, be able to work outside all day in the hot summer, have a strong work ethic, and be reliable. Potential for long- term part time position for the right person.

Please reach out if interested and to discuss pay!

03/27/2025

Come see us today at the Certified SC Grown Showcase in Columbia at the Convention Center! We’re taking beef share orders for July- September and selling hides and skulls!

We’re also excited to display the new and blended logo as a veteran owned and operated farm!!

Can’t make it out? Check out our website where you can place an order for a beef share, hide, or skull!!

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Walterboro, SC

Website

http://www.lightningrockcattle.com/

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