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Zuck Cattle Small Family Cattle Operation focused on providing top Quality Beef from Ring side to grill grates.

Raw milk - Raw Power, Pure Quality - Milk the way nature intended it

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Westgate, Iowa

Milk is milk, right?Well, that's what a lot of people think. And not to brag, but we've had an awful lot of people chang...
10/13/2026

Milk is milk, right?

Well, that's what a lot of people think. And not to brag, but we've had an awful lot of people change their minds after trying ours.

We spend a lot of time talking about our yogurt, Moo Brews, butter, and all the other goodies we make here on the farm. But I don't think we spend nearly enough time talking about the thing that started it all.

Our milk.

And I'm not sure we could ever put into words just how special it really is.

Because milk isn't just milk. Not when you start paying attention to the breeds producing it, the individual ingredients going into their feed, and the way those cows are raised and cared for.

Our girls live a pretty darn good life. Low stress, no fighting for a spot at the feed bunk, plenty of room to be cows, and no pressure to produce every last drop possible. We're not chasing gallons. We're focused on the quality of what's going into the jar.

And we think that makes a heck of a difference.

Our Normandes bring a flavor profile that's hard to explain until you've tasted it. That subtle, naturally sweet, almost vanilla-like flavor that customers mention ALL the time. Pair that with the rich cream from our Jerseys, and you've got something pretty special.

It's rich. It's smooth. It's full of naturally occurring nutrients. And it's satisfying in a way that catches people off guard. Sometimes a cold glass of milk is all you need.

But my favorite part, besides spending time with the cows themselves, is watching people experience what real milk can taste like for the first time.

We've had so many customers tell us they never thought they'd drink raw milk. Others have been drinking milk their entire lives and figured they knew exactly what to expect.

Then they take that first drink.

"I had no idea milk could taste like that."

We hear some version of that ALL the time. And it never gets old.

I wish there were a way to put that experience into words, because I genuinely think you have to taste it to understand.

We're pretty proud of the milk these girls produce. Not because milk is some fancy, complicated product, but because we've put so much thought into something most people have spent their whole lives taking for granted.

Sometimes milk really is just milk. But sometimes, it's an entirely different experience.

Come grab a jar and see for yourself!

Round TWO, Independence! It's Monday, which means we're gearing up for week two of our Independence milk drop! Hopefully...
10/12/2026

Round TWO, Independence!

It's Monday, which means we're gearing up for week two of our Independence milk drop! Hopefully we've worked a few of those first-week kinks out.

Want in on this week's raw milk goodies? Get those orders to me! We're still getting everyone squared away in our ordering system, so bear with us while we get the wrinkles ironed out.

⏰ ORDER CUTOFF: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

📍 Wednesday pickup details:

4:15–4:35 PM SHARP

Teachers Park DISC GOLF COURSE in Independence (not the main park!)

That pickup window is a firm one, folks! I have to be back across town to pick my kids up on time.

Milk, yogurt, Moo Brew, and all the good stuff. Get your orders in and we'll see you Wednesday!

If we brew it, they will come...right? MooBrews on deck! What's a MooBrew? It's our specialty cold brew iced latte! Thin...
10/10/2026

If we brew it, they will come...right?

MooBrews on deck!

What's a MooBrew?
It's our specialty cold brew iced latte! Think grande vanilla latte, made with nutritious raw milk and maple syrup and without the added crap!

Swing out and stock up on local farm fresh dairy!
8-2 today!

The grass is still lush and greenThe cows are still happily grazingGod has truly been showing off with the sunrise and s...
10/09/2026

The grass is still lush and green
The cows are still happily grazing
God has truly been showing off with the sunrise and sunset, lately.

Plus...
The cooler is stocked with cold milk
The flavorful yogurt is plentiful and
MooBrews are still perfectly caffeinated

Let's have a day!
Happy Friday, Ya'll.

Ah yes, the annual harvest season warning post. Trust me, I wish we didn't have to do this every damn year.But after wit...
10/08/2026

Ah yes, the annual harvest season warning post.

Trust me, I wish we didn't have to do this every damn year.

But after witnessing not one, but TWO near misses involving a combine and the truck hauling its head on busy Highway 3 today, I'm FURIOUS.

First, someone decided passing a combine with an oncoming semi was a brilliant idea. Cue everyone slamming on their brakes.

And then came YOU. Blonde woman in the black Toyota 4Runner.

I could see you in my rearview mirror, determined to get around all of us while I waited for a safe opportunity.

You passed me. And YES, you saw me hanging out my window, throwing my hands up, wondering WHAT THE HELL you were thinking.

You passed the truck hauling the head, squeezed between the equipment, forced him to brake, then passed AGAIN. ON A BRIDGE. WITH ANOTHER SEMI COMING.

My heart stopped. Then the fury kicked in.

If you feel called out, GOOD. I hope this reaches you. Whatever was so damn important today wasn't worth the lives you gambled with to get there.

Sure, farmers are roughly 1% of the population. But this is rural Iowa. We're in the HEART of farm country.

Those aren't just big, slow machines ruining your afternoon.

That's someone's husband, wife, mom, dad, sibling, grandparent, friend, or farm kids riding along.

THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE. And if you know me, you know how fiercely I protect my people.

It's harvest. Commodity prices have seen better days. Expenses are astronomical. Farmers are working exhausting hours, knowing the financial reality waiting on the other side.

Yet they're still out there feeding people like you, 4Runner, who apparently can't spare five minutes to let them do it safely.

We're not moving equipment to ruin your afternoon. We're doing it because that's what farming takes. Believe me, they'd rather be in the field, too.

So leave earlier. Put your phone down. Put the damn fast food down. PAY ATTENTION.

I'm tired of harvest coming with an unspoken prayer that everyone we love makes it home.

You see a combine holding up your afternoon.

I see someone with a family waiting for them at home.

YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE NOT WORTH THEIR LIFE.

Slow the hell down. It's harvest season.

There’s something about a sick calf that flips the exact same switch in my brain as a sick kid.(and also flips my entire...
10/06/2026

There’s something about a sick calf that flips the exact same switch in my brain as a sick kid.(and also flips my entire day’s schedule)

Last night we noticed Squirrel was starting to look a little off. Nothing super dramatic, but enough that we started treating her right away.

When she didn’t perk right back up this morning, the to-do list got shuffled and I ended up on the barn floor with a little hand drencher, working to get electrolytes into her while Annabelle was basically crawling over my shoulder.

They talk about a mama bear, but have you ever met a mama cow?

I think moms are moms, whether the baby in question has two legs or four. You notice the tiny changes. You get that feeling in your gut that something just isn’t right, and suddenly you’re digging through every tool you have trying to figure out what might help.

We tend to be pretty proactive at home and sometimes a little unconventional. One of the simplest things we start doing as sunshine fades this time of year is adding vitamin D drops to the girls’ milk. (And yes, quality matters. If you want to know what we use, ask me.)

I also think every mom’s wellness toolbox ends up being this funny little collection of things picked up over the years.

Something your grandma swore by. Epsom salt baths. Cold wet socks. A tincture someone told you about. The thing you always keep on hand. The weird little trick that sounds ridiculous until you try it and suddenly you’re telling everyone else about it too.

So now I want to know what’s in yours.

What’s one thing you keep in your family’s wellness toolkit when somebody starts getting a little “off”?

let's turn the comments into one big collection of passed-down, picked-up, learned-the-hard-way tricks so we can all steal a few good ones from each other.

In the meantime, I'll be making multiple trips to the barn for Squirrel checks and electrolytes.

Floppy Poppy Popsicle here to help us kick off a new week and a new month.The sun is FINALLY shining, so it felt like a ...
10/05/2026

Floppy Poppy Popsicle here to help us kick off a new week and a new month.

The sun is FINALLY shining, so it felt like a good day for a little farm etiquette refresher.

First off: we are CLOSED Sunday and Monday.

We need those days to tear down and sanitize equipment, reset and restock, get caught up around the farm, and have some time where we aren’t worrying about the cooler.

If you see us outside working, we are still closed. The farm itself has unfortunately never heard of a day off.

Please leave your dogs at home.

Our dogs are old. This is their home and their routine. Even the friendliest visiting dog adds stress to them, us, and usually you. Let our old guys enjoy retirement in peace.

And with that: heads up and slow down when you pull in.

There are kids, cats, dogs, cows, tractors, and approximately zero regard for traffic patterns around here.

It’s chaos, but it’s my chaos and I love every bit of it.

And now, for the love of God:

PLEASE TAKE THE MILK IN ORDER.

Top shelf first. Left row first, moving right.

Please don’t shuffle jars, move them between rows, dig around in the back, or grab a different jar because you like that one better.

Have a little faith in me. I’m rotating the milk correctly.

Milk has to flow in order. If an older jar gets buried, that can mean dumping perfectly good milk and that makes my eye twitch.

Lastly: we are not a grocery store.

There isn’t a truck coming tomorrow to refill whatever sold out today. Inventory changes with cows, calves, lactations, weather, feed and life.

Our animals do not run on inventory software, and Mother Nature does not care about pickup day.

Some days we have a ton. Some days we don’t.

Keep an eye on Facebook or sign up for our texts/newsletter at www.zuckcattle.com. If inventory is low, we close early, or plans change, that’s where we’ll let you know.

And that goes for any small farm you buy from: learn how they operate and respect their system.

A little patience, grace and understanding goes a long way.

We’ll keep doing our best to keep the cooler full, cows happy and good food headed home with you.

Sometimes we just need to be a functioning farm FAMILY first.

I had the opportunity to speak today about our farm and our business...which apparently required me to trade the usual m...
10/02/2026

I had the opportunity to speak today about our farm and our business...which apparently required me to trade the usual milking clothes for something slightly more French (that shopping trip is finally getting use).

There were a hundred directions I could have taken it.

Genetics. Starting a raw milk business. Being a woman in agriculture. Rotational grazing. Marketing. Any of the million lessons we’ve learned along the way.

But when I really thought about what this little dairy has changed the most, it wasn’t any of those things.

It was you guys.

Before raw milk, our farm was mostly transactional. We raised cattle. We sold cattle. The transaction happened, and everyone moved on.

Raw milk changed that.

Somewhere along the way, the people coming down our driveway became our raw milk community.

And there’s an ebb and flow to this little business that you all somehow just roll with.

Sometimes milk is plentiful. Sometimes it’s tight. Sometimes there’s cream. Sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes yogurt cooperates. Sometimes the cows apparently forget I have an inventory plan.

And you just go with it.

You return jars. You tell your friends. You ask about the cows. You celebrate calves with us. You bring your kids out. You leave little gifts. You cheer for this farm in a way I never expected when we put the first jars of milk in a cooler.

That’s what I chose to talk about today.

How something that could have been completely transactional became a community.

And maybe that’s the part of this little dairy I’m proudest of.

Not just what we’ve built here but who we’ve gotten to build it with.

Standing here scratching my head this morning, staring at floodwaters that had barely receded before coming back and wip...
10/01/2026

Standing here scratching my head this morning, staring at floodwaters that had barely receded before coming back and wiping out fence lines we just repaired.

Again.

Grass lost at the tail end of grazing season. More fence to fix. More equipment to run. More rock. More lot cleanup. More bedding. And approximately 47 extra years added to my morning routine.

I won’t lie...farming feels a little heavy today.

Somewhere during milking I started thinking about how much easier life would be if I just moved to town, rented a condo, had a landlord responsible for everything that broke, never scraped another lot, never washed another udder, never fixed another fence, and just had groceries DoorDashed to my door.

Sounds pretty damn convenient this morning.

But convenience can’t be the only thing we build our lives around.

I know driving down a gravel road to a farm cooler isn’t as convenient as grabbing everything under fluorescent lights in one stop at the grocery store.

But if we want to keep local farms, local food and local supply chains around, it means choosing the slightly less convenient option.

Because no matter how food gets to your table, somebody grew it. Somebody milked it. Somebody fed it. Somebody fixed the fence. Somebody showed up... even when it was inconvenient.

So let’s all do our little inconvenient part.

If you feel like bringing a little sunshine to this sh*tty, muddy Thursday, come grab a couple jars of milk, a yogurt, or whatever your crew goes through.

And if you see me stomping around in muck boots with a scowl on my face, I promise it’s not directed at you.

Mother Nature and I are currently not on speaking terms after her most recent round of inconvenience.

Anybody else feel like these gray, wet fall days have everybody just a little more run down? 🌧️Back-to-school schedules....
09/30/2026

Anybody else feel like these gray, wet fall days have everybody just a little more run down? 🌧️

Back-to-school schedules. The stress of sports, practices and games. Running in the rain. Wet boots. Mud. And around here, the added stress of impending harvest hanging over everybody’s head.

I’m always a big fan of filling our plates with fresh, nutrient-dense, bioavailable food but I’m especially diligent about it this time of year, when I know our bodies and immune systems could use a little extra support heading into cold-and-flu season.

Because when life gets busy, stressful and exhausting, that’s usually when convenience food starts creeping in.

And honestly? That’s when I want to double down on the opposite.

More meals made from scratch.
More simple ingredients I recognize.
More protein, healthy fats, minerals and real nourishment.
More food that actually fuels us, not just fills us up.

Good news?

The cows are MILKING and the cooler is STOCKED.

So grab a couple jars and double down on those homemade staples this week:

🥞 Pancakes + waffles
🥔 Mashed potatoes
🥛 Homemade gravy
🍞 Fresh bread
☕ Hot cocoa
🥣 Yogurt for breakfast
🧈 Real butter on absolutely everything
🥛 Or just a big cold glass alongside supper

We’ve got fresh butter in the cooler today, yogurt ready to go, MooBrews ice cold, all the milk and eggs galore.

And one of our favorite ways to make a cold, soggy day feel significantly less offensive?

CHEESY BACON POTATO SOUP 🥔🥓🧀

🥔 3–4 lbs potatoes, peeled + diced
🧅 1 onion, diced
🧈 4 Tbsp butter
🥛 1 half-gallon whole milk
🥓 Bacon or ham
🧀 Plenty of shredded cheddar
🧂 Salt, pepper + garlic to taste

Cook the potatoes and onion until tender, drain most of the water, then add the butter and milk.

Mash a few potatoes right in the pot to thicken it up, stir in the bacon and cheese, and you’ve got a pot full of something that checks both boxes:

comfort food AND real nourishment.

And if you need local pork to throw in the pot, check out our friends at Lentz Livestock in Stanley, local retail cuts ready to go.

Local milk.
Local butter.
Local eggs.
Local pork.

Simple ingredients. Real food. A warm supper.

Exactly what this kind of week calls for.

Cooler open today 8–6.

Come stock up, make something from scratch, and give your crew some really good fuel for whatever Iowa weather throws at us.

Address

10734 V Avenue
Westgate, IA
50681

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 2pm

Telephone

+13192400613

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