Big News!

Remember yesterday’s foggy morning? Now picture it with one of these beautiful creatures bugling piercing through the fog. Sounds pretty cool, huh? We thought so too.

For the size of our state, Iowa has a surprising number of elk farms dotted around the countryside. And our budding ranch will add to its numbers!

Now, don’t get me wrong, I love cows. I’m the one who calls out “cows!” anytime we are in the car. But raising elk is more in line with both of our mutual interests. We’ve both spent time volunteering with conservation groups. Avid hunters. And it’s tough to beat the nutritional values. Trust me when I say that an elk steak is one of the greatest things you’ll have.

We are a couple years out from processing our first farm raised elk. Fences need to go up, pastures seeded for the right nutritional gains, and yeah, we need to bring our first herd on. There’s a lot of work to be done but we are teaming up with other local ranches and hope to have hooves on the ground by February. Exciting news!

*Not our elk, but the featured elk at the Iowa State Fair