| Proffitt Family Cattle Co. Mission Our mission is to produce high quality beef grown in a natural way. To provide our animals with an environment that lets them live their entire lives as nature intended, by allowing them to forage exclusively on pasture. On our farm we let the cows and pasture land sustain each other with only rain and sunshine. There are no chemical inputs on our pastures. Our animals are never given hormones, antibiotics, or treated with chemicals of any kind. |
| Your ranch direct source for pasture finished, dry-aged, 100% grass fed beef. USDA processed, 100% grass finished, no hormones, no antibiotics. Beef From Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 704-751-6455 |
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| Farm News from Shelley (3/3/12) |
| In September 2010 the USDA certified all four of our farms as ORGANIC and all of our cattle ! In a few weeks we will be able to provide you with USDA certified organic, 100% grass fed beef that has the stamp on the label. Our processor has submitted their application for organic certification and had their audit. They passed with flying colors so now we are waiting for the folks in DC at the USDA to approve our final label. This is the last, and necessary, step to getting the USDA stamp on our meat. At this time, we are offering grass fed beef from organic cattle and raised on certified organic pastures. Clemson University is our certifying agent. All meat is 100% grass fed, no added hormones, no antibiotics beef, no corn or grain - ever, not 'finished' on anything other than pasture grasses and hay. Our animals are never penned and spend their complete lifetime grazing on local pastures. Call, email, or just come by during Friday farm store hours from 2-7 pm. The farm is located at 150 Old Home Place, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. |
| Back in the summer we spent a very long day working the big herd of 150 animals at our Blacksburg farm. Cutting bull calves, ear tagging all the new calves, preg checking a few cows and such. It was a long hot day in the sun and afterwards Dad decided we could be more efficient with improved working facilities. Change things to accommodate the larger number of cattle, the greater number of calves that had to be handled at a time, and be safer for us and less stressful for the cows and calves. This is not an inexpensive undertaking, so much thought went into the purchase. Dad went to several feed and seed operations around the state to look at different brands and researched which would offer the most value and hold up over the course of time to a large herd of such large animals. Which brands were the best? We went with the Powder River brand and ordered a new head gate, sorting bucket, calf table and chutes. We also utilized the open sided barn we already had to house everything to provide shade from the summer heat. It was pretty exciting when the tractor trailer pulled down to the barn loaded with all the new parts. It was like putting together giant legos that can only be moved by tractor and must be arranged in just the right position, down to the inch, so they would fit together according to the plans he had drawn. It took quite a few days work, and several folks working at a time, to get everything in place and properly secured together. Here's the tractor trailer with all the new goodies! It's kind of like getting a new box of furniture from Ikea that comes with abbreviated instructions and 'Some assembly required' written on it. Only, they forgot to mention the tools needed would be a tractor and chains just to move the parts from one point to another! Minor detail! Just unloading it very carefully took some figuring and putting it all together lead to some serious head scratching and chin pulling. By the time we got it all installed it was an engineering marvel. The flow of cattle through the pens that start off large enough for the entire herd then break down into gradually smaller holding pens and wider alleys leading to smaller chutes as they are sorted along the way into the sorting bucket or calf table or large cow head gate or other holding pens and a loading chute and pen also. Very confusing. Dad went through half a tablet of grid paper making different layouts of what might work before he ordered anything! Now for the moment of truth! Would it all come together as planned? This is the headgate being moved, oh so carefully so it won't swing! It's headed to the barn in the back of the photo. It's no ordinary head gate. It will probably be around longer than I will, has a chest stabilizer and a special door at the back so the vet can work safely on a cow and it's so much easier to use than our old rusty one. This is a calf table. It's like a miniature head gate meant for smaller calves so we can tag and castrate them without having to actually hold them. This is less stressful for the calves and safer for the wranglers as they are squirmy little boogers and they kick like mad! They do not care to be held down while the vet takes care of business! It makes a day when we have 40 calves to work a lot less tiring for everyone! It also was put into the open barn at the end of a smaller calf sized chute leading into it and a holding pen in the shade for after they have been tagged. That's our big news! Thanks for continuing to support us as we move into our 3rd year of providing you and your families with the best grass fed, certified organic beef around. With these new trinkets we'll be able to do so more safely and for a long time to come! Here's to greener pastures, Shelley |
| Location and Directions Our farm is convienently located about 35 minutes south of Charlotte, NC. From I-85 south, take exit 10B, Hwy. 74 west toward Ashville to the 4th exit, Oak Grove Rd. exit, turn right, then take the first right onto Old Home Place. Farm is 1/2 mile on the right. 150 Old Home Place Kings Mountain, NC 28086 |
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| Cooking Class and Farm Tour 150 Old Home Place, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Next class: TBD Saturday in March Keep an eye on the website! More from Heidi: at her blog |
Cattle, pastures, and processor certified organic by Clemson DPI
