OUR ANIMALS
Hunter Cattle Company believes in the health benefits of Grassfed Beef, Pastured Pork and Free – Range Poultry and Eggs. Our family owned and operated farm is committed to providing the healthiest, best tasting meats and eggs for your breakfast, lunch, and dinner plate. On our farm, as well as our partnering farms, we raise and finish our cattle 100% grassfed, free to roam and graze. Our pigs are pastured, free to roam and root the way they were intended to. Our chickens get their nutrients from the fields making their meat tasty and the eggs richer than those bought at the grocery store. Our animals receive no added growth hormones, steroids, or antibiotics, and are not subject to feedlots or cages. Hunter Cattle is committed to the humane treatment of all the animals on our farm, ensuring their health and happiness at all times.
When clean eating and the desire for local meats started to rise above our own supply, we were thankful to have neighbors in the area who were willing to start raising animals with us. We now have certified farms that are raising animals under the same standards, audited and certified the same. We are blessed to be able to support local farmers in this way and hope to continue to grow and help other family farms who love raising livestock naturally.
Our Commitment
- Our cattle are 100% Grassfed. Grass raised and grass finished only on their mama’s milk and natural grasses and forages. They will consume no grain, grain by-product, alternative feed, or by-products from other animals. Cereal grains are only permissible in the vegetative state (as seed with the leaf). Stored forage should be in the form of cured grass or legume hay.
- All animals will be free from antibiotics, added growth hormones, steroids, pesticides, and confinement. Animals with the need to receive antibiotics for health reasons will be removed from the program.
- Animals will be of genetic type with the ability to finish on forage at proper body condition and maturity. This will be established through visual appraisal, genetic verifiers (tenderness gene), carcass testing, or all inclusive.
- Animals will be humanely handled and processed with minimum amount of stress and crowding.
- Harvesting and processing of these animals is accomplished with a minimal amount of stress and under the strict guidelines of the USDA and in addition, third party humane auditors.
- Partnering farms will adhere to the same protocols and standards.
Grassfed Beef
There are a number of reasons why you should choose Grassfed Beef…
- Safer and Healthier
- Better nutritional value than store-bought beef
- Absent of harmful byproducts associated with cattle fed in feedlots.
- Lower in cholesterol, and calories
- Richer in antioxidants including vitamins E, beta-carotene, and vitamin C
- Four times higher in vitamin D
- Have more “good” fats – two to four times more omega-3 fatty acids
- Rich in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid)
- Fewer “bad” fats
- Certified humane
- It just tastes better!
Our cows at Hunter Cattle Company receive:
- NO steroids
- NO hormones
- NO resistance building antibiotics
- NO animal byproducts
Pastured Pork
There are many reasons why you should choose Pastured Pork…
- Safer and Healthier
- Better nutritional value than store-bought pork
- Absent of harmful byproducts associated with hogs fed in feedlots
- Lower in cholesterol, and calories
- Richer in antioxidants including vitamins E, beta-carotene, and vitamin C
- Have more “good” fats – two to four times more omega-3 fatty acids
- Fewer “bad” fats
- Certified humane
- It just tastes better!
Our pigs at Hunter Cattle Company receive:
- NO steroids
- NO hormones
- NO resistance building antibiotics
- NO animal byproducts
As you can see, our pigs are healthy and happy! They are being raised as they are meant to be under the shelter of the forest, foraging on vegetation and bugs off the forest floor. Their food is always available and is antibiotic, steroid, and hormone free. Over the span of their lifetime our pigs receive no antibiotics, steroids, hormones, or artificial supplements. Instead, they gain their nutrients from what nature has to offer them. Our pigs are allowed to root, dig, and run, just as they were meant to. This improves the quality of their lives as well as the quality of the meat they produce.
Free Range Poultry & Eggs
Our free range chickens are fed an omnivores diet which makes their meat and eggs amazingly healthy!
By feasting on bugs, grass, and grain, free range poultry and eggs are:
- Less cholesterol and saturated fat
- More Vitamin A & E
- Higher in Omega 3
- More Beta Carotene
- No confinement in cages
