Restock Dates: Please see our Farm Blog where we post our weekly newsletter for the latest updates

First Calf

written by

Ben Simmons

posted on

January 28, 2017

Tornado strikes Hattiesburg and Petal - we want to say thank you for contacting us after a deadly & destructive tornado hit Hattiesburg & Petal last Saturday before daylight. We are blessed that our farm was spared. However, we do have customers and friends that had significant property damage.

So, how will you spend your overcast and cold weekend? How about placing your February order for beef and pork! The order deadline date is only 8-days away. We have plenty of the 10# and 25# Ground and Variety Shares as well as Half Shares. We are also taking deposits for Pork Half Shares – Custom Processed that will go to market mid-March.

Customers that have been with us from the beginning know we have worked very hard to expand our farm capacity by focusing on soil health, clearing new pastures, and buying a neighboring farm. We now have more product than customers!

Thus, we are soliciting new customers. Just this week we contracted the services of Laruen Richards to manage our farm facebook page. She made a few Page updates and will make several post per week. Since Wednesday the number of “Likes” has more than doubled. She has really been a breath of fresh air and has filled the gap in a marketing weakness. She is also talented with integrating videos and such so, look for wider use of videos and pictures down the road. Thanks Lauren!

We have completed agreements with three large organizations that will give us much broader exposure and should expand sales. I will share more about this at a future date.

Bottom line – nothing works better than satisfied customers who share our farm with their family, friends and coworkers. We appreciate you spreading the word and ask you let us know how we can better serve you.

The strong low pressure system that fueled the tornado also kicked off the start of our calving season. See the short 2-minute video.

More from the blog

How We Bring Nutrient Density To Our Products

PLEASE NOTE- The market situation with eggs has softened and the $4 surcharge has been cancelled. Additionally, our new pullets have just started laying so we will soon have plenty of eggs. Many thanks for your understanding and support – we have the best customers!!! How We Bring Nutrient Density To Our Beef – Harry, a relatively new customer, picked up his first order at the Hattiesburg location March 1st. He had watched the new Joel Salatin documentary published by Angel Studios and was fascinated. Frankly, I think it is the best documentary of Polyface Farm I have seen as it filled in blanks from before Joel first started farming till now and HOW regenerative farming completely changed a once very degraded farm. Learn more here. Then, Harry visited me March 28th.

Cows & Pigs

Brand New Services– About six weeks ago Dixie Electric Power installed a brand new electric line with poles down my road. They replaced the old copper lines with aluminum and the poles are much better quality and taller. I asked the district manager when was the old copper line installed and he said since electric service was available for us… so, maybe since the mid 1940’s? Then, this week our complete road was blacktopped!!! If you have visited our farm you know it was long overdue. For years it has been patched to the point where the patches had patches. Hahaha

Clean and Cold | Adorable Calves

New Calves On Our Farm– Sometime in April we call our vet and schedule a breeding soundness exam for our bulls. This is before we add our bulls to our cow herd May 1st each year. Our oldest bull, affectionately named “Ole Man” by the guys here, was born on our farm the Spring of 2016.