Ranney Ranch
Grass-fed, grass-finished beef
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Audubon Certified
Ranney Ranch and Audubon partner to protect birds by restoring grasslands.
The Audubon mark certifies the beef was grazed on Audubon certified bird-friendly land.
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On Cows and Carbon
How possibly can our management of semi-arid ranch land have the potential for ameliorating large scale climate impacts? Very recently, streams of evidence are beginning to trickle from the scientific community supporting the idea that healthy soil may be the simplest, most cost effective method for sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.
About Us
The Ranney Ranch is a family owned cow-calf ranching operation that sits at 6200′ in the high mesa country of central New Mexico. We sell range-finished young beef direct to consumers, like you, who value how their food choices impact the environment. We are…
Grassfed Beef
Our Grassfed Beef model is unique and ideally adapted to the semi-arid landscape of the American West. We offer our range-raised calves at weaning, at seven to nine months of age (compared to the 24 months of age for the average grassfed beef) which…
Order
Our 2018 Grassfed/Grassfinished Beef Season is here. Place your orders now to reserve your beef for the fall. What we offer: We offer half and whole beeves. Our prices this season, including processing and packaging, are $985 for a half beef and $1895 for…
Apprenticing on the Ranney Ranch
Curious to know what apprenticing on the Ranney Ranch is like? Here’s a word from our current apprentice, Ben Vanderhoof, about his experience so far. When I was asked by Nancy Ranney to write a brief account of my experience on the ranch as…
2015 Annual Round Up
With so much rain and an abundance of grass, heifers and calves are fat and happy this year at Ranney Ranch. On July 9 and 10, a dedicated team of friends and family gathered to vaccinate and brand. Clouds threatened, but managed to provide perfect…
May 29th Marketing and Grazing Practices to Survive Drought
An HMI Open Gate Workshop @ the Ranch Our Ranney Ranch Day is part of HMI’s Open Gate Learning Series.Open Gates are peer-to-peer action-based learning days with short presentations and small group exercises geared for participants to share discoveries and management techniques with guidance from…