About Our Meat
How we sell our Meat.
We sell bison and beef by the quarter for cuts, by the eighth for roasts and ground beef, and by the 1/10th for ground meat.
We sell hogs by the half for cuts and by the 1/6th for ground pork.
We price our meat based on hanging weight, per state requirements.
Hanging weight is the weight of the carcass after the animal is butchered but before the meat is cut, ground, and wrapped.
The meat is processed by Quality Meats in Foley, MN.
The folks at Quality Meats determine the hanging weight on their calibrated scale.
Bison quarters range between 100- and 150-pounds hanging weight.
Beef quarters range from 115 to 190 pounds hanging weight. You can request larger or smaller quarters.
All quarters are mixed. That means all quarters from a given animal are equal, no front or hindquarters.
Hog hanging weight is between 85 and 150 pounds per half. You may request a smaller or a larger half.
You tell Quality meats how you want your meat cut and wrapped.
Approved customers can order directly from our website.
How we raise and care for our animals.
All our animals live in natural environments.
The animals are in herds or flocks that satisfy their social needs.
Our bison and beef eat only grass and grass hay.
We raise our hogs in large outdoor pasture-lots.
Our hogs are raised on a special mixed diet as suits their nature.
Our hog feed is mixed and ground to our specifications from local grains.
We use only natural feeds without medications or antibiotics, nor artificial hormones.
Our animals always have plenty of space.
We have no feedlots or handling pens.
A typical pasture has both high and low ground, trees for shades and running water.
Our animals are relaxed and healthy.
They grow slowly compared to grain-fed or feedlot-fed animals.
We harvest and sell about 20 bison, 125 beeves, 135 hogs and 30 lambs each year.
We keep six horses for enjoyment and for farm work.
Most of our horses are mustangs that we adopt.
How and When we Harvest.
We harvest our animals humanely.
Beef and bison are pasture harvested. Pasture harvest means that we kill the animals in their pasture. Then transport them immediately to Foley for butchering and processing.
Pasture harvesting eliminates anxiety, stress, and trauma for the animals.
Low stress harvesting also maintains meat taste and quality.
We harvest bison from May through November.
We harvest beef year-around, but most are harvested in the grass season, May through November.
Animals fatten naturally in summer and Fall.
We harvest our hogs from July through December. We harvest a few pig in winter to meet customer needs.
How and where your meat is processed.
Our animals are processed by Quality Meats in Foley. QM is a family run butcher shop. It is owned by Bethany and Nick Orton. Josh and others are there every day cutting and processing meat with Nick and Bethany.
Quality Meats is a Minnesota state inspected and licensed facility.
Bethany and Nick take exceptional care of our customers.
After you order from us, you can place your processing instructions on-line, 24/7 at Quality meats .
How you pay for your meat and processing.
We do not require pre-payment or a deposit.
Approved customers can change or cancel their order at any time.
Within 48 hours after your animal is harvested you will receive an invoice from us (SRF) for the meat via email. You should pay that invoice on-line by Credit Card.
It will take QM 10 to 14 days to process your meat. That could be several weeks if you order cured hams etc. When your meat is ready for pick-up QM will send an invoice for the processing via email. You should pay that processing invoice on-line by Credit Card.
How you get your meat after processing.
After you have paid both invoices you can go to QM in Foley and pick your frozen meat up directly. A majority of customers do that.
We make weekly drop-off trips to three convenient metro locations during harvest times.
Albertville, Maple Grove, and Andover. No charge.
If that is helpful to you, please email us AFTER you have paid both invoices. We will arrange to meet you at the next Friday’s drop off.
We work to make this easy and simple for you.
We keep customers informed via email with twice monthly Farm Updates.
You are welcome and encouraged to visit the farm on our Spring and Fall Customer days.
There is no penalty for changing or cancelling your order.
Please tell us of a change before we harvest your animal.
Do not be anxious if this is your first-time buying meat this way.
We and Quality Meats are committed to making it easy for you.
A quarter of beef and a half of hog will require under nine cubic feet of freezer space, total. It will fit easily into a small chest freezer, the size that sells for around $400.
We sell bison and beef by the quarter for cuts, by the eighth for roasts and ground beef, and by the 1/10th for ground meat.
We sell hogs by the half for cuts and by the 1/6th for ground pork.
We price our meat based on hanging weight, per state requirements.
Hanging weight is the weight of the carcass after the animal is butchered but before the meat is cut, ground, and wrapped.
The meat is processed by Quality Meats in Foley, MN.
- Quality Meats website link QualityMeats (to leave processing instructions, 24/7.)
- Quality Meats e-address, [email protected]
- Quality Meats phone # 320-968-7218
The folks at Quality Meats determine the hanging weight on their calibrated scale.
Bison quarters range between 100- and 150-pounds hanging weight.
Beef quarters range from 115 to 190 pounds hanging weight. You can request larger or smaller quarters.
All quarters are mixed. That means all quarters from a given animal are equal, no front or hindquarters.
Hog hanging weight is between 85 and 150 pounds per half. You may request a smaller or a larger half.
You tell Quality meats how you want your meat cut and wrapped.
Approved customers can order directly from our website.
How we raise and care for our animals.
All our animals live in natural environments.
The animals are in herds or flocks that satisfy their social needs.
Our bison and beef eat only grass and grass hay.
We raise our hogs in large outdoor pasture-lots.
Our hogs are raised on a special mixed diet as suits their nature.
Our hog feed is mixed and ground to our specifications from local grains.
We use only natural feeds without medications or antibiotics, nor artificial hormones.
Our animals always have plenty of space.
We have no feedlots or handling pens.
A typical pasture has both high and low ground, trees for shades and running water.
Our animals are relaxed and healthy.
They grow slowly compared to grain-fed or feedlot-fed animals.
We harvest and sell about 20 bison, 125 beeves, 135 hogs and 30 lambs each year.
We keep six horses for enjoyment and for farm work.
Most of our horses are mustangs that we adopt.
How and When we Harvest.
We harvest our animals humanely.
Beef and bison are pasture harvested. Pasture harvest means that we kill the animals in their pasture. Then transport them immediately to Foley for butchering and processing.
Pasture harvesting eliminates anxiety, stress, and trauma for the animals.
Low stress harvesting also maintains meat taste and quality.
We harvest bison from May through November.
We harvest beef year-around, but most are harvested in the grass season, May through November.
Animals fatten naturally in summer and Fall.
We harvest our hogs from July through December. We harvest a few pig in winter to meet customer needs.
How and where your meat is processed.
Our animals are processed by Quality Meats in Foley. QM is a family run butcher shop. It is owned by Bethany and Nick Orton. Josh and others are there every day cutting and processing meat with Nick and Bethany.
Quality Meats is a Minnesota state inspected and licensed facility.
Bethany and Nick take exceptional care of our customers.
After you order from us, you can place your processing instructions on-line, 24/7 at Quality meats .
How you pay for your meat and processing.
We do not require pre-payment or a deposit.
Approved customers can change or cancel their order at any time.
Within 48 hours after your animal is harvested you will receive an invoice from us (SRF) for the meat via email. You should pay that invoice on-line by Credit Card.
It will take QM 10 to 14 days to process your meat. That could be several weeks if you order cured hams etc. When your meat is ready for pick-up QM will send an invoice for the processing via email. You should pay that processing invoice on-line by Credit Card.
How you get your meat after processing.
After you have paid both invoices you can go to QM in Foley and pick your frozen meat up directly. A majority of customers do that.
We make weekly drop-off trips to three convenient metro locations during harvest times.
Albertville, Maple Grove, and Andover. No charge.
If that is helpful to you, please email us AFTER you have paid both invoices. We will arrange to meet you at the next Friday’s drop off.
We work to make this easy and simple for you.
We keep customers informed via email with twice monthly Farm Updates.
You are welcome and encouraged to visit the farm on our Spring and Fall Customer days.
There is no penalty for changing or cancelling your order.
Please tell us of a change before we harvest your animal.
Do not be anxious if this is your first-time buying meat this way.
We and Quality Meats are committed to making it easy for you.
A quarter of beef and a half of hog will require under nine cubic feet of freezer space, total. It will fit easily into a small chest freezer, the size that sells for around $400.
