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Diamond F Brand Beef
McNeil Ranch
3351 South Highway 15
Monte Vista, Co 81144

Phone: 719 852 2458
Toll Free: 877 659 2352
Fax: 719 852 0377
E-mail:
info@diamondfbrandbeef.com

About Our Grass Fed Beef

Delicious, Tender, Marbled, Juicy:
Diamond F Brand Beef provides an exquisitely delightful eating experience for the beef connoisseur and the whole family, whether grilling, roasting, braising, or turning burgers.

Healthy and Nutritious:
The health and nutritional benefits if eating grass fed beef are well documented and can be found on Jo Robinson’s web-site www.eatwild.com. Grass fed beef is known to be higher in many valuable nutrients, most especially omega 3 fatty acids, CLA’s, and many other anti-oxidants.

100% grass-fed /grass-finished:
Our cattle graze on our own lush, green, pastures and meadows or hay from our own hay fields, and are never fed a bite of grain. The finishing steers are finished for at least two months on rich and verdant meadow grasses.

Know exactly where your food comes from:
You will know that your beef is raised from conception to consumption on the McNeil Ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, with our operations spanning from 7,600’ to 11,000’ in elevation. Our cattle eat only grass from our own pastures and meadows, and our own grass hay, along with a little occasionally purchased alfalfa in the winter. Studies indicate that grass fed beef from high altitude may be even higher in omega 3’s *See www.eatwild.com for scientific data regarding the health and nutritional benefits of grass fed beef.

Livestock Health
Primarily we strive to maintain herd health through preventive measure and by keeping cattle in optimum condition through proper feeding, grazing management, and supplementation (Vita Ferm™ mineral supplement and diatomaceous earth), as well as low-stress handling. We attempt to break actual and potential disease cycles through grazing management and maintaining optimum body condition. Pharmaceutical treatments are used if necessary, as a last resort, and we reserve the ability to use such treatments. However, any steers that are treated with antibiotics are withdrawn from the Diamond F Program, and are marketed separately. No animals marketed by Diamond F Brand Beef have been treated with or fed any antibiotics.

 

No unwanted additives:
All of our Diamond F steers are completely free of added hormones, antibiotics, or animal byproducts. We never treat our land with synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides, and never have. Our land was certified organic by the Colorado Department of Agriculture from 1999 to 2002, until the price of certification increased ten-fold, and we made the decision to let it expire. We still operate our land under the same protocols we did as when we were certified organic.

Happy Cattle:
Our cattle are treated humanely, with love and gratitude. Family and employees have attended low-stress livestock handling workshops, and our handling facilities are modern and up to date. In regular ultrasound testing, over 90% of the cattle in our entire McNeil Ranch herd (not just the Diamond F herd, which must receive lowest stress indicator scores to qualify).

Ultrasound testing:
We know that our beef will be tender, marbled, and juicy before we take it to the processor because we ultrasound test our live animals to determine their carcass qualities. In testing we measure the percent intramuscular fat (marbling), thickness of back-fat, tenderness, rib-eye size, and stress indicators.

Satisfaction Guaranteed
We are so confident that you will love Diamond F Brand Beef, that we offer a satisfaction guarantee, or we will either replace your beef, or refund your money if you are not completely satisfied with our product. If you wish to seek an exchange or refund, give us a call to let us know the problem, and we can tell you your refund and exchange options.

USDA Inspected

All Diamond F Brand Beef is USDA inspected for your assurance and protection. Our meat processing is done at Mel’s Custom Meat Processing, in Romeo Colorado.