Pure Grass Beef

Name: Pure Grass Beef
Telephone: +1 607-227-0380

Pure Grass Beef, run by Kathryn Engel, raises shorthorn cattle and shorthorn crossbreeds on the shale ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in upstate New York, roughly an hour's drive from Ithaca.

The operation focuses on recovering old Scotch cattle genetics suited to grass finishing, crossing shorthorn with Angus and Galloway to produce animals selected for early maturity, marbling, and hardiness. The program's core philosophy holds that breeding for genetic adaptation to a grass forage diet matters more than intensive grazing management. Cattle graze open pastures through the growing season and overwinter outside with access to wooded shelter, subsisting on grass hay and minerals through the cold months.

Farming at 1,500 feet on thin, acidic soils with cold, wet winters and muddy springs, the herd is exposed to conditions that naturally sort the genetics. Animals that thrive in that environment are the ones selected forward. For those looking for shorthorn cattle for sale in New York with a proven grass-finishing background, this program draws on crossbreeding traditions that trace back to nineteenth-century tenant farming in Scotland, including blue roan Angus-shorthorn blends and blue-grey Galloway-shorthorn combinations long recognized for producing thickly muscled, well-marbled carcasses.

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Species

Cattle Shorthorn

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Website

www.puregrassbeef.com

alloycattle@gmail.com