Our Stories

JBS USA, through their Grass Run Farms Program, tested the applicability of the USRSB cow-calf and feedyard metrics in a grass-fed system. The pilot project achieved 80 percent completion rate of the metric questions for more than 30,000 head of cattle from three family farm partners, representing 75 percent of Grass Run Farms’ supply.

JBS USA, Texas Beef Producers and 79 feedyard partners tested the applicability of the USRSB feedyard metrics at scale. The pilot project achieved 100 percent completion rate of the metric questions for over 2.9 million head of cattle from more than 90 feedyards – representing 56 percent of JBS USA’s fed cattle supply.

In 2018, the Pilgrim’s Mexico team hosted a workshop with their ingredient and packaging suppliers to discuss various opportunities and strengthen relationships.

In 2010, Jamey Burns and his wife Julie began their family farm. With the assistance of an excel spreadsheet and admirable attention to detail, they successfully planned each detail of their future poultry farm raising chickens for Pilgrim’s in Carroll County, GA. Two retired military veterans with more than 40 years of combined service –…

Ryan and Kristine Jepsen founded Grass Run Farms in Decorah, IA, in 2008 and have continued to supply cattle for the brand since. They founded Grass Run Farms on careful management and sustainable stewardship. For 10 years, they have remained a primary supplier for the 100 percent grass fed program.

Tim Stokes manages the 3,500-acre Karn Station in Benalla, North East Victoria, which supplies livestock to our Great Southern Program in Australia. “We need to be able to show the consumer what happens on the farm to ensure that livestock have been grown and managed in a natural environment. To most farmers this is an…

Many might describe Bar-G Feedyard as Independent to the core. Majority owner, Johnny Trotter, has been feeding cattle in the Texas Panhandle since 1983. Through the relationships they’ve fostered over the years, Bar-G has grown from its 45,000 head to one-time capacity to present day 125,000. In the last several years they’ve marketed over 200,000…

Willow Creek Farms is a captivating Idaho ranch in the shadows of the mountains along the winding Snake River. Once you’ve been there, you don’t want to leave. Just ask Willow Creek’s owner, Chris Drakos, who has farmed potatoes and raised cattle there for decades. “My father was a farmer, and I’ve been a farmer…

At Riverbend Ranch in Idaho Falls, ID, it’s all about family. The passion, the dedication, the respect for the animals and the love of the land starts with owners Frank and Belinda VanderSloot and how their values create the right atmosphere for producing the best Angus beef. “Family is an important part of the culture…

Clark and Janice Garner are family farm partners to our Carrollton, GA, Complex. Garner has been a poultry farm owner for two years and has built four state-of-the-art 66′ x 600′ foot chicken houses, where he grows 60,000 chickens per house and produces six to seven flocks annually. The young couple lives in a house…