I have watched several of your videos and the content has been outstanding ! I have been interested in homesteading and farming for several years and I am very impressed with your knowledge and commitment to producing helpful and insightful content. Keep up the great work. I will be sure to return to your channel.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

J. Oden thanks so much! You seriously made my day with this comment!

I raised polled herefords for ten years, one steer every two years. I learmed a lot about beef and enjoyed eating the fresh organic beef. I had no internet, google or cell phone back then. It was all self learning and asking around. It was learn by experience. Over ten years and nine steers, and I included everything, vets, hay, grain, fence wire, all other items that I bought, it cost me $.90 per lb to raise these myself, including my labor in 1975-86. I also raised two hogs, 12 turkeys and 8 laying hens. I had to buy all my hay. I never sold any of it. It was a great experience and I miss it. I love your videos. Keep them coming. Happy Birthday Hillary.

i love this breakdown! really educational for us!

@michael7423

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t say it better myself, thank you Pete for making me hungry 😋

I love your content. Its concise, intelligent, and easy to understand!

One day i hope to have a few cattle, chickens and pigs to self-sustain my family. I really enjoy your videos and the passion you have for what you do!

Hi, I have been enjoying a lot your videos since a month or so. I’m a woman, live in Belgium with my two border collies and my cat. Farming has always interested me, never started it, but I relate to it a lot. What your videos did for me, was ‘ tasted’ all aspects….from the romance of it and at the same time the hard work and rawness of it at the same time. Growing and butchering and selling all with your attention and love for life!!!! Also the process from Animal to meat I tended to stay away from. Both your attitude and showing it has learned me, what I learned from school. Steiner and his way of farming has always felt sympathetic and natural. So THANK YOU both of you. Loving the animals alive and as meat is felt through all. Also using old material for tractors, and rebuilding with old and new material. So all in all, I’m a fan. I’m 72 years old and hope to enjoy you for a long time…. Stay healthy all of you!!! Best wishes Catharina…

I’m on a two year plan to live this life. Your videos are so informative and priceless! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge

I love the way you explain things to us on your videos. My spouse and I have been talking about which breed of cattle we may try to raise. after listening to your programs and thinging about it and careful planning. once we have a place we can raise cattle on with our horse we are thinking strongly about the dexter cattle being the way to go to start. Thank you for being so informative. I look forward to listening to your you tube shows. Have a bless day.

Hey just found another posting I haven’t seen. What a nice surprise.

Every time I have a farm question before I google I look through your videos because I know I’ll most likely find a great video that leaves me no googles necessary then a few more videos I sometimes can’t watch but listen to driving you have a great voice and an amazing ability to keep me captivated

Tallow is amazing for feeding birds in the winter.

This channel has helped me so much

Excellent video! Thanks for this. One of the best explanations I've seen of all the cuts of beef.

Thanks for the education! Saved and will watch again.

thankyou! i love all your videos. Truly helpful.

Love the visual! Just came across your channel this week....Very educational!!! Right to the point...Just the way the videos should be 👍👍

The information you share is very helpful in showing what to look for in the Dexter breed as well as entertaining. Thanks.

Wonderful and well done! I love your videos, really helps perspective and future plans, thankyou.

My family and I love your videos ... we have learnt so much from you! Happy Birthday Hillary!

Love your content and logical approach. Keep up the great work!

Great educational video. Thanks so Pete.

I really appreciate the specific details to the business of farming that you offer.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi cbeyre, glad you liked it and thanks for watching!

Love the shows and I wish you all Gods blessings for you all

2:57 Ghost in the background!! On the right side!! LOL

Thank you so much for sharing your stories and videos! My family and I just bought a 18 ac farm in Alberta Canada and we've been talking about dexter cows. Your videos calmed my nerves and made us excited to get started ! I'm Glad I ran into your page as we have a lot to learn and prepare. thanks again and great job!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Allison, Dexters are a great breed to get started with! Best of luck!

The matter of fact down to earth style is great. I remember working on a dairy farm as 12/13 yrs old, I learnt to drive on an old Massey Fergusson tractor, plowed paddocks etc. You bring back memories

Beautiful Illustration✊🏿💪🏿✌🏿

Thank you for the breakdown Pete. Have really gotten into processing my own deer over the years and did my first cow this year. Love your channel. Been binge watching your videos. Can’t wait to see the MD all done. Thank your for the information. This kind of thing can get lost in our “modern world”. You have a good day Pete and keep it up.

Great and informative video, as always! I appreciate the visual of what to expect to come back from the butcher.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cria and Kidd!

Thank you, very informative.

Thank you for taking the time to video this for us.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Bernie!

@MrSeadawg123

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video! Do you get any leather from back?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrSeadawg123 we do not get any hide/leather back. We probably could if we asked for it, but we are not in the tanning business! Thanks for watching.

@MrSeadawg123

4 жыл бұрын

@@JustaFewAcresFarm Thank you for the reply!! That hide tanned is worth a lot of money! Enjoy, your authenticity! Working on doing much of the same thing!

Learning a lot and I appreciate all the information !!

This was so very helpful, thank you!

The best vid I have seen in a long time.

Great video!!! We are just getting started in the Dexter field, so we are very new to the business.. I am learning so much from your videos. Thank you so much. And, Happy Birthday Hillary!!! 🎂🎊🎉🎈🎁❤

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Juliann! Best of luck with your Dexters. And Hil says thank you.

We raise miniature Herefords. We just got some Dexters and we are going to cross them with our mini Hereford bull. Looking forward to seeing what they produce.

Great content sir

Thanks for sharing !

Your videos are so interesting love them

Good educational videos. I’m reading your book and enjoying it too

Great info Pete 👍👍👍👍

Very insightful video!

Awesome channel!

Good information on what you get from a steer from the butcher. They do a good job of cutting it for market. Were seeing a few farmers starting to raise bison and sell the cuts at the farm.

Love your channel!!!

I live up near Rochester I would love to have a similar farm someday love what you do keep it up thank you

Happy Birthday Hillary!

Great video

Excellent an educational! Thank you for sharing. Now I’m hungry😁

Thanks for all the information.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

ZaneyMay Just Keep Planting you’re welcome!

Really cool vid - Helped me when I may purchase a side in the future

Well presented.

Outstanding.

You know, it feels wonderful to watch a nice video about beef production and know that no vegetarians are watching the video with you and cringing at the thought of eating meat...lol. I Like my steaks with a British formulated steak sauce called "HP" or House Parliament sauce in a blue labeled jar made by A-1. An excellent sauce that brings out the true flavor of the beef.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Well I expect the vegetarians, and especially the vegans, will show up eventually and protest. Gonna try that steak sauce; Hilarie is heading to the grocery store today!

Awesome farm channel mate!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Curtis!!!

We just took 5 Dexter's in before Christmas. 3 steers , 1 heifer , and a 7 year old chondro carrier cow. We personally kept half of a steer and the whole 7 year old for ourselves. We have been doing side by side comparison's and everything from the 7 year old has just a little more beefy flavor but both are excellent. We experimented with the steer we kept also as he was only 18 months old instead of our normal 24+ month olds. Other than obviously being smaller he was very well marbled and tender. We cut our steaks to 1.25 inches and his ribeyes are all pretty close to 12 oz ea.. Something we started doing last year with a young cull cow was having the rump and round cut at 1/4 inch for making quick jerky. It was a big success and I couldn't dry it fast enough. The family and co workers would eat it as fast as I made it. Good video.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Charles, I have never had a bad cut from an older Dexter. We've had them butchered up to 12 years old and the flavor just keeps getting better, without a lot of toughness. The first time we brought an older one in the butcher said she would have to be ground, but he changed his mind when he started cutting. That is good to know about your young steer. We have 2 heifers to bring in a few months, and they will only be 14 months old.

great vid thanks

Great video 👍

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric!

Thanks for sharing Aloha and Mahalo🤙

Awesome video!

@peterlarson9970

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you dexterloza! What a great username:)!

@dexterloza

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterlarson9970 thanks! I recently found out about this breed. I will soon be adding some to the property 👌lol

Thank you for this! We are getting a Belfair (JerseyXDexter) milk cow next week and she is bred to a Dexter bull and if her calf is a bull calf, this will be our future! Looks like we can look forward to beautiful beef from Dexters.

thank you

I’ve just commented about not getting a video with the meat, and I’m seeing one right now. Thanks

happy birthday!!!!!!!

Will have lots of questions once we're on our new property!!

One good thing about your beef is you know it is done right and handled correctly. I hunt deer and I have people tell me all the time I tried it and it wasn’t good. But when people eat it at my house they all fall in love with it cause I know how to process it and take care of it and also how to cook it. I am sure you know how cause I know you hunt on your farm.

Great rundown. Would you be able to do a video at some point if your chicken processing setup? Would live to see how you do it and the numbers that you process on one of your morning sessions.

I found your channel today and watched a few videos . I can't believe you don't have a bunch of subs you put out great videos . There is a bunch of people missing out .

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thank Aaric. I guess there's so much to watch on KZread that it takes time for people to notice. I hope the channel grows!

I've been considering dexters...

New subbie here 🙋🏽‍♀️ Your videos are inspiring ✨️

very educational!

Thanks 😊

Interesting. For 20 years (When children were home) we ordered a half a beef twice a year and two pigs. We got beef hung for 14 days and once 21; but the loss was greater and it was not much better. Once we got a virgin bull. It was the best beef we ever had. Mostly from rural processor. I think weight for half was 250 to 275. It was the same weight as a pig. All weights were hanging. Good to see you are carrying on the tradition.

Your the best man

I heard you say in a video you don't read many comments anymore, but if you happen to read this one, How do you decide what to take to the farmers market and how much? I know you like to sell out every trip and you sell beef, pork and chicken along with eggs. Are most of your sales on a preorder basis? I think it is apparent you sell from home too with the packages you mentioned selling in the video. Other than you know your customer base, I am just curious how you base your take to market products every Saturday? I can tell you just don't do anything based on chance! Great channel and you have put out enough content for me to binge watch! Love the diversity and when Hillarie makes an appearance! Her quiet disposition is balancing well on the channel. Her support is invaluable in everything you and your family have accomplished. Hope you enjoyed the Farmall convention this weekend! Jeff

Being a deer Hunter you get a lot back from a Dexter. I have a lot of people that ask for venison but they want it right ready to cook and by the time I process it and package it it’s hard to give away and illegal to sell. I have given a lot away but then when we run out I always regret it because it is better than beef too my family but it’s handled right and processed and we know how to cook it. I would like to try the dexter out because I would think it would be much better than what you get at the grocery store. Really it might say angus but I have been told by farmers that if it had much black on it then it is labeled as Angus but they say they get docked at the sale barn if it’s not black.

Happy Birthday Hillary

Wish I could buy some from you!

organ meats are an incredible bargain; meat plant wanted to know if I even wanted to cuts!! A surprisingly good yield for a cow, and lots of good fat cover, (without overdoing it) was somewhat of a surprise.

Making me hungry!

Because I am handicapped I have to wait till weather is just right for me to be driven to ithaca far,ers market..AND someone willing to drive me to buy ...I hope I can still do it n3xt spring?I will keep listening to your vlogs and when you butcher. I want to fill my small freezer. I am looking forward to eating Dexter beef.

@marjoriejohnson6535

Жыл бұрын

P.s..do you sell heart and tongue?

Frying potatoes in beef tallow makes the best french fries!

you made me hungry with this

Let me get my hand on that porter house 😋

Your beef looks delicious wish we could try some, but I looked Your farm up on maps and your a 3hr drive there and 3hr back. That a long day

great video. looks like you might be due for a walk-in freezer. Looking at all those freezers in that space......lots of electricity...and lots of compressors. lots of things to go wrong.

Thx

I’m just commenting-to help 👍

looks yummy

HI there again Pete. I really enjoy your down to earth and friendly approach to your farming videos. I have learned so much from you! Thanks.

Passion

When weighing, weigh on a solid surface a freezer top will false read. The best meat we've had was a 3-4 year old dexter cow , crazy as but tender and tasty

O.k...I made my list...I wi Be bringing my large picnic cooler.

Cheers

Like your channel

Two hundred pounds a hanging side, then, which isn't bad as long as you have a butcher that knows what he's dealing with, and that would "fit" a lot of smaller households in the city. One thing I experienced with a very high yield Simmental cross back in the eighties was the incredibly good rural butcher outfit I dealt with in Lynden, Wa. was neverthelesss of a "mindset" that when you said 2.5 to 3 lb. roasts, they adjusted for what THEY SAW as a "family": nine kids, an uncle, two wives, and three grandparents: all the roasts were 5 to 7.5 lbs.!!! Lesson learned.

Love beef tongue!

I like the way you think, your reasons for the cuts you do make total sense. Going to do my first dexter the same way! How old was the cow you butchered? When is a cow considered OLD and likely have tough meat?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi ISayFinn, thank you! This cow was 5 years old. Dexter meat remains surprisingly tender on older cows like this. We have had them butchered up to 12 years old with these results.

Found your channel today and love it. Where do you do your processing. keep on keepin on!!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rod! We send our beef & pork to Owasco Meats, a small USDA processor about 20 minutes away.

We’ve been enjoying your videos and learning a lot too! How were you able to get the T-bone back from this cow? With all the cows we have ever taken to a USDA butcher, if they were over 36 months old we were not able to get back the T-bone steak because of regulations.