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How to Buy a Cow from a Farmer

This step-by-step guide walks you through all you need to know and the questions to ask when buying a cow. Once you know how to buy a cow, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner!

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Congratulations! You’ve decided to buy a cow from a farmer.

You’re excited because you know you’re going to get the best beef you’ve ever had at a fraction of the cost. Plus, you’ll have a freezer full of beef, which can be very comforting.

However, where do you begin? How exactly do you buy a cow?

Here’s everything you need to know.  

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Buy a Cow vs. Meat Subscription Beef Box (video)

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Have you ever purchased a meat subscription box?

We’ve had several new customers come to us after trying meat subscription boxes, and they asked that we compare buying a cow versus a meat subscription service that’s delivered to your door.

Why compare the two, we asked? They’re completely different options. However, since they asked, we thought we’d give it a try.  

Our conclusion (spoiler alert!) is that the two are really apples to oranges. We think buying a cow wins the comparison, but we’re very biased. That shouldn’t surprise you!  

In this post, we specifically compared three areas: cost, convenience and knowing your farmer/quality.

Here’s how we think the two stack up when compared to each other.

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Buying a cow. How much beef is it? (video)

Are you thinking of buying a cow? Have you decided how much – a sixteenth, quarter, half, or whole cow?

We’ve been selling beef directly off of our farm for decades. Without a doubt one of the first questions people ask before buying a cow is “how much beef will I actually get?” That question is usually followed by, “If I buy a cow, what part am I getting? The front half or back half?”

In other posts, we’ve provided a step-by-step guide on how to buy a cow from a farmer, and what questions to ask before you purchase.

Today, we’re going to use video and photos to SHOW you how much beef you get when you buy a cow.

To put it in perspective, we’ve made our home refrigerator the star of the video and photos. 

We’ve taken these pictures twice, years apart. The first time we only took photos and we had a standard 18.1 cu ft refrigerator with a freezer on top. The second time we did this, we made a video and we had a newer refrigerator – a 22.1 cu ft refrigerator with french doors and freezer on the bottom. Hopefully, seeing the beef in two different refrigerators will help put it into perspective even more.

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Snow! Do Cows Get Cold in Winter?

Do cows get cold? How do cows stay warm in the winter? What do cows eat in winter? What’s it like for cows in snow? What’s winter like on a farm? What do farmers do in the winter?
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Do cows get cold? How do cows stay warm in the winter? What do cows eat in winter? What’s it like for cows in snow? What’s winter like on a farm? What do farmers do in the winter?

These are just a few of the questions we get during the winter. We’ll try and answer all of these questions on what winter is like on our farm, especially for our cattle.

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