Regenerative Ranching and Breeding Award-Winning Beef
Windy Bar Ranch in Stonewall, Texas has been raising Angus cattle in the Texas Hill Country since the purchase of their first twenty heifers in 1983. Although, today’s guest’s ancestors have been raising cattle in Gillespie County since the late 1850s.
Since shifting to Angus cattle in 1983, Michael Klein of Windy Bar Ranch has continued to focus on the traits that made the Angus breed famous: maternal traits, calving ease and the carcass traits of marbling and tenderness.
Join the Soil Sisters in Stonewall, Texas, for this conversation with Michael Klein, a sixth-generation Gillespie County Texan and owner/steward of Windy Bar Ranch. The discussion covers the ranch's transition to Black Angus cattle, regen ag in ranching, strategies for success, and the journey from wholesale to direct-to-consumer beef sales.
Michael shares insights into his farming practices, genetic testing for cattle, rotational grazing, and how he avoids commercial fertilizers on his land and big pharma drugs on his cattle.
The conversation also touches on local beef processing and the significance of voting with your dollars by supporting local farmers and ranchers.
Listen here and dig in with the Soil Sisters!
Get on The Waiting List for Windy Bar Beef
100% Black Angus
100% Locally Raised and Fed in the Texas Hill Country
100% Locally Processed
NO antibiotics
NO added hormones
Reach out to Windy Bar Beef the old school way: (512) 474-2855. You can also email Windybarbeef@gmail.com to get added to the list.
Or find and support a local, direct-to-consumer rancher in your neck of the woods.
Michael Klein is also quite the craftsman. He can tell you where every piece of wood in his ranch house came from. Each piece of furniture, every door, counter top, desk, etc. has its own story. Here’s one of them.
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