About Attadale Farm
We aim to make great tasting, value priced, nutritious, true local Grass-Fed Beef, Pastured Pork, and Grass-Fed Lamb accessible to our community.
About
We raise true local grass-fed beef, pastured pork and grass-fed lamb. Attadale Farm is run by farmers Steve and Sandy Fahsbender. Our farm grew out of our need to find affordable, nutritious, quality meat to help address our food-related physical issues. We felt we needed to share with others, as well.
Our farm's name's sakes are Atta Fahsbender, my grandmother or Dale Fahsbender, my father (Attadale Farm). Farmers from Illinois, they both obviously had profound influences on my life, but really, this farm is not about us.
The "us" is undeniably and unmistakably about the animals on our farm. It is the animals that have the ultimate and greatest value. We personally will never have offspring to offer you for a tasty nutritious meal. We may be clever and witty, smart and well respected, honest and trustworthy, but that doesn't bring enough at the market to keep the farm viable. The smartest we can be is to try to keep the animals happy, healthy, safe and satisfied while they are under our care. The most untrustworthy we can be is to squander the true value each animal entrusted to us intrinsically possesses and offers to us all.
Our Land
You will find us in the Northeast part of Missouri near the little town of La Plata. Our claim to fame is the fact that La Plata is an Amtrak stop. When Amtrak stops, our town doubles in size.
We purchased an Amish farm that needed a grazing and pasture makeover. We installed a pressurized frost-free stock tank watering system that collects rain water in fenced ponds and then pumps it to the various paddocks for the animals' free consumption. We have planted the pastures with a combination of ten non-GMO grasses, legumes and alfalfa to increase the availability of quality growing grass for the animals throughout the cool and warm seasons.
Our Animals
Much thought and research has gone into selecting the breeds of animals that we raise. Keep reading about our favorites that bring the nutrition and the flavor every time.
Humanely raised by mainly humans!
Meet the Galloway
After months of research, investigation, comparison, analysis, and now years of production, Attadale Farm is fortunate to have, glad to raise, and proud to offer Galloway beef.
The Galloway is what a beef cow should be and is the "best" grass-fed choice. It is the source of a healthy, tender, juicy, flavorful, and cost effective meal. The Galloway is one of the oldest original breeds and is highly suited for grass grazing. Unlike the Angus, dairy crosses, and contemporary breeds, the Galloway has not been altered to improve its finishing characteristics in today's feedlots on starches, grains, hormones, antibiotics, and asthma medicine. The Galloway has not been bred to be pasture or feedlot giants.
They are bred pure and still maintain the original characteristics that consistently score them high on meat carcass and tenderness quality tests. The Galloway are known for their impeccable marbling potential, tenderness, juiciness and highly desirable taste.
It's what we eat and enjoy! Why would we sell you less?
Meet the Hereford Hog
We have raised the Hereford Hog breed exclusively. Interestingly, it originated in the La Plata, MO area and is considered a heritage breed. They are a more gentle breed, not overly destructive, good mothers, decent sized, not prone to sickness, are pleasant to look at, and do well in our environment.
The Horned Dorset
The Horned Dorset has a natural, elegant, style to its look and character that I appreciate. We like their natural, original horn, and the ability for them to lamb year round. Succumbing to progress, the Dorset has been cross-bred to achieve more size. The breeding did away with the horns and its ability to breed year round. It also imparted some of the nature of the other breed into it. Of course, not all Dorset were cross bred so there still are Horned Dorset, of which we have both in our herd!
Curious about how we raise these animals?
