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Cows and Pigs at Venetucci Farm = Healthy Soil and Good Meat

At Venetucci Farm we believe that a healthy farm ecosystem means a diverse population of plants and animals. Animals need plants and plants need animals. Both play a vital role in maintaining healthy soil, the foundation of the farm ecosystem.

Our farm family consists of plants, wildlife, fowl, and livestock, including Angus cows and heritage Tamworth hogs. We believe in raising both vegetables and animals in a way that respects and restores natural systems, attempting to work with nature rather than against her.

Venetucci Grass Finished Beef

Each spring we purchase cattle from Mike Callicrate of Ranch Food Direct. The hormone, antibiotic-free cattle, raised on Mike’s ranch in St. Francis, Kansas, help us develop healthy pastures with their manure, urine, and hoof impact through rotational grazing. The cows are moved at least once a day to fresh pasture to ensure consistent impact and prevent overgrazing. In late fall they are processed at the Ranch Food Direct meat processing facility in Colorado Springs.

We pre-sell the cows in quarters, halves or wholes. The cost for bulk purchase is $3.50/# hanging weight and averages between $550 and $600  for a quarter cow, which requires approximately 4 cu ft freezer space. Exact cost depends on the weight of the cow.

Venetucci Pastured Pork

We farrow and raise our Tamworth pigs on pasture, where they have access to fresh air, sunlight, and plenty of space for exercise, without the use of hormones or unnecessary medication. Our hogs are working hogs. In the late spring they are put out on new fields of oats, barley, or triticale, where they happily graze, root, run and play. In the fall they are moved to harvested pumpkin, potato, or corn fields, where they continue to root and play, helping till and fertilize, reducing weeds and improving soil fertility – the natural way.

Our hogs are processed without nitrites or nitrates in a small, family-owned, USDA certified processing facility in Fowler, CO. A half pig averages between $300 and $400 (exact cost depends on weight).


Venetucci Beef and Pork can be purchased by the individual cut or in bulk quantities (1/4,1/2, whole cow, half or whole pig, processing can be tailored to buyers needs for additional cost).  Give us a call for more information or to place your order at 391-8102.