Long Tom River Ranch

Long Tom River Ranch raises 100% grass fed beef and lamb, pastured on 175 of our 275 acres west of Veneta, Oregon. We use rotational grazing practices and feed local hay in the winter months. We are a small farm so each animal receives individual attention.

In an effort to produce the highest quality, most flavorful and tender beef, we have added a Piedmontese bull to our herd of mixed breed cows. We also raise Katahdin lamb. These sheep are raised strictly for meat and are easy keepers that shed their wool in the hot months. We use no hormones and no antibiotics on any of our animals. We are not certified organic but use no chemicals on our pastures or the hay we feed.

We have been working since 2000 with the USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service's Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to fence our livestock off from more than one mile of the Long Tom River running through our property, planting trees to provide shade and improve the fish habitat, and providing off-channel watering for the livestock.

Beef is available usually in late summer or early fall, and occasionally at other times of the year. It can be purchased as a quarter, half or whole. It is cut to your custom order, wrapped and frozen and must be picked up in Eugene. Lamb is available whole, usually in the fall, and can be delivered for a fee to a butcher of your choice.