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Trail's End Organic Farm, certified by EcocertICO, is located 4 miles west of Putnam, Illinois in the Crow Creek Valley. Our farm consists of 385 acres and has been in the Morse family since 1921, and certified-organic since 1992. The farm is divided equally between cropland and pasture, with oak, walnut, and hickory timber. Crops include soybeans, popcorn, wheat, oats, and rye.

Our USDA Certified Organic grass-fed cattle are a Scottish Highland/Aberdeen Angus cross which ensures lean and flavorful beef. Of course, we don’t use growth hormones or antibiotics. The cattle are not confined in a feedlot, but spend their time out on pasture with access to clean water and shelter. Through the winter months the cattle are fed hay. It takes approximately 20 months to raise a calf to market weight.

The beef is sold by quarters, halves, or whole. The cattle are taken to a USDA certified-organic locker, Bittner’s Eureka Locker, Eureka, Illinois, for processing according to the customer’s cutting order. The employees at Eureka are very good at talking you through a cutting order, if you have never done one before.

Customers pick up their finished beef at the locker and pay the processing fee, or delivery can be arranged.