Meadow Ridge Acres

Quality Meat, Tasty Meals

This message is not one that I want to be sending to you all, but the time has come to announce that we will not be selling beef after2026. The reason we have had to come to this decision is related to several factors. We have been experiencing year after year of drought conditions in our area, which has led to poor quality grazing for the cattle. The last 2 years calves have not developed to where we are happy with the quality of meat that we are able to sell. Additionally to the drought conditions, we have now experienced our second year of catastrophic level grass hopper infestation. They are eating the grass faster than the grass can grow. We have spent thousands of dollars on fertilizers and insecticide to try get something to grow, but to no avail. I plan to take the next year or two to focus on several regenerative systems to get the grass to grow better, as well as combat the grass hoppers. This will require time and resources that will prevent us from making regular trips to sell beef even if we were able to get it to grow. Due to the shortage of grazing, we will be selling some of our cattle and will also need to rebuild once we have better grass conditions. If you are still with me at this point, thanks for reading all that! Some good news is that we will be making a few more deliveries this year, starting with July 2 delivering to the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver area. I plan a trip to the Okanagan and Fraser Valley in September and possibly one last one late in October. I should have a good availability of product for July 2 and September deliveries. Please submit your orders for the July 2nd delivery by midnight, June 29. I have contacts in the beef world who will be able and happy to supply your beef once we are finished. If we can turn things around here, I hope to be back with more beef sometime in 2029.