About
XL Ranches
As a 3rd and 4th generation ranching family we are passionate about what we do, and proud to have the honor to provide the safest, most wholesome high-quality beef possible. Being the best stewards possible of the natural resources our cattle graze on, and by practicing regenerative holistic management techniques we are able to hopefully provide the opportunity for the next generation to continue a lifestyle that many only dream about.
What is Regenerative Ranching?
Our soil health is as important as our cows and we do everything we can to nourish the earth.
If we have nutrient-dense soil, we have nutrient grasses. And if we have nutrient-dense grasses, then we have nutrient-dense meat.
The principles of Regenerative Agriculture are:
Don’t disturb the soil. This means we need to protect our precious topsoil, and every time we disturb the soil we are at risk of more and more weeds, which means many resort to more and more pesticides. Not us!
Keep the soil covered. This goes hand in hand with the point above. If we keep the soil covered by different plants and root structures, it protects it from the sun and from heavy frost, and also increases the water retention - great in a drought!
Keep living roots in the soil. Root action feeds our soils and provides a diverse food system. Soil is ALIVE and needs to et and drink just as we do. We cannot survive in a desert and neither can our soil. And living roots provide great water-holding capacity.
Diversity. This means no monocultures. Diversity supports the whole ecosystem and works with nature, encouraging wildlife and pollination and more. Monocultures are very exclusive and do not support a thriving ecosystem.
Livestock - bring back ranging animals. Livestock provide important nutrients in the form of nitrogen and carbon. Their hooves aerate the soils and spread their organic matter. They are amazing at weed control and help clean the air and prevent wildfires.
ZERO chemicals
ZERO pesticides
ZERO tilling
Just 100% nourished soils
Our cows calve in May on thousands of acres of green grass, in natural cycle and greatly reducing most health issues. This allows our calves the best start to a low stress life on wide open pastures. Practicing low stress cattle handling techniques also ensure the cattle we raise have the best life possible right until the time of harvest.
Pasture To Plate
We greatly appreciate your support in our pasture to plate mission of:
Bringing our customers the highest quality, hormone and antibiotic free, ethically raised, locally sourced beef available.
Thank you for choosing XLbrandedbeef.com!
We look forward to serving you and bringing you along with us on the ride!
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Our Vision for Ranching
Our cattle deserve to live as nature intended; free to roam, graze, and thrive. We as ranchers are not just producers; we are stewards of the land and guardians of our cattle. This work sustains both the ecosystem and the families who depend on it.
At XL Ranches, our vision is a regenerative system where ranchers prosper by protecting the soil, respecting the animal, and nourishing the people. Ethical care isn’t a marketing slogan, it’s the foundation of a sustainable future. Any shortcut taken at the expense of the cattle, the rancher, or the land will inevitably collapse. But when integrity guides the process for animal, land, and family, everyone can flourish.
This is the path to truly honest food: raised with respect, sustained by balance, and delivered with pride.
