The Cows Have Collars...and Trey’s Home!

Originally emailed August 25, 2026. This is an archive of a past newsletter. Prices and reservation dates below reflected the date it was sent; check our current products for today's options.

Late summer on the ranch

Summer brought Southern Utah heat, hoped-for monsoon storms, growing calves, a new grazing tool, and a welcome home for Trey after two years serving as a missionary in Chicago.

Recipe corner: Hot honey taco-stuffed sweet potatoes

We love the combination of savory taco-seasoned beef, caramelized sweet potato, creamy cottage cheese and avocado, and a drizzle of hot honey. You will need ground beef, sweet potatoes, olive oil, taco seasoning, cottage cheese, avocado, and hot honey. Add cilantro, lime, green onions, salsa, or other taco toppings if you like.

1. Halve the sweet potatoes lengthwise, rub with olive oil, season, and roast cut side down until tender and golden. Baking, air frying, or microwaving also works.
2. Brown the ground beef with taco seasoning.
3. Turn the potatoes over, top with beef, cottage cheese, and avocado, then drizzle with hot honey.

A freezer package of ground beef also makes burgers, spaghetti, meatballs, casseroles, or sloppy joes easy on a busy night. Moving a package into the refrigerator before bed helps with tomorrow's dinner.

Beef and tallow at the time

In August, ground beef was $9 per pound in approximately 1.5 pound packages. We also offered rendered beef tallow in 8 ounce jars for $12, and a few November beef share reservations remained. These were August offers and may no longer be available.

Virtual fencing

We added Gallagher eShepherd virtual fencing to our grazing toolbox. GPS collars give trained cattle an audio cue near a virtual boundary; Jeremy can adjust the boundary from his phone. We still build and maintain physical fences, and the collars give us another way to distribute grazing, use forage, and give grass more time to rest and recover.

From our family

Trey came home from Chicago and was helping build fence two days later. Lincoln was preparing to leave for Thailand and Colten continued serving in Taiwan. For a short time, all three oldest boys were away; now one was back at the dinner table and back at the ranch. We were grateful for him, for the rain that briefly delayed the fence work, and for everyone who follows and supports our family ranch.

The Larson Family
Six Generations Strong — Raising Boys, Beef, and the Bar