The Latest from Mariposa Ranch

"I'd Love To, But…" — The Two Things Holding People Back from Buying Beef by the Quarter or Half

We hear it a lot. Someone discovers our quarter or half cow options, eyes get a little wide, and then comes the pause...

Beef From Argentina, Why it Matters and Why it Doesn’t

On Sunday October 19th, 2025 President Trump made a statement aboard Airforce-1 suggesting that the US provide $20 Bi...

Vaccine Update June - 2024

I need to make an amendment to a blog post I put out last year. The situation has changed.

Stocking Up: A Guide to Whole, Half and Quarter Beef

Lots of people call and ask me about getting a whole beef or quarter beef or generally stocking up on beef. It’s getting more and more popular and there are a lot of good reasons why. The problem is, most people don’t know where to start. I always do my best to help and over time I have found some really good questions for customers to ask themselves that will help determine how much beef they should or should not buy.

mRNA Vaccine and Cattle (Honestly: I hate this topic)

Based on what our customers expect from us I am willing to state for the record - We will NOT be using mRNA vaccinations on our cattle.

Cows, Vaccines & Nonsense - Actual Information from an Actual Rancher

A lot of questions recently about livestock vaccinations from customers that are based on some social media rumors and some podcasts. I have seen this too and I want to help set the record straight.

herding cattle on one of our ranches in Catheys Valley. Spring time brings green grass, fat cattle, and happy cowboys and cowgirls!

On Fridays, We Move Cattle!

One of the best parts about our charter school is that it allows us to home school our kids on Fridays. This provides opportunities for the kids to do things out of the ordinary on a school day, such as helping Dad out on the ranch. So when he can, the Head Cowboy does ranch activities on Fridays so the kids can help out.

Election Day 2016

So, what do the head cowboy and his wife think about the all this political bru-ha-ha going on? Well, first and foremost, hallelujah - election season is almost over! At least there is an end in sight to all the hate, evil thoughts, tweets, ads etc that have inundated all of us for too long.

I Lead a Double Life...

While I don’t actually lead a double life in the scintillating way you might have imagined when reading my title, I do in fact feel like I lead a double life. But I’m going to be honest here…CONFESSION TIME…I have a really hard time doing this. I want to present an honest picture of our life & I want to be interesting and real at the same time, but I feel that these things don’t converge.