The Latest from Mariposa Ranch

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...

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.

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.

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.