About Our Farm
Dylan and Dani Spatz have owned DND Farms, LLC since 2012 when they started their cattle herd. They selected Irish Dexters due to their docile nature, ease of handling, superior maternal abilities and great meat flavor. They keep an active membership with the American Dexter Cattle Association. They raise breeding stock fit for your own herd and have a birth to finish beef operation.
Out of a want to be a self sufficient cattle operation came the opportunity to do custom hay work. On average they put up 10,000+/- small squares of forage crop along with round baling. Their hay outfit is completely mobile and travels within a reasonable distant for custom haying jobs.
Dylan and Dani both come from agricultural and livestock backgrounds, having spent most of their lives being stewards for the animals and land that they have in their care. Hard work being the basis for their farm, their family centered approach to their business makes it an easy option for your farm needs.
About Our Products
Our beef cattle spend their first 7-8 months on grass and milk, growing and just being calves. They do receive supplemental creep feed while out on pasture in an effort to stress their mother's less, promote healthy growth, and sustain our pastures. At weaning time, they are switched to a solely grass diet, with occasional feed to remind them to come when called.
They are vaccinated at weaning time, and de-wormed twice a year. Antibiotics are only used when their well being depends upon it. At no point do we use hormones or growth stimulants to quicken growth to butcher size. Steers head into the feed yard approximately 3 months prior to their butcher date. This gives them adequate time to adjust to a grain based diet and not have health issues associated to being put on a grain diet too quickly. Even though their destiny is the dinner plate, their well being up to that point is our utmost concern.
Dani and Dylan have kept bees for going on a decade now. Their passion for the bees also give them the chance to sell local raw honey. They also buy finished hogs from other small local farmers in the area to offer the opportunity to also purchase quality local pork.
