719.473.2306 orders@ranchfoodsdirect.com
Ranch Foods Direct
  • Our Story
  • Retail Store
  • Order Now
  • Newsletters
  • Join Our Team
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
Select Page

Cattle Entrepreneur Found New Ways To Market Beef

by RanchFoodsDirect | Nov 22, 2016 | Newsletter

Farm Show Magazine, November 22, 2016 When Kansas cattleman and feedlot owner Mike Callicrate couldn’t find a suitable buyer for his cattle due to a meat packer dispute, he found ways to sell them direct to the consumer. Now he does it all, from cow/calf herd to...
High Steaks – Building the alternative, from ranch to retail

High Steaks – Building the alternative, from ranch to retail

by RanchFoodsDirect | Feb 19, 2016 | Newsletter

Joe Fassler interviews Mike Callicrate and lays out his vision for a new beef production model, built on marketing directly to customers and processing the cattle right at the farm. Click HERE to read the article.
Next generation processing trailer loaded with new features

Next generation processing trailer loaded with new features

by RanchFoodsDirect | Jun 1, 2013 | Newsletter

“It’s the first of its kind… Many parts on this trailer had never been manufactured before.” — Mike Callicrate THE SCOOP: Callicrate Cattle Company received its new custom-built meat processing unit last month. “This is a milestone. It’s a state-of- the-art...

About Ranch Foods Direct

Ranch Foods Direct is a meat packing facility and local farmer’s retail market delivering healthful, high quality, naturally tender meats and foods to consumers direct from the ranch.

Our goal is to foster a business that benefits both ranchers and consumers. Our processing and distribution systems assures incomparable quality, wholesomeness, eating satisfaction, and a mutually rewarding relationship of trust and responsibility between the rancher and you the customer.

Ranch Foods Direct Newsletters 2007-current



Missed an issue? Click here!

RSS No-Bull Food News – NoBull.MikeCallicrate.com

  • Surviving in the land of the giants – A look back
  • Celebrating National Pig Day
  • How Can Something So Obviously Flawed Still Exist?
  • Mandatory Electronic Ear Tags- Again!
  • Food System Success or Failure? It’s time to decide
  • Cowlandia – The Cattlemen’s Nightmare.
  • Failure of Genius – Sharp lessons in the cattle and beef marketplace
  • The Kroger and Albertsons merger Is Bad for Cattle Producers
  • FARM ACTION FOCUS: THANKS TO USDA, “NO ANTIBIOTICS, EVER” MEAT ACTUALLY MEANS “ANTIBIOTICS, SOMETIMES.”
  • Hiring Refugees is What They Do – It’s not out of kindness
  • Facebook