Diversifying the small family farm

Direct marketing grass-fed beef was how Colleen Biggs turned adverse beef market trends into an opportunity for her family’s ranch in east-central Alberta.

“When times got really tough for us, we were doing the low-input swath grazing, bale grazing, everything we could to make ends meet on the ranch but when the market crash happened in 1995, it didn’t matter how sharp your pencil is, you can only go so far,” said Biggs, who, along with her husband, operate TK Ranch in east-central Alberta.

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