The Farmer Boys now deliver grass-fed grain-finished beef to all of your favorite local grocers and restaurants. Locally raised and locally harvested, Farmer Boy Beef is uniquely delicious and flavorful. Given the nature of the diet we feed our cattle, you may be wondering how to best cook up and serve our products. We’re here to help!
Not only do we find grain-finished beef to be tastier, but it’s also a less taxing process on the environment. It takes three times longer to finish cattle on grass versus grain, adding to the cost of grass-finished beef. At the time of harvest, grain-finished cows typically weigh more and can be anywhere from 14-22 months old.
Coming across a double-yolked egg is a bit like finding a needle in the haystack or a four-leaf clover. It’s a mysterious surprise – but how does it happen? Read on to learn more about the elusive double yolk!
Our cage free and free range hens are cared for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We never use hormones or antibiotics. All of our hens are provided with the highest quality feed to facilitate superior egg taste and quality.
A popular New Year Resolution is nutrition. That’s why you see so many exercise and food books popping up in January. So we figured we would end December on a high note and get you ready for January by scouring the web and highlighting our favorite, and most unique, benefits of eggs in your diet.
Montanans love a good steak. It’s a weekly dinner staple and you can find it on the menu of almost any restaurant across the state. From sirloins to strips, filets to t-bones, there are so many different cuts and styles to choose from. This means countless ways to cook a delicious steak dinner. A new year is a perfect time to try new things! Try out these five different steak recipes and let us know which one is your favorite.
Home to the best farm-to-table eggs from free-range hens in Montana, the Farmer Boys are excited to announce their newest food, beef! Carrying over their healthy and humane hen raising techniques to the cattle raising industry, Farmer Boy Beef is a high-quality, grass fed and grain finished product that will be found in select stores around the state of Montana. Want to learn more about Farmer Boy Beef and why it is set apart from the other beef options you see in the grocery store? Check out this interview with Alex, one of the Farmer Boys.
If you were to drive across the state of Montana, from east to west, it would take you right around 10 hours. Luckily, during this long drive, there are many places you could stop along the way to get a great burger. Here are the top five burger joints in Montana and what you should try when you’re there.
This year, summer begins in the northern hemisphere on Saturday, June 20 and Father’s Day falls on June 21. After a busy spring of celebrations and holidays, make sure you still plan a time to celebrate the dads in your life! In case Father’s Day snuck up on you this time around, here are some of our favorite, last-minute egg recipes and a gift your dad will love!
Now, more than ever, your local food vendors need your support. In Montana alone, there are over 26,000 farms and ranches, and purchasing products from these businesses directly supports the local families who run them. Sometimes supporting local businesses can seem like a time consuming and expensive task, but here are ten easy, affordable ways you can support your local food suppliers.
Warm sleeping arrangements, extra water, closed-toed shoes and fire starter are all important pieces of a successful camping trip, but every camper knows that it’s the food that has the power to make the experience even more enjoyable. Here are some simple, delicious meals that you can make with Farmer Boy Eggs to enjoy while camping.
As you walk down the egg aisle at your local grocery store you are bombarded with flashy terms such as “cage-free,” “free-range” and “pasture-raised.” You’re probably thinking, “wow, all of these companies take such good care of their chickens!” but here’s the truth, a lot of companies just use these terms on their packaging to get you to choose their product over the competitor. Let’s go ahead and break these specifications down so you can be an informed, egg loving consumer next time you walk into your local grocery store.
Alright, no lying here. We know you might have forgotten Mother’s Day this year. The kids aren’t in school to bring mom home a sweet, handmade craft that will make her cry and track glitter into the living room for weeks, but the mom(s) in your life deserves to be celebrated! Here are some last-minute recipes and gift ideas that will leave you looking like you have had this planned for weeks!
Have you ever cracked open an egg and found a rich orange yolk instead of a pale yellow yolk? Did someone once tell you “Free-Range eggs just taste better”? While it mostly depends on the diet of the hen, the color of an egg’s yolk tells a story.
Assuming you enjoy using our eggs daily like us, chances are that the eggshells left behind are quickly discarded, left to steadily gather at the bottom of your trash bin. But have you ever considered that there are other uses for those discarded eggshells? After enjoying a hearty breakfast, refrain from throwing away those shells and take a minute to check out this guide on surprising household uses of repurposed eggshells.
We have a lot of people ask: where can I find Farmer Boy Eggs? In these uncertain times, quantities are sometimes limited, but we wanted to quickly highlight our amazing stores that carry our products here in Missoula. It’s amazing when we’re driving from Drummond to Missoula to make deliveries, there’s a real feeling of community. So here are members of our community selling Farmer Boy Eggs!
Orange Street Food Farm. A Missoula staple and a big mover of our famous Farmer Boy Eggs. From beer to bandaids (because those are two things that sometimes go together) you’re guaranteed to have a delightful shopping experience. Support local, support quirky, support Orange Street!
An egg’s greatest strength is it’s versatility. Because they can be prepared in so many different ways, eggs find themselves in all types of foods. Here at Farmer Boy Eggs, we take pride in ensuring that our customers receive the finest eggs on the market. Without further adieu, let’s take a look at some famous foods in which eggs have a cameo.
We’ve all been there. Someone asks you a question that you don’t know the answer to, but you feel like you should know it. As a child, did you ever wonder whether store-bought eggs hatched? As an adult, do you know the answer? Here are a few of our favorite questions about eggs you might be embarrassed about not knowing the answer to.
St. Patrick’s Day is a time often used to overindulge in all sorts of beverages and food. We like to call it the Thanksgiving of the Spring. And with the greenest holiday of them all coming up faster than we expected, it’s time to start planning some Paddy’s Day appropriate egg dishes to go alongside your green beers and cocktails.
