{"id":441069,"date":"2026-09-19T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441069\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:30:16","slug":"12-texas-farms-and-ranches-that-raise-sell-their-own-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441069\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Texas farms and ranches that raise, sell their own beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most frustrating part about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/texas-barbecue-prices-22295787.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">rise in beef prices across Texas<\/a> is how little of that money actually gets back to the farms and ranches. The Big Four &#8211; JBS S.A., Tyson Foods, Cargill and National Beef &#8211; are responsible for 85% of all beef produced in the U.S., meaning most of your money is going back to them.<\/p>\n<p>However, farmers and ranchers foot the bill for feed costs, diesel prices and transportation fees. Consequently, many Texans may be wondering where they can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/texas-beef-industry-22436684.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">buy directly from the farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Lone Star State, plenty of farms and ranches let consumers buy directly from the source. Whether you&#8217;re looking for farmers market vendors or just want to support homegrown Texas brands, here&#8217;s a rundown of notable farms that sell their own beef:<\/p>\n<p>Right now, beef prices are hovering around $7 per pound in Texas. Buying from these local farms doesn&#8217;t guarantee lower prices, but your dollars will go to better places. By supporting Texas farms and ranches, you&#8217;ll support local Texas businesses fighting for survival in an extremely tough market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most frustrating part about the rise in beef prices across Texas is how little of that money&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1112,820,30030,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-441069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysafood","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatx","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}