Hello, we are

Sol Ranch

We raise cattle and produce grassfed & finished dry-aged beef in northeastern New Mexico.  Our beef comes from cattle that spend their entire lives out on pasture grazing where the plains meet the mountains. This landscape requires well adapted cattle, sound animal husbandry, responsible grazing, and intentional land stewardship.

We use adaptive ranching practices to strive to improve soil health, water quality, groundwater infiltration, and encourage biodiversity while increasing nutrient density in the beef, providing quality beef to locals for fair prices, and increasing the resiliency of the local food supply chain.

Our operation’s core values have a focus on fostering relationships with the people who eat our food and working within a strong neighboring network out on the land. We strive to make decisions with our ecosystem’s capacity in mind - all while delivering healthy food and a healthy watershed to our community.

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Our Approach

At Sol Ranch, we believe that nature functions in wholes and all beings on the ranch need to be healthy in order to fulfill their roles in this ecosystem, including ourselves as humans. We think that balance is the key to life and we strive to incorporate balance into our lives and into our business. Mother nature has this figured out already and our intent for our land management is to mimic nature and how she would proceed to repair and restore the land. This is what we are focused on:

Animal Husbandry

SOIL HEALTH

MANAGED GRAZING METHODS

Ecological MONITORING

Natural Resource PLANNING

COLLABORATIons with neighbors and Scientists

Education and OUtreach

We Like to pass that value to

OUR COMMUNITY

Whether you are hoping to prepare for uncertainty in food supply chains in the future or you just enjoy the feeling of having healthy food for your family always on hand, we have something for you. You can check out what else we are up to in the neighborhood by visiting our Education and Outreach page or our Projects and Collaborations page. 

We are lucky to share our seasonal workload with nearby ranchers and community members through the act of “neighboring” during the spring and fall. With their occasional help, we are able to raise, finish, and process our grassfed and finished dry-aged beef all here in New Mexico and transfer the value of good food produced locally on to our community members who support and purchase Sol Ranch beef.

Hungry for that Grassfed and Finished Dry-Aged Beef that nourishes you well?

Stock your Freezer

Please head over to our STORE to stock your freezer for months to come. You can reserve your customized share of beef or see what we have in-stock in our freezers on the ranch. When you buy bulk beef you save more money than buying beef by-the-cut in a grocery store and the more you buy from Sol Ranch, the greater the discount you’ll get.

WE DELIVER!!!!

We deliver in New Mexico to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Cedar Crest, Taos, Las Vegas, Watrous, Springer, Raton, and to Trinidad, CO once a month, sometimes more! Please see the purchase page for our delivery rates. We deliver to Wagon Mound for free on a pre-scheduled basis.

*NOTE: We really value our local community so please email us to ask us about our local’s discount for areas as far out as Las Vegas, Mora, and Raton.

You can also find our beef sold at these fine locations here in New Mexico:

• Polk’s Folly Farm in Cedar Crest

• Tiny Grocer in Old Town Albuquerque, NM

• Squash Blossom CSA in Santa Fe, NM

• Semilla Natural Foods in Las Vegas, NM

• Watrous Coffee House in Watrous, NM

• The Depot in Springer, NM

• The Heirloom Shop in Raton, NM

• Simpson’s Local in Trinidad, CO

• Wagon Mound Public Schools through NM Grown

 Wanna know what plants and creatures we are seeing right now on the ranch?

View Our Inaturalist PRoject

RANCHING IN

New Mexico

The history of ranching in New Mexico goes back centuries. Through years of colonization, poor grazing management, and unsustainable dryland farming practices, the land was changed from its natural flourishing state to a state of simplified plant communities, eroded drainages, and a reduced capacity for storing water and growing plants. It has become Sol Ranch’s mission to redefine what ranching looks like in New Mexico - and restore life and vitality back into land where possible.

Here’s a more in-depth look at the history of ranching in New Mexico RANCHING IN NEW MEXICO