About the New Food Pyramid

The government recently came out with a new food pyramid that puts bread at the bottom. Right where it should be – in my opinion! Actually, sugar is right there with bread as bread is just one step removed from becoming sugar in the body.

I feel that some Americans will do just fine with this pyramid. The focus is whole food, not processed food. Then many Americans will have a big struggle because they eat primarily processed food.

This new pyramid literally exposes the true causes of gut & other health issues. Do you realize all the foods we eat that contain grain? Let’s look at WHEAT; bread, dinner rolls, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, bagels, donuts, muffins, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, pies, including pizza, cakes, pastas, wraps, tortillas, etc. Whew!!

This is just wheat grain. What about corn, rice, barley & oats? Think of the products with CORN; corn oil, cereals, chips, tortillas, etc. How about OAT products; many cereals, oatmeal, oat milk.

Then what about BARLEY - beer! Oh dear, what next, you ask!

Maltodextrin, a highly processed grain, is added to many processed foods – as if the “food” wasn’t already bad enough!

Bottom line: Grain becomes sugar (glucose) when digested. When grain is eaten in excess, it causes inflammation, health issues, including stomach & gut issues - and can lead to Type 2 Diabetes.

We realize that most Americans overeat grain products, and most have some sort of health issue – and this includes children! Big Pharma loves it & is right there, ready to help! I call drugs, Band Aids! They won’t cure the problem, they just kinda’ tone down the issue so you’ll keep taking the drug. This is perpetual Big Bucks for Big Pharma! We can go to Big Pharma OR we can change our diet. It’s our choice!

On another note; I’m very excited & encouraged when I see a young family concerned about the health of their children. They’re focusing on whole, healthful foods to nourish the family. This is a small movement in America & it’s making a difference. This excites me!

Health is Wealth

Jayne Benkendorf

A Year on the Farm

Ephraim Benkendorf

My primary goal is to make sure the beef you eat has been fed and developed in the healthiest way possible. I firmly believe that our cattle eat & live healthier than 90% of the people in the U.S.

Let’s go through a year at BF Farms & talk about the groceries our beeves get. In February of each year, we plant oat grass, a very unique forage, in that our cows use it for grazing as well as hay, and get this, it can also be used as fertilizer! Yes, when a lush, grass crop is turned back into the soil, it becomes green manure. Then what is planted next, will be healthier.

Then in early spring, we start planning & planting our summer crops which include sorghum Sudan, teff grass, Red River crabgrass, and perennial Bermuda grass, bluestem, etc. We also plant native forbs such as alfalfa & peas. Bindweed grows naturally in our fields. Cattle & sheep love bindweed. Both it & alfalfa have very deep roots & bring up valuable minerals that supply great flavor to your meat. Keep in mind that we plant more than our animals can eat. We harvest these remaining, nutritious crops for hay to be used in winter and during drought.

While all this is happening, there’s another 700 acres that we’re getting ready for our fall & winter forage. When possible, we like to keep our cattle on green forage year around. Our winter crops consist primarily of rye grass and wheat grass. Sometimes we throw in turnips, Austrian winter peas & radishes. The cattle really like these things. It’s like dessert to them! You can see that our animals are exposed to a smorgasbord of grasses & forbs at all times.

Before you eat your next Thanksgiving dinner, we’re preparing the soil to plant oat grass in February.

Then it’s time to start all over for the following year!

Ephraim

Looking for a unique Christmas gift? How about a BF Farms’ Sample Pack? Our Sample Pack consists of 3 steaks - Ribeye, NY Strip & Sirloin, 1 Chuck Roast & 2 pounds Ground Beef for $100.

We’ve found that many of our customers have enjoyed the opportunity to try BF Farms’ meat before purchasing a larger order. What better way to share Christmas with a friend – a Sample Pack as a gift?

The 3 pillars of true, grass finished beef:

1.      Never exposed to GMOs, antibiotics or hormones

2.      Eats only forage; grasses & forbs – never grain

3.      Has yellow fat, which contains Beta Carotene & Omega 3 – never white fat.

A bonus: Exceptional flavor

This prize can only be met if pillars 1, 2, & 3 are met. Know that you’re giving the “best of the best”!

For details & to order, contact Thomas:

405-821-6548

The Benkendorf Family

Life Cycle

 November 2025

It all starts when Mom gets pregnant – or even earlier! What the cow eats determines the health of its calf. After 9 months, the calf is born and the first thing it gets is colostrum from the mother’s milk.

After the calf gets a couple months old, you will see it starting to eat grass. It sees its mother eating grass & mimics her. Nature’s at work with Mom teaching & protecting her baby.

It’s so refreshing to me to see a young family come purchase our beef. Just like the mama cow, they are concerned with what their babies eat.

So, what makes that mama cow & her baby so healthy? A 100% diet of many different grasses. How can you know that beef is 100% grass fed and finished? The fat is yellow! If it’s white, it’s grain finished. When the fat is yellow, it contains beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant. Also, grass finished beef is high in Omega-3, which is very important for the health of the heart, brain & eyes.

Over 90% of the beef produced in the United States contains white fat. Put cattle in a feedlot, and this is what you get: meat from animals fed GMO corn, and given steroids & antibiotics & given no room for exercise. What does the consumer get? Very unhealthy meat! The pharmaceutical industry loves it! It’s difficult to find many people over the age of 50 who aren’t taking a handful of pills, and other drugs.

If “clean” healthy meat is the only benefit you receive from grass finished beef, know that your health certainly benefits; however, you want it to taste good, too. That requires the right kind of cattle, good management, and just letting the animals reach a fully developed age. Then what do you get – red meat that’s full of flavor with great health benefits!  

Many of you are referring family and friends, and we thank you. If they’d like to try our meat before purchasing a larger order, we encourage individuals to first purchase our Sampler for $100. This is a good way to introduce family & friends to BF Farms’ beef.

I’m thrilled that you’re getting quality meat, and I love visiting and getting to know you. You’re more than customers, you’re friends!  

Health is Wealth

Jayne Benkendorf

Passing the Torch
October 2025

The Benkendorf family is large, and for the past 100 years, the farm has always been operated by family members. As age creeps up on one generation, the next moves up. Jayne, my wife, and I have reached that time when we need to Pass the Torch on to the next generation.

BF Farms is strong beyond Doug & Jayne. Kamie, our daughter & Ephraim, our grandson both have been producing the beeves & lambs we all have been eating for many years. This will continue. A year or so ago, our grandson Mitchel & his wife, Crystal & family have moved to the farm. Both show great promise in providing stability in the future for BF Farms.

Now what about Doug & Jayne? Are they going to be turned out to pasture? Ha! At 87 & 85 years of age, we’ll probably slow down a bit, but we’re not through! We both have a passion to expose a lot of the stuff called food – in grocery stores as well as out on the farms of America. Jayne has over 50 years of contributing nutrition information. This knowledge can’t go to waste!

Earlier in BF Farms’ history, a policy was established which basically said, “our customers come first”. Two family members, Jayne & Thomas, our granddaughter Tara’s husband, have been servicing BF Farms’ customers. As a testimonial to the work they’ve done, a good portion of new customers come from referrals. Thomas will now be assuming a larger role. For those of you who haven’t met Thomas, I assure you that you will like him!

Nothing will change to order beef- via the website at bf-farms.com and by directly contacting either Thomas, 405-821-6548 or Jayne, 405-202-3495.

In closing, I just want to say that it has been a true joy to see BF Farms grow the way it has, providing a healthy alternative to what is offered commercially.

Always remember, “Don’t squat with your spurs on!”

Doug