Whatcom County Cattlemen’s Association

Find Whatcom County raised beef to feed your family. This is truly a local farm to table source. Below you will find a list of active members (attending 7 out of 9 meetings) who have beef available to purchase. These people all have full time jobs aside from raising cattle.

They are all taking time out of their busy lives to…

• Better themselves by attending the continued education at our monthly meetings. Learning new ways to raise healthy cattle etc.

• Volunteering MANY hours for the youth at the youth fair, NWWF, being 4-H leaders, the parades and raising money specifically to help our youth.

Who we are and what we do.

There is a small number of us who are active members of the Whatcom County Cattlemen’s Association.

We hold monthly meetings September through May, taking the busy summer off to harvest our hay and change irrigation.

We are passionate about continued education, hosting guest speakers from nutritionist, veterinarians, and agronomist to name a few. We are constantly learning and sharing with each other to grow and do a better job raising healthy, happy cattle. There is always room to grow and learn in this fast-paced changing world.

Aside from raising cattle, we are crazy passionate for our youth. We give out around $30,000 a year in prizes for the NWWF, Youth Fair, Scholarships etc. We are hosting one big dinner/dance fundraiser to raise this money. Don’t forget to check out the “Our Community” page for more information.

Meet our Participating Cattlemen below!

Now you can have access to several sources of local producers to feed your family!

Robert and Jessica Holt

We raise Wagyu. Robert is a large animal veterinarian in Lynden at Mt. Baker Veterinary specializing in cattle and horses. Jessica works full time along Roberts side as his assistant in all things. We sell individual cuts, halves, wholes, and genetics. We sell directly off the farm and online. We have burger available in a roadside stand 24/7 or call Jessica to set up a time to come shop for other cuts of meat. Click on our picture to visit our website.

call Jessica @ (360)441-6422 to set up a time to come shop and let your kids run around and pet the horses!

www.drholtcattle.com

Dusty and Jessica VanMersbergen

We raise Black Angus cattle. Dusty is a general contractor specializing in custom homes, spec houses and remodeling. We have a small farm, Hampton Stables & Cattle Co. Here we raise our 3 children, board horses and strive to produce high quality Black Angus beef.

Our herd is very docile, friendly and live in a calm, stress free environment because happy cows taste better. Our beef is 120 days grain finished for optimum marbling, maximum flavor and is sold by the whole, half or quarter.

Contact Dusty at (360)815-2919 with any questions

Brandon and Leah Richner

We raise registered Main Anjou and Shorthorn cattle.

We are a busy family with three boys, a full-time trucking company and raise about 80 head of cattle.

We sell wholes, halves and individual cuts as well. We also sell live breeding stock and have some nice cattle for your kids next 4-h project.

Call Leah Richner @ (360) 815-3862

Mark and Cheryl VanDyken

We live on a small farm with a few beef cows.  Mark was raised on a dairy and worked in the agriculture field for most of his career.  We AI our cows to produce beef calves every year.

We currently don’t have any ready to butcher. Please call Cheryl to get on a future waiting list

@ (360)223-7849

John and Karen Courtney

We raise Herford cattle. We sell wholes, halves and live cattle.

Please call John for more information

@ (360) 255-1220

We do have other members who raise and sell halves and wholes.

Dave Smith of Everson - Gary and Sue VanDyk of Deming

Please call Jessica Holt to get more information and their numbers.

Jessica @ (360)441-6422