For first-generation & small-scale ranchers

Build your ranch. Don't guess your way through it.

From day one to drop-off. Feeders to Field is the operating system for first-generation ranchers — sourcing, hauling, infrastructure, feed, and finances. One platform, one plan, no more guessing.

Launching on the Western Slope of Colorado, expanding across the Mountain West.
You're on the list. We'll reach out from Palisade.
1.9M
U.S. farms under 100 head
7
Pillars, one platform
$4K+
Avg. first-build materials spend
0
Platforms doing this today
The Problem

Rookie ranchers are drowning in tabs, not in work.

The knowledge, materials, and logistics that make a small livestock operation viable live in twenty disconnected places — county extension PDFs, Facebook groups, feed-store phone calls, and word of mouth. We've lived it. We built Feeders to Field to fix it.

Sourcing

Finding healthy feeder animals from a reputable breeder at the right age and weight is a cold-outreach slog. Auctions are high-risk for newcomers.

Hauling

Most small producers don't own a livestock trailer. Custom haulers are informal, regional, and hard to find unless you already know someone.

Infrastructure

Fence, water, gates, energizers, H-braces. Expensive decisions made by guessing — and expensive mistakes to fix after the post is in the ground.

Materials

A single fence build spans 30+ SKUs across four vendors. Pricing is opaque, availability is inconsistent, and nobody tells you what to skip.

Feed & Forage

Pasture mix, minerals, rotation timing, supplements. Extension materials exist — but they're scattered, dense, and never specific to your ground.

Tax & Books

Most rookie operators leave thousands in legitimate Schedule F deductions on the table because they don't know what qualifies or how to document it.

The Platform

Seven pillars. One operating system.

Feeders to Field connects the things rookie ranchers have to stitch together themselves today. Each pillar is a tool you actually use — not a newsletter, not a forum, not a PDF.

01 / MATCH

Breeder Match

Curated directory and matching engine connecting farmers to vetted breeders. Filter by species, breed, weight, region, and availability calendar.

02 / MOVE

Hauling Network

An on-demand marketplace for livestock transportation. Verified haulers, escrow payments, photo-verified delivery, and insurance checks built in.

03 / PLAN

Infrastructure Planner

Input your parcel. Get a fence layout, water plan, and rotation recommendation with build videos linked to every step.

04 / BUILD

Materials & Build Lists

Auto-generated bill of materials with real SKUs, regional pricing, availability, and direct-order fulfillment through our supplier network.

05 / GRAZE

Seed, Feed & Rotation

Species- and region-specific pasture mix, mineral, and rotation recommendations — backed by land-grant research, translated for operators.

06 / BOOKS

Tax & Financial Ops

Receipt capture, Schedule F categorization, and a library of deductions most small producers miss. Hand a clean packet to your CPA.

07 / LEARN

Playbooks & Community

Searchable playbooks for the exact scenario you're in — "First 90 days raising feeder lambs," "Winter feed plan for small hog operations," and more.

How it works

From a blank field to a working operation in one platform.

STEP 01

Scope your ground

Tell us your acreage, species, and goal. We generate a first-pass plan for fence, water, and rotation.

STEP 02

Build the infrastructure

Get the exact materials list, order it through our network, and follow the linked build videos step by step.

STEP 03

Source & move the animals

Book feeders from vetted breeders. Hire a verified hauler with escrow and photo-verified drop-off.

STEP 04

Run the operation

Follow your rotation, log receipts for tax, and talk to other operators doing exactly what you're doing.

FOUNDER OPERATION

3-acre lamb finishing.
Palisade, Colorado.

Irrigated pasture. Woven sheep wire perimeter on T-posts with drill-pipe H-braces. Three interior polybraid lines. Moveable paddocks. The exact kind of build Feeders to Field is designed to help the next rookie ship in half the time.

3acres
2strand polybraid
36'equipment corridor
Why we built this
"I built my fence for feeders and would have benefitted from information around scoping the size, planted vegetation, and a materials plan that connected to real build videos. So I built the platform I wish I'd had."

Feeders to Field is operator-built. Every tool on the platform exists because the founder needed it on his own three-acre lamb operation and couldn't find it. The platform ships what works on real ground — not what looks good in a pitch deck.

— Mark Sasson, Founder. Palisade, CO.

Membership

Three tiers. Pay for what you need.

Marketplace transactions (breeder sales, hauling, materials) are billed separately at transparent platform rates. Membership unlocks the tooling and content.

FIELD
$19 / month
For operators getting started. Tools + content + community.
  • Pasture & infrastructure planner
  • Materials bill-of-materials generator
  • Breeder & hauler directory access
  • Full playbook library
  • Community forum
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BUSINESS
$149 / month
For scaled operators and small commercial herds. Everything in Operator, plus consults.
  • Everything in Operator
  • Monthly 1:1 consult hours
  • Custom playbook development
  • Bulk materials pricing
  • Multi-parcel management
Join waitlist

Be on the ground when we open the gate.

We're launching on the Western Slope of Colorado first, then expanding across the Mountain West. Early members help shape the product — and get locked-in pricing.

You're on the list. We'll reach out from Palisade.