Meet the 5L Crew

 

We like to say it takes a whole crew to keep this place running—and we’re not kidding. Behind every cut of beef is a team of family members who do it all. Feeding cows. Moving fences. Filling freezers. Wrangling kids. Telling it like it is.

We may not have official titles, but each one of us plays a part in making 5L what it is a family run ranch and meat business built on hard work, a lot of laughs, and the kind of chaos only farm kids can create.

The 5L Crew

Larry wears a lot of hats on the ranch, his biggest one is trying to keep all the different pieces moving along through the year.  On our ranch there are so many different things going on all the time.  We have cow work going on through out the year and different seasons bring different jobs around the ranch.  Such as farming, haying, chopping silage, combining, feeding and the list goes on.  
Lisa keeps us all in line and enjoys taking pictures of everything! As well as helping cook for the crew and doing the mounds of dishes that go thru the ranch house kitchen!!


Laramie


Laramie pretty much lives in a tractor most of the year.  If he isn't farming, haying, cutting silage, combining or hauling hay he can be found in the shop working on equipment.  On a rare occasion he does haul cows, but prefers nobody to know that :)


Zach, Larisa, Charlynn & Oakley

Zach spends most of his time in his Peterbilt, hauling cows, hay, posts, trees—or whatever else he can load up—for folks all over. He stays busy trucking for others but still finds time to haul for the ranch when he can. Most days, you’ll find him on the road with his girls riding along whenever possible.
Larisa runs the meat business and tries to stay on top of all the cow paperwork—no small task. She still spends plenty of time with the cows and in the tractor throughout the many seasons of ranching, all while wrangling kids along the way.


David, Larinda, Presley, Laredo

& Larriat


David travels the country carcass ultrasounding cattle.  He does all our ultrasounding here on the ranch for our bull sale, replacement heifers and our butcher cattle.
Larinda Larinda prefers cows over crowds any day. From calving and breeding to checking cows and baling hay, she’s in her element out in the pasture. Add in wrangling kids along the way, and she’s got herself a full-time job she wouldn’t trade for anything.


Logan and Ruth


Logan: runs our pellet mill and is a key part of the cattle crew. Whether it's early mornings in the calving barn, breeding season, or a long day working cows, he's in the middle of it. He’s the kind of guy who jumps in wherever he’s needed and makes sure the job gets done right. From hauling to fixing to feeding, he’s a big part of what keeps this place moving.
Ruth: keeps Logan fed wherever he’s working and shows up with a smile in the buddy seat. She embraces the farmer’s wife life and brings warmth, support, and snacks to the 5L crew.