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Farrel Winds Ranch, Black Forest, Colorado I am a 4th generation Colorado native with deep roots in ranching.  In 2022, my family and I moved into my grandparents’ farmhouse and decided to try our own hand with livestock.  We moved forward with yaks based on their hardiness and temperament but also

Jennifer Rath is the owner/operator of The Yak Ranch, located in Alberta, Canada. The Yak Ranch consists of 450 acres in northern Alberta where Jennifer runs 200 heads of yaks for pets, breeding stock, and meat purposes. The Yak Ranch was established in 2015 and is now Canadas largest herd of registered yaks,

Pettee Ranch LLC in Fairplay, CO I was raised in Fairplay, CO on Pettee Ranch located at 10,000 ft in elevation. The altitude makes for raising beef cattle difficult as they are more prone to respiratory and heart disease. My parents took an interest in yak in the late 90's after not

Hello, I am Kat Tylee a.k.a. Little Hawk. I own Little Hawk Yarns, LLC. I am a spinner, knitter, crocheter, and all-around fiber geek.  I love to spend time exploring fiber techniques, and getting the next group of people, young and old, hooked on their own fiber journey. Besides working in

Heritage Yaks in Red Wing, Minnesota Hello, I own a private farm, Heritage Yaks in the beautiful bluffs of Red Wing Minnesota. Starting our yak journey in 2014 when my horse vet proclaimed "You need to have some yaks " as he looked over our pastures. Yak?  What's a yak?!  He then explained

Zhi-ba Shing-ga Yaks in Wellington, Kentucky A founding member of NAYAK and has raised yaks since 2013 in Appalachia Kentucky. His herd of seventy-five yaks, Zhi-ba Shing-ga Yaks is managed for selling breeding stock and the production of yak jerky in partnership with Greystone Farm in Tennessee. The most important goals

Yaks of Coalbank Creek in Nunn, Colorado I joined USYAKS looking for a more open minded approach to the Yak world. I found it in USYAKS. I am happy to be part of a group of like-minded Yak producers who are concerned with how all yaks are raised and viewed by

Ruth Higdon: I am a retired cancer surgeon and have raised yaks for 20 years. I fell in love with yaks during my many visits to Nepal. My adopted Sherpa children are from a remote area near Mt. Everest and came from a yak-herding family. I purchased my first animals while I