Blew Partnership
Innovative farming partnership
Brothers, CJ and Russell Blew represent the 5th generation of Blews to make the Kansas great plains their home and agriculture their livelihood. The Blews utilize some 1700 breeding-age beef cows to help manage the soil and water conservation across 24,000 acres of Reno, Chase and Barber County grasslands in south central Kansas.
Over the past 20 years, the Blews have moved acreage out of crop production, choosing grass and beef cattle in lieu of grain farming, which burns more fuel, water and capital per acre. Through this transition, the Blew cow herd grew from fewer than 300 breeding age females to over 1700. Through this process the Blews attention to resources caught the attention of observant landowners; this resulted in the family’s greatest expansion opportunities. “At the end of the day we really are in the land rehabilitation business,” says CJ. “We couldn’t have the cows without the land resource. The cows are a tool for us to help improve it.”
In 2020 Blew Partnership was recognized by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) for their dedication to improving the health of their native Kansas rangeland, and the sustainability of our nation’s cow herd.
“At the end of the day we really are in the land rehabilitation business. We couldn’t have the cows without the land resource. The cows are a tool for us to help improve it.”
Blew Partnership embrace those traits that increase calf value – namely, marbling, pay weight, days to finish and feed efficiency.
In 2020 Blew Partnership received the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP).
Blew Partnership Red Angus herd focused on improving cow herd reproductive efficiency.
Serving the land
Blew’s Award-winning leadership in land rejuvenation uses breeding-age beef cows to help manage the soil and water conservation across 24,000 acres of Reno, Chase and Barber County grasslands in south central Kansas.
