Prole Pastures B & D Ag Enterprises, LLC
Our story

A family farm
in Prole, Iowa.

B & D Ag Enterprises has raised cattle in Warren County, Iowa for three generations. We're a family operation — when you buy a share from us, you're buying from the same people who fed the animal, named the pastures, and know the locker owner by first name.

The people
Owner & operator

Dan Brownlee

Dan grew up helping his dad on the farm and has run his own operation since 1994: corn, soybeans, hay, and the cattle herd your share comes from.

In 2015 the farm received the Iowa Environmental Stewardship Award, presented by Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds, for its conservation work: cover crops, manure management and pasture management. Dan has also served on boards and committees for 4-H, FFA and conservation.

  • 1994on his own
  • 2015Stewardship Award
  • 300acres
Sales manager

Shannon Micek

Shannon handles reservations and orders. When you reserve a share, she's the one who confirms your spot, sends your invoice, and answers questions along the way.

order@prolepastures.com
Three generations

Raising beef is what we do.

Our family has been breeding, feeding, and raising beef in this part of Iowa for three generations. We've seen trends come and go — feedlot operations, "grass-fed" marketing, hormone debates, antibiotic rotation. Through all of it, our practice hasn't changed much: breed from our own genetics, raise them under roof, feed them right, and cut them the way the customer wants.

We have children interested in coming back to the farm in the next 5 to 10 years. The decisions we make now are shaped by the fact that this operation is meant to outlast us.

The practice

No hormones.
No antibiotics.
Under roof.

No growth hormones. Antibiotics are only used when a calf is sick — and when that happens, the animal is pulled from the beef program and sold through another channel. Our cattle are finished under roof in hoop buildings, which keeps them dry, comfortable, and low-stress. It also keeps our feed cost down, so we can keep your price down.

We control what's in the feed. That's the whole point.

Where we're based

Prole, Iowa · Warren County.

The farm

Prole, IA

Home base for the operation. Hoop buildings, pastures, and the cattle that end up in your freezer.

Processor

Maxwell Custom Beef

Our processor in Des Moines, about fifteen minutes from the farm. Cuts to retail spec.

Down the road

Cumming, IA + FL

If volume supports it, a retail meat store in the Peoples Company agrihood in Cumming, plus a Florida outlet. Long-term vision — not a commitment.

Ready when you are

Reserve a share.

Whole, half, quarter, or eighth. Bundled boxes for smaller households.

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