Larga Vista Ranch & DairyBoone, Colorado · Since 1916
Prepared by Farmhand for Doug and Kim

The herd stays the size it is.The paperwork gets smaller.

Larga Vista bills 200 herdshare members through QuickBooks, takes meat orders from 300 to 400 customers on spreadsheets, and has the vegetables and the market table growing. Here's how Farmhand would take the admin and the marketing off your desk, without asking for one more cow.

Larga Vista dairy cows grazing irrigated pasture

The monthly invoices, handled.

Today QuickBooks sends 200 invoices a month and some members pay automatically. On Farmhand every share bills on the 1st, the way each member chooses to pay, and the cow-share paperwork is signed the day they join.

  • Boarding feesCharged on the 1st: $67 a share at the farm, $75 picked up in Colorado Springs.
  • PaymentsCard, ACH, cash and check land on one balance per member, and failed cards are retried automatically.
  • PaperworkYour Colorado cow-share agreement is signed online and kept on each member's account.
  • Dairy toursNew members book the tour from your site, so you know who's coming before they pull in.
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My share
Weekly pickupColorado SpringsJust south of downtown
1 herdshare1 gallon a week · $75 a month
Shares
Half1 share2 shares
Skip a weekbefore your cutoffChange pickup3 pickups
Add to this pickup
Bacon$15 / lb1
Ground beef$11 / lb+
December boarding feePaid by ACH

Example member. Share prices and pickups from your site, meat prices from your shop.

Meat orders, off the spreadsheet.

With 300 to 400 meat customers, the custom boxes live on spreadsheets today. On Farmhand customers order by the cut from your shop, the freezer counts come down as they do, and every order lands on the list for its pickup.

  • By the cutEvery cut at its price per pound, with only what's in the freezer showing.
  • Custom boxesCustomers build their own box, and you see the whole box as one order.
  • PickupsMeat packs with the milk on one list for the farm, Colorado Springs and Black Forest.
The freezerCounts update as orders come in
BeefPorkCustom boxes
Ground beef142lb left$11 a pound
Rib steak38lb left$21 a pound
T-bone26lb left$19 a pound
Sirloin31lb left$16 a pound
Brisket9lb left$13 a pound · running low
Packing for this week's pickups
  • Ground beef46 lb
  • Bacon22 lb
  • Rib steak14 lb
  • Pork chops16 lb
  • Bratwurst18 packs
  • Spare ribs12 lb
  • T-bone9 lb
  • Tenderloin6 lb

Cuts and prices from your current shop. The stock and orders are an example.

The growth is in vegetables and the markets.

You told Ari the land sets the size of the herd, and that the growth is on the vegetable side and at the farmers markets. Your shareholders already come every week, so vegetables and eggs can ride along in the same pickup.

Heirloom tomatoes from Larga VistaVegetablesIn the weekly pickup, next to the milk
A season of Larga Vista produceThe season's produceOn your shop for pickups and the market
Larga Vista hogs on pasturePasture-raised porkBacon $15 a pound, hickory-smoked
Larga Vista beef cattleGrass-fed beefRib steak $21 a pound

MarketsPostcards for the market table and posts for the week, paid for with your marketing credit, send market shoppers to your shop to order for pickup.

Your site and your shop

Built from your photos, shares and prices. The site keeps the 1916 story and the dairy tour up front, and every button lands on a Farmhand shop with the shares, the freezer and the vegetables in one place.

Your website

largavistaranch.com
Larga Vista Ranch & DairyShop the farm

Viable farming through healthy soils.

Raw milk, 100% grass-fed beef and pasture-raised pork from the bluffs above the Huerfano River, where our family has farmed since 1916.

Shop the farmBook a dairy tour
A cow and calf on pasture Hogs on pasture by the fence line Raw milk poured into a glass Heirloom tomatoes A Larga Vista pork chop, plated

From the freezer

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Rib steakRib Steak$21.00 · lb
BrisketBrisket$13.00 · lb
BaconBacon$15.00 · lb
Pork chopsPork Chops$13.50 · lb
A jar of Larga Vista raw milk

A share of the herd

$67a month at the farm, $75 in Colorado Springs

One gallon of raw milk a week per share, after a one-time $50 share. Half shares up to multiple shares, and every new member starts with a dairy tour.

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Helping cows meet grass

Four generations on the same land, and one of the oldest all-grass dairies in Colorado. Our cows have never been fed grain.

Our story
Larga Vista Ranch & DairyBoone, Colorado · Family owned since 1916

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Herdshares

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Herdshare, farm pickup$67.00 / month
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Herdshare, Colorado Springs$75.00 / month

Beef

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Ground Beef$11.00 / lb
1
Rib Steak$21.00 / lb
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T-Bone$19.00 / lb
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Brisket$13.00 / lb

Pork

1
Bacon$15.00 / lb
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Pork Chops$13.50 / lb
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Tenderloin$19.00 / lb
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Ham$12.50 / lb
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Spare Ribs$6.00 / lb
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Photos, shares and prices from largavistaranch.com and your current shop.

Moved for you

We move your 200 shares, your meat customers and your products, check everything with you, and switch whenever it suits you. Members get one note from you with how to log in.

Herdshare billing
QuickBooks invoicesFarmhand
Meat orders
SpreadsheetsFarmhand
Shop
Barn2DoorFarmhand
Cow-share paperworkSigned online when they join
Farmhand
Dairy toursBooked from your site
Farmhand
Your booksWith Ellen, our QuickBooks specialist
QuickBooks, as now
Switch date
Whenever it suits you

Your 2027

What we'd set up, in the order you'd need it.

  1. Before the switchMoved

    Shares, meat customers, products and your three pickups, set up and checked with you.

  2. Switch monthOne note to members

    They log in once, and billing on the 1st runs from then on.

  3. SpringThe vegetable side

    Vegetables and eggs on your shop and in the weekly pickup.

  4. Market seasonThe market table

    Postcards and posts that send market shoppers to your shop.

  5. Every monthThe numbers

    Shares by pickup, meat sales by cut, and who's slipping away.

  6. When the freezer fillsBeef and pork

    A note to past meat customers that the new cuts are in.

What it costs

Business Pro covers herdshare billing, the shop, all three pickups, the full website, unlimited email and text, member support seven days a week, and $1,000 of marketing credit that renews every January. Join before December 31 and you start 2027 with $2,000 of credit.

Farmhand Business Pro
$200 a month
Marketing creditPostcards, social posts, landing pages and a welcome series for new members
$1,000 when you join, $1,000 each January
Farmhand service feeCovers support and unlimited email and text
3% of online sales
Card processingCan be passed to members at checkout
4% card, 1% ACH
Switching
No contract or setup fee

A back officefor 140 acres.

The farm runs on helping cows meet grass. Farmhand runs the billing, the member inbox, the shop and the marketing around it, so the admin comes off your desk.

  1. Moved for you

    200 shares, your meat customers and your products, moved over and checked with you.

  2. Members answered

    Our team answers shareholders and customers seven days a week, by email and text, in your name.

  3. Billing on the 1st

    Boarding fees charged every month, with cash and checks on the same balance.

  4. Marketing done

    Posts, postcards and emails for the vegetables and the markets, in your voice.

  5. Help with the books

    Ellen, Farmhand's QuickBooks specialist, works with you so deposits and the year's numbers land in the QuickBooks you already use.

  6. Honest numbers

    Shares by pickup, meat sales by cut, renewals and retention, reported every month.

You help cows meet grass.We'll take the paperwork.

You told Ari the help you'd want is on the marketing and admin end. Whenever it suits you, he'd be glad to walk you through how Larga Vista would set up.

Talk with Ari
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