About Us
Know Your Rancher
Our Family
Hey Y’all, we are the Howland Family. Jeff and Michelle grew up in sunny Southern California and moved our family to the mountains of beautiful Bozeman, Montana in 2019. Jeff worked in the food service industry for over 10 years. Michelle worked as a Vet Tech part time and stayed home with our 2 amazing boys, Grayson (8) and Hudson (6). We desired a change but didn’t know what that looked like for our family until Michelle had the crazy & wonderful idea of leaving our busy life in suburban California for the slower pace of ranch life in Montana. Michelle grew up dreaming of living in the Treasure State. She rode horseback in the Big Sky mountains as a child and loved every minute of it. Jeff had a love for great food from an early age and dreamed of being a chef.
Our lives in California revolved around things we loved: Family, FOOD & Animals but something was missing. Our time together as a family was not high in quantity or quality and something had to change. Insert Montana! A real dream come true! With Jeff’s aspiration of entrepreneurship and Michelle’s love for animals, Belcrest Farms was born!
Our Goal
Our goal as first generation ranchers is to provide people with the quality of meat they deserve. For people to know us and trust that we have their best interest at heart, as well as the animals we raise. We are learning from people all around us including other local ranchers, our ranch consultant, our cattle nutritionist, our livestock veterinarian and our business mentors Five Mary’s Farms. We purchase GAP 4 or All Natural Angus yearlings and continue raising them with the same high standards. Our steers are grass fed and grain finished on steam rolled barley, that is it! We don’t cut corners and we know you will taste the difference.