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Our Story

Kalberer Ranch

Jesse Kalberer, with the support and help At the time, he had been chasing wean-
from his wife, Susan, and their three children, ing weights and trying to raise the biggest
operate their family farm/ranch located calves. The result of doing that for five-plus
near Hazelton, ND. years was that his cows were way too big to
do what he was asking of them.
Currently, they run a small herd of regis-
tered Red Angus cows and commercial Being rather fond of red cattle, Jesse started
cows, plus occasional stockers to fill sum- looking for a local source of moder-
mer pastures. ate-framed Red Angus. After about a year,
he found the Stokka Ranch. he went to visit,
After the downturn in cattle prices in 2016, liked what I saw and came home with a
Jesse started looking for ways to lower costs couple bred heifers.
and be more efficient. He started reading
more about rotational grazing and spoke The kids named them Itty and Bitty because
with ranchers that were practicing it. they were so much smaller than the cows.
After seeing them perform through the year Jesse & Susan Kalberer Family
He also started to think of ways to graze without losing any condition, he went back
longer through the year in order to make to Stokka’s. This time, he came home with
and feed less hay. a couple trailer loads of bulls, heifers and
bred cows. They grazed 10.5 months last year and
Before long, they had installed miles of will graze 12 months this year, barring any
cross fencing and pipelines. Jesse also Over the past 6 years, the Kalberer family huge snow event. They hold their condition
started planting cover crops, etc. to extend has completely transitioned to a herd of all year without any pampering. They raise
grazing further into the winter. He was moderate-framed, low-input cattle using deep-bodied, feminine heifer calves and
seeing improvements in the pastures but Stokka and Ohlde genetics. These cattle bull calves full of muscle.
couldn’t seem to graze his cows very far are now capable of what Jesse is asking of
into winter without feeding them. them. Finally, cows that WORK!

From the Ground Up

It all starts with the land. That’s why we’ve committed to regenerative grazing practices —
extending the grazing season, improving soil health and raising cattle that thrive without extra
feed. Our bulls are built in this system, and they’re designed to carry it forward. Coverall Cattle
is more than a sale — it’s a different way to think about raising cattle.

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