Trodaire Farms
Grass-fed, dry aged, small stock beef. Family raised in Idaho.
Welcome to Trodaire Farms
Unmatched Beef and A Legacy Reignited
Headquarters for Trodaire Farms is located in the beautiful valley of Elba, Idaho. With the uniqueness of this farm, where it sits, and the access to our other properties we were able to become a Global Animal Partnership (GAP4) certified ranch in the spring of 2022. Meeting GAP standards for everything from how our animals are raised, how they are weaned, and what they eat means we are able to provide meat from happy, healthy, and stress-free cows. We pride ourselves on being able to bring you beef from the hands of those that understand the importance of quality and traceability. This is TRODAIRE.
The Trodaire Family
Anne was born and raised in Santa Maria CA, sixth generation Californian by birth but hailed from a “salt-of-the-earth” family. Her dad worked various jobs turning industrial land back into agricultural land all the while farming a large piece of ground in Beteravia, CA. When Anne’s parents were newlyweds they moved to Almo, ID on the dream of cattle ranching and starting a family. After a few years they soon realized that working someone else’s ranch was the only option for their immediate future, so they moved back to California to focus on family with the hopes to one day be back in the valley they loved. In 2002 they had that chance and were able to sell out of California and purchase their first ranch in Idaho.
Brady was born and raised in Declo, ID. His ancestors, from Denmark, headed West to homestead, fell off the wagon and stayed in Idaho. Brady worked all his summers and spent most of his years growing up on his grandparents ranch. He went away to University and graduated with a degree in animal science. Brady took a couple jobs down south in Texas in reproduction management for some very large cutting horse operations before he eventually came back to Idaho and worked the family business of brokering potatoes, Spudrunner.
Brady and Anne met of all places at her family’s Steakhouse in Almo, Idaho. Brady still laughs that he thought he would never find a woman in that small town and spent many years away from Idaho convinced he would find her and bring her back. Anne happened to be sitting right there in a little town thinking the same thing and then one night, they ran into each other during the dinner rush. She invited him to a branding, really because they needed an extra set of hands for the day, and was pretty sure after seeing that side of her he would cut and run. He didn’t.
Anne’s father had bought a chunk of land that bordered Brady’s family farm. When Brady asked Anne’s dad for permission to marry her he said “sure but you gotta show me the fence line you built between our two places, because the county has it all wrong.” Anne’s goal was to stay on with her parents ranch and continue to work and develop their herd with the hopes one day of being the next generation to take it over. Unfortunately the dreams of one generation weren’t able to withstand markets, drought, cattle prices and hard growing seasons and never did make it to the next generation. What it did give them, however was the desire to want this life for their family and keep what her father had started going forward in any way that she could. That was the beginning of Trodaire, born in 2018.
The Trodaire Ladies
Life in Idaho can be a tough one. Hot, dry summers and bitter cold winters make just surviving challenging. Trodaire Farm took a “conception to plate” philosophy and custom selected desired genetics that would make a better breed of cow completely unique to Trodaire. A meat with flavor you won’t forget.
Here at Trodaire all of the females are Herefords crossed with Angus. They direct lines and genetics from Anne’s father’s ranch, the well-known Bar Eleven Cattle Company.
“They are the only thing left of the legacy my father worked to start and create, and I am so lucky to have preserved those lines.”
The Hereford cow is a docile breed by nature, very good mothers, and easier cattle to work around. The Angus cattle are a little on the hotter side but suited so well for life on the range.
“I wanted the best of both worlds: a kind mother to raise hearty, dark hide babies who would survive the harsh environment of Idaho.”
