09/02/2026
If you happened to see WLKY's story about beef prices yesterday, you may have seen a familiar face to us at Boone's.
That's Nathan Lawson of Lawson Farms and Big Springs Beef, and we thought we'd tell you a little more about the farmer behind the interview.
Nathan and his family farm just down the road from us in Bloomfield. He raises cattle, corn and soybeans alongside his wife, kids and parents. This isn't a big corporate operation. It's a family farm, with multiple generations working together to make a living from the land and raise food for other families. And Nathan is one of those people who truly loves what he does. He knows his cattle. He cares about their health and welfare. He cares about the land he farms. And he thinks about the future of his herd, not just what he can sell today.
That's especially important right now. With cattle prices where they are, Nathan could sell more of his heifers and take advantage of today's market. Instead, he's holding heifers back to help keep his herd strong and make sure he has cattle to supply his customers in the years ahead.
Today we're under a heat advisory, with a high around 96 degrees and a heat index near 100. Nathan will still be out there checking cattle, making sure they have water and watching to make sure none of them are in distress.
Farmers plant corn and soybeans and pray for rain when the crops need it. They watch mama cows and pray for healthy calves. They worry about weather, feed costs, fuel costs and markets they have absolutely no control over. And then they get up the next morning and do it all again. Rain or shine, sleet or snow, oppressive heat or extreme cold, they get up, go outside, and work the land and livestock.
We need people like Nathan to keep loving the land, loving their animals and loving this way of life enough to keep doing it. Our food supply depends on families who are willing to do this work, generation after generation.
We're proud to work with Nathan and proud to have beef from local producers like Lawson Farms come through Boone's.
If you'd like to support Nathan and his family, give Lawson Farms selling Big Springs Beef a follow. And if you're looking to buy beef directly from a local farmer, keep them in mind when they have beef available. Or give us a call and we can direct you to a producer we work with near you.
Mostly, we just hope you'll take a minute today to appreciate Nathan and all of the farmers like him who are out there doing the work.
We pray for rain when their crops need it. We pray for healthy calves and healthy herds. And we pray that good farmers continue to love this life enough to keep doing it.
We're incredibly thankful this one does.
