This Old Farm Meats and Processing

This Old Farm Meats and Processing operates at 9572 W. County Road 650 South in Colfax, Clinton County, Indiana, under establishment numbers M40147, P40147, and V40147. FSIS lists the plant for meat and poultry slaughter and processing plus voluntary meat, poultry, and rabbit slaughter and processing, with a grant of inspection date on file of 2021-08-26. The federal record classifies the plant as Very Small and reports cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison slaughtered under inspection, with a slaughter volume category of 2.0. The plant also reports custom-exempt slaughter, retail-exempt sales, and both halal and kosher slaughter.

The company website presents three parts of the business: the home farm, TOFI Packing, and retail meat sales. The site states This Old Farm has served local meat and family farms since 2009 and describes the farm as raising grass-fed Katahdin sheep, with 250 ewes and a goal of 600 lambs per year sold as breeding stock, live animals, whole and half lamb orders, into halal markets, and by the pound at its butcher shops. The site says the farm works with a partnership of local farms, buying livestock from some and service processing for others that have their own markets, and that it works with its own halal certified slaughter facility. TOFI Packing is described as offering animal harvest, food service portion control, retail ready packaging, and co-packing for farms, restaurants, retail locations, and brands.

Detailed cut forms and fee schedules are published for beef, pork, and lamb. Beef options run from a Basic butcher recommended sheet through All Grind, Customized, and Wholesale tiers, with estimated processing costs quoted on a 700 pound hanging weight. Pork options run from Butcher Basic through All Grind, Peoples Choice, Customized, and Wholesale, quoted on a 175 pound hanging weight. Hours of operation, retail counter addresses, and shipping terms beyond the statement that pickup is available at three locations and that wholesale buyers can be shipped to their dock are not stated in the material on file.

The plant is listed with FSIS for meat and poultry slaughter and processing and reports custom-exempt slaughter, so animals owned by the customer can be processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale. Species reported slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, and bison. Published cut forms cover beef, pork, and lamb, with tiers from butcher recommended basics to full wholesale customization. Beef fees listed include a $48.40 admin fee per order, slaughter at $.19 per pound hanging carcass weight with a $121 minimum and a standard minimum 6 day dry age, processing at $.77 per pound hanging weight with a $385 minimum including vacuum packing, a $19.97 federal inspection fee, $40 waste removal per beef, $39.93 for beef over 30 months, and $19.97 per animal for offals, plus $.08 per pound surcharges on beef over 1600 pounds live weight. Pork fees listed include the same $48.40 admin fee, slaughter at $.31 per pound hanging weight with a $46.59 minimum, processing at $.74 per pound hanging weight with a $115 minimum, the $19.97 inspection fee, smoked ham and hock at $2.20 per pound green weight, jowl and belly bacon sliced at $3.50 per pound green weight, offals at $7.99 per animal, and a surcharge on hogs over 350 pounds live weight. Full custom beef orders under three head and full custom pork orders under five head incur a $50 addition to the admin fee, and extra fees apply to wholesale cut instructions below those thresholds unless the farmer is in the Letter of Intent Program. Changes after submission or after the slaughter appointment carry a change order fee of $11 to $12.10. A 7 day grace period follows each order complete notification, after which storage runs $5.70 per day for loose box orders under 14 boxes or $9 per pallet per day for palletized orders. The site says the company buys livestock from some partner farms and service processes for others that have their own markets. Booking procedure and lead times are not stated in the material on file.

This Old Farm Meats and Processing reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The website invites buyers to purchase locally raised meat for the family table or freezer with pickup at any of three locations, though the addresses of those locations are not stated in the material on file. Lamb is sold from the home farm as whole and half orders and by the pound at the company butcher shops. Households buying a half hog or a quarter beef can use the simplified Butcher's Basic cut forms, which the site describes as the lowest cost option with no extra fees, or step up to Butcher's Basic with Addons, Butcher's Premium, or Peoples Choice for bacon, smoked ham, seasoned sausage, patties, and bone-in cuts. Sausages are described as leaving out MSG and preservatives where possible, using natural sugars except for the Sugar Free Garden Sage, with the Hint of Maple option containing artificial maple flavor. An Order Online link appears in the site navigation. Home delivery and shipping to households are not described; the site mentions shipping to the dock for wholesale, retail, restaurant, and institutional buyers.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.