Rocky Hill Cattle Co

Rocky Hill Cattle Co. is a family owned and operated beef cattle operation made up of a partnership between two neighbor farming families a short drive north of Danville, VA in Pittsylvania County.

The family of Rocky and Amy Rakes began breeding and raising registered pure bred black Simmental and Sim-Angus cattle over three decades ago, providing quality breeding stock to farmers and ranchers in the surrounding area.

Hill View Farms, Inc. is a diversified farming operation that produces certified seed to farmers for organic, specialty and commercial grain production, as well as farm supply stores in the region. The farm also produces quality hay, feed grains and beef cattle. Hill View Farms was the name given to the farm by Bob and Billie Pollok, in the 1980s and continues today as a family farm owned by their son, Robert and his wife Wendy.

The partnership with Hill View Farms and the Rakes family began a decade ago when the Pollok family began purchasing Registered Simmental herd bulls from the Rakes family to improve the quality of their commercial beef cattle herd. During that time, the Rakes family was purchasing hay from Hill View Farms for their cattle herd.

As time went on, more of the nutritional needs of the Rakes’ family cattle were being supplied by Hill View Farms. While in turn, the heavy muscled, fast growing cattle with calm dispositions from the Rakes family, replaced the cattle raised on the Pollok family’s pastures. For a number of years, the two cattle producers have been working together providing registered herd bulls and replacement females to other farming operations in the area.

A few years ago, we decided to produce our own beef because we wanted to know exactly where our beef was coming from and how it was raised. We wanted this beef to be all natural without being fed any animal by-products or GMO grains and come from cattle that live out their days free to roam in our pastures. Our goal was to produce heavy muscled, naturally fast-growing cattle that maintained their peak physical condition. What we developed is a method to produce high quality beef animals that produce robust steaks and beef cuts with just the right amount of fat, are tender to slice, and have a uniquely rich and appealing flavor. With such a positive response from those who have tried our beef, we have expanded our operation to offer this special beef to you.

The Rocky Hill Cattle Co. Family

Rocky Hill Cattle Co. LLC was established as a business partnership offering high quality, all natural, pasture raised beef and registered Simmental and SimAngus breeding stock under one recognizable name and brand. The partnership is made up of the families of Robert and Wendy Pollok and Rocky and Amy Rakes. The Pollok’s daughter Bay Harville and her husband Mike help with the family partnership while raising up Jack and Dean, Hill View Farms’ next generation.

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