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Amy Hay

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324 total appearances

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Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

To the point where I was, I kind of joke and say, I was handing out my phone number like candy and I would have hour or two hour long phone calls with someone in Oregon and someone in Ohio and someone in Montana to the point where I said to my husband, maybe I should do something with this. And this was in 2022, like November, 2022, I was like, I should do something with this.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

Like we could help so many farmers do this and it be affordable. Like it's not going to cost $18,000. Um, and that's when sell beef direct was born. So we launched in January, 2023 and it's changed a lot since then, but it's doing pretty well.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

Like we could help so many farmers do this and it be affordable. Like it's not going to cost $18,000. Um, and that's when sell beef direct was born. So we launched in January, 2023 and it's changed a lot since then, but it's doing pretty well.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

Like we could help so many farmers do this and it be affordable. Like it's not going to cost $18,000. Um, and that's when sell beef direct was born. So we launched in January, 2023 and it's changed a lot since then, but it's doing pretty well.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

We don't sell individual cuts. And I actually warn my students, like the farmers I work with, I mean, if that's something they really want to do, fine. But it's hard work because it's inventory. Like, you would have to itemize every single item in a carcass and upload it to a website and then find that item and ship it or, and it's too much like hard work.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

We don't sell individual cuts. And I actually warn my students, like the farmers I work with, I mean, if that's something they really want to do, fine. But it's hard work because it's inventory. Like, you would have to itemize every single item in a carcass and upload it to a website and then find that item and ship it or, and it's too much like hard work.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

We don't sell individual cuts. And I actually warn my students, like the farmers I work with, I mean, if that's something they really want to do, fine. But it's hard work because it's inventory. Like, you would have to itemize every single item in a carcass and upload it to a website and then find that item and ship it or, and it's too much like hard work.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we sell quarter size and whole and we, our ranch, we do packs that we have a 10 pounds of ground and we have, you know, like a steak pack or a steak and ground pack, but we don't sell in, no, you can't just go online and order a steak.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we sell quarter size and whole and we, our ranch, we do packs that we have a 10 pounds of ground and we have, you know, like a steak pack or a steak and ground pack, but we don't sell in, no, you can't just go online and order a steak.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we sell quarter size and whole and we, our ranch, we do packs that we have a 10 pounds of ground and we have, you know, like a steak pack or a steak and ground pack, but we don't sell in, no, you can't just go online and order a steak.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

It doesn't work for us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

It doesn't work for us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

It doesn't work for us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So something that I kind of speak about a lot on my social media is we are pretty remote and our neighbors and our local area are not our customers because everyone has an uncle who has a steer and gives them a side for Christmas or they have – a couple of acres and they take, you know, a couple of yearlings a year to finish and they keep one and sell one. So my local area is not my customer base.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So something that I kind of speak about a lot on my social media is we are pretty remote and our neighbors and our local area are not our customers because everyone has an uncle who has a steer and gives them a side for Christmas or they have – a couple of acres and they take, you know, a couple of yearlings a year to finish and they keep one and sell one. So my local area is not my customer base.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So something that I kind of speak about a lot on my social media is we are pretty remote and our neighbors and our local area are not our customers because everyone has an uncle who has a steer and gives them a side for Christmas or they have – a couple of acres and they take, you know, a couple of yearlings a year to finish and they keep one and sell one. So my local area is not my customer base.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we actually drive five hours away to deliver our beef.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we actually drive five hours away to deliver our beef.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

So we actually drive five hours away to deliver our beef.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Direct to Consumer: Amy Hay - Former Engineer Driving The Future of Beef Sales

My husband does. Yeah. That's just what works for us. But we go once a month. Yeah.