The Farm
A Family Owned & Run Business
Autumn Mist Farm, located in Feeding Hills, MA, is a small, 100-acre family beef farm. Our fresh, local beef is all natural, with no added growth hormones, no implants or artificial ingredients, and is raised with pasture-access meaning the cattle is never confined to a feedlot atmosphere. Currently, we produce 130 of our own calves annually, source our feeder cattle and farm approximately 600 acres of hay and corn for our animals feed program.
Owner Derrick Turnbull, has been raising beef cattle since he was 11-years old. Active farmers themselves, parents Gary and Donna Turnbull, played a vital role in Derrick’s passion for agriculture. They enrolled him, as well as his sister Katie, to become 4-H members, sparking Derrick’s journey into farming. Both Derrick and his fiancé Tracy were born and raised with cattle, and are proud to surround their daughter’s, Autumn & Bailey with the same experiences, raising them in the family business. In Derrick’s own words, he is blessed to, “walk out the door & go to work” with all active family members in the business, it is no wonder why the farm continues to grow!
" A small farm, but a staple to the right of the notch"
While the Agawam territory was designated as “the Feeding Hills” for cattle in 1638, the first permanent settlement south of the Agawam River was made in 1685. The town was incorporated May 17, 1855, taking its name from the beautiful river which washes its northern border, then known only as the “Agawam.””
In the News
Listen to Derrick talk about the farm, the breeds, and the beef here with Renee Dinino from the River 105.9
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