About Us

Farm / Herd Manager

I am the herd/farm manager at Cornwall Cattle Company. If you told me 10 years ago I would be here, I probably would’ve believed you but it definitely wasn’t the career I had in mind…

I grew up around beef cows, my grandparents and parents had a little herd. I would always help here and there. I liked being around animals and I always wanted to help animals, so I decided I wanted to go to school to be a large animal vet.

I started working at Cornwall Cattle Company in high school just doing chores and working full time in the summer. After that summer ended, I attended Montana State University for 1 year studying animal science. I figured out really quickly that paper and pencil weren’t for me, I wanted to work with my hands and be out in the field.

I moved back home the following year, still working at the farm. Fall time came around and I decided I wanted to go to White Mountains Community College and changed my major to Heavy Diesel Equipment Technology.

While I was in school, I was working at the farm. My senior year I started to move into more of the financials, books, marketing, etc… Basically everything I was very uncomfortable with because all I knew was how to work with my hands at this point.

Fast forward to the summer of 2025, I graduated school with my degree in Heavy Diesel Technology and really started to heavily focus on the farm here. I had to learn the beef market and how to market beef (these are two very different things believe it or not lol). I learned very quickly that farming was a lot more than feeding cows, cleaning barns, pulling calves, etc… This was super challenging but now that I have great, loyal clients that work with us every month to make sure our beef is going out the door, I am very grateful. It was not easy getting here, but for the first time since I started working here, we are selling out of our cows headed to slaughter every month. We do have some inventory in the freezer to sell to small customers but I couldn’t be more thankful for this journey and the amazing people I’ve met along the way.

When people ask me what I would be doing if I wasn’t doing this, I honestly can’t give them an answer. Even though I never fully chose this career path, I’m a firm believer that what is meant for you, will always find you. This is what I love and cherish. I’m always excited to wake up tomorrow and come see the cows.

My future aspirations and goals are really focused on the farm. I want to be the best I can be for our owner, our clients, our cows and horses, and I want younger girls to look up to me and have a want to learn about agriculture. It is definitely a dying breed which is sad. I am heavily focused on getting younger generations into agriculture, especially young women and focusing on the long term sustainability of our operation!

FARM OWNERS

Owners Churchill and Janet Franklin are whole-heartedly invested in taking care of their cows, the planet, and the local community. From renovating properties that otherwise would be left to deteriorate to removing invasive species to protect bat habitat, their efforts prove how much they care for the local environment and the people that live here.