Justin and Hayley Smith
3-5 years experience
Focus Livestock
Updated September 22, 2026
Seeking
- Farmland
- 51-100 acres
- Farm transfer
We are looking to start or keep a beef operation running. Ideally with the land for grass fed/finished.
Farming experience
3-5 years experience
Currently farming
No
Highest level of farming experience
Agricultural degree or training program
Description of farming experience
I grew up riding horses my entire life and taking care of cattle. I was a part of the FFA in high school where I studied animal science with a concentration in large animal farming and husbandry. Along side I also showed dairy cattle, beef cattle, dairy goats… and we all know that time and care that goes into that. In adulthood my main focus is horses. With a certification from Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School. I spent 4 years ranching in south west Texas starting and finishing colts for show and doctoring cattle. We have since had children and are now small “farmsteaders” with chickens and a garden however we’d like to get into larger scale local farming specifically for beef.
Farming plans
Tenure arrangement desired
Farm transfer
Tenure arrangement description
We are looking for someone who needs to or wants to pass their land to a family who would like to keep it a farm and continue to pass it down in our family to our children and theirs. We’d also be open to someone who wants to maintain ownership of their farm or land and needs someone to maintain and run the farm.
Planned farm enterprise: Primary
Livestock
Planned farm enterprises: Others
Homesteading
Farm enterprises description
We’d like to focus on beef but would also like to be able to have chickens, large garden, maybe a self operating stand to sell those items as well. Also open to an equine facility with the option to run a beef operation with it.
If we were lucky enough to find equine facilities I would love to run a boarding, lesson, performance facility. Additionally a “rehab” or “rescue” of sorts with focus on mustangs or OTTBs needing a fresh start and new homes with high value humans.
Written business plan
In progress
Farmer housing needed
Yes
Water source needed
Yes
Farm infrastructure needed
Access to equipment needed
Yes
Description of equipment needed
Mostly just access to large tractors as that is not something we have