Flying C Ranch

The Flying C Ranch is located in central Faulkner County, Arkansas, approximately 8 miles east of Conway. In 1980, Dr. Robert Clark started with just 16 head of cattle as a hobby. The herd has since developed into a large cow-calf operation on over 600 acres of farm land in Conway, Arkansas. We raise a variety of hay, ranging from native Bermuda grass to Tipton 44 hybrid Bermuda grass to midland hybrid Bermuda grass. We feed our herd hay 90-120 days, depending on the weather between the months of November and February. Other times our herd grazes on a mixture of grass, mainly native and hybrid Bermuda. We implement rotational grazing when the season permits. Our heifers are fed an average of 400 pounds of corn pellets per day. Other cows receive corn pellets biweekly. We provide Right Now® mineral troughs with seasonal required minerals. This helps optimize our herd performance and provide any necessary nutritional supplement. We follow a regular health program provided by Dr. Cy Shurtleff, DVM of Morrilton. We have documentation through Dr. Shurtleff of the vaccination program, and we keep detailed documentation of our herd and their progress at all times. We run approximately 150 mama cows that are cross-bred Poll Hereford, Angus, Braunvieh, Charolais and Santa Gertrudis. We have six registered bulls, 3 Black Angus, 2 Red Angus, and 1 Simmental. We plan to purchase a Hereford in the future. In the past, we have taken each year’s calf crop weanlings and sent them to a feed lot in Kansas. In 2012, we wanted to start something new. We decided to market our cattle and decrease the cost of transporting the cattle to feed lots by selling them locally at our farm. We started this process by retaining our heifers from 2011 to sell as replacement heifers to potential buyers. Our business is family owned and operated, and we strive to provide the best customer service possible.