Raikes Beef Jerky of Ashland, NE

How about some Nebraska raised beef jerky straight from a Nebraska family farm with a storied past?  Raikes Beef is owned and operated in Saunders County between Ashland and Mead, NE.  The farm has been in the family since 1900, and Ralph Raikes expanded the farm footprint during the Great Depression.   Ready to build your Nebraska Box and include some of this amazing jerky?  Click here! The Raikes Family believes in the use of conservation practices and good stewardship.  In 2016, they began the process of certifying their farm as Organic under the NOP.  They expect to be completely organically certified in 2026.  1800's Isaac Madison Raikes and his parents started their journey west across the United States in the early 1800s and landed in the Nebraska Territory in 1854, the year it became an organized, incorporated territory of the United States. The family lore speculates that our ancestors were moonshiners on the run from the law. Either way, we put down roots an