Harris Feeding Company — Local services in Coalinga

I am more of a chicken guy. I just prefer the lean protein and blank canvas that a good fowl provides. If we're being truthful, I am really a dog person. They really are comforting and fun to be around. To be clear here, and I feel compelled to be clear because oftentimes review comments can be misconstrued either inadvertently or deliberately; I prefer to consume chickens and convert them to waste matter, but to say I am a dog person doesn't mean I also digest dog meat. When I say I am a dog person, I mean I like to be surrounded by dogs that I don't intend to eat, but if we're talking about sustenance, then I would say or use the term I am more of a chicken guy which isn't to say I don't also detest being surrounded by chickens vs cows, but if we're spanning the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom in terms of what I like to be around, then I would chose to be around capybaras. Now capybaras aren't animals that I would eat either, but if I were asked to complete the sentence "I am a _ guy" and the context were food, I would say chicken, but if the context were companionship without the intent to put into my gastro-intestinal tract, the answer would be dog or capybara, without distinction, and some birds, because I enjoy the birdsongs of some birds, but chickens are also birds, so that doesn't mean that I enjoy the companionship of chickens, which I prefer to eat, but not the flying birds that sing in my backyard, which I do not intend to consume. Fish are also animals I enjoy consuming but it would be inaccurate to say that I enjoy being around fish, or I am fish guy, because fish live underwater and that would be complicated and I do not count aquariums as a proxy for surrounding myself with fish, although flying fish pose a particular conundrum but I don't enjoy eating flying fish, similar to how I do not enjoy consuming flying birds. Harris Feeding Company houses many cows. I don't mind driving by at 75 mph and looking at the cows housed here. A lot of commenters here have given this facility a low rating because of the smell, but that's like saying I don't like Motel 6 because of the sign colors, so it doesn't bother or affect my rating of this place; that...

Basically a feedlot and I’ve seen a lot of people complain about the smell and I’ve also found out that they’re almost always from LA or the Bay. If you’re from a farming area and live there then the smell probably won’t bother you that much, because I barely smell it every time I drive past on the interstate. City folks are just dramatic about the smell because they’ve never had to go near a farm that isn’t Knott’s Berry Farm. People have also consistently stated that they’re covered in their own feces and that might be true but when I’ve driven past it’s usually a plain dirt field that appears clean with plenty of cows. Triple digit temps are really only an issue during the day for about 3 or 4 months out of the year and someone else had said “most of the year” which simply isn’t true because that’s not even possible for the weather to get like that anywhere except for Death Valley. 5 stars because the feedlot does what it’s supposed too and the only people complaining are city folks who’ve never seen a cow that wasn’t on some...

Absolutely appalling. The conditions at Harris Ranch are nothing short of inhumane, and those disgusting people who own, operate, or support this facility should be ashamed of themselves and take a hard look at the suffering they’re complicit in. These are sentient, gentle animals, yet they’re treated with utter disregard for their wellbeing or dignity.

The farm’s website paints a completely false picture. There is no visible evidence of ethical, sustainable, or humane farming here. What you see from the road alone is heartbreaking: overcrowded, filthy pens and animals living in misery. If this operation truly prioritized animal welfare or responsible agriculture, it wouldn’t be met with such widespread public condemnation.

This place demands serious scrutiny and accountability. At minimum, there must be a full investigation into its practices. Better yet, it should be shut down unless it makes a radical and transparent shift toward truly ethical and sustainable operations. The current state of this facility...