Raising cattle doesn’t usually rate as an earth-friendly practice. Amy O’Hoyt, a first-generation rancher, can confirm. So she bucked the standard way of producing beef to finish her cattle on the grass growing in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, rotating pastures, and proving there’s a way forward that’s connected with the earth, the animals, and, ultimately, a better future.

Mission
Mountain

Mission
Mountain

A Documentary Film

Mission Mountain is a documentary portrait of first-generation rancher Amy O’Hoyt as she builds a new model for cattle farming in the shadow of Montana’s Mission Mountain range. The film follows Amy as she challenges conventional livestock practices through grass-finished beef production, rotational grazing, and regenerative methods rooted in ecological balance.

Blending intimate observation with striking rural imagery, the film reveals the physical and emotional demands of ranch life, while highlighting Amy’s determination to prove that agriculture can work in harmony with the land rather than against it. At its core, Mission Mountain is a story of resilience, stewardship, and rethinking the future of food production in the American West.

Credits

The tremendous > Amy O’Hoyt & Cheryl O’Hoyt
Co-Director/ DP > Andrew Bydlon
Co-Director / DP > Kody Kohlman
Edit > Matt Coddaire
Mix and Sound Design > Jason McDaniel
MoGFX > Monochrome Design House

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