About our Farm

Korth Farms is a 3rd generation in the Watertown area. Korth Farms was established in 1937 by Alvin & Ester Korth as a dairy farm. Shortly after starting out they also began to raise pigs. Alvin and Ester had two children, Arnold & Margaret who also helped as young children on the farm. In 1949 Alvin passed away and Ester took over running the day to day operations of the farm. At the age of 14 Arnold took over running the farm. He continued raising hogs and keep milking as well. Arnold continued to grow the dairy heard and the number of hogs being raise as well as planting crops to feed all the animals on the farm. In 1960 Arnold married Doris and together they raised four children on the farm. Arnold and Doris continued to grow the size of the farm. The herd grew and so did the number of acres that made up the farm. By 1987 the farm was now 400 acres and they were milking 60 cows.

In 2012, the decision was made to stop milking cows and start raising good grass-fed red angus beef steers. In the fall of 2012 three cows and a bull were purchased to start the dive into the beef world. In 2013 Arnold passed away, and the farm operations were now in the hands of his son Arlan and his daughter Deb. Arlan and Deb have continued to grow the beef herd over the years. We take a lot of pride in the quality of the beef that we have. All the beef that we have processed for meat are raised on our farm. We raise our steers for 15 -18 months. Our beef is hormone and antibiotic free. The herd is 90% grass fed, and 10% corn fed. We feed grain throughout the life of the steer to help with the marbling in the meat. It is important to us that the beef steers are not grain finished. Today Arlan and Deb manage a herd of about 70.

In 2016 Deb added chickens on to the farm. Deb raises egg laying chickens and meat chickens. The chickens are not kept in cages and can walk around freely. She started selling her farm fresh eggs and chickens to family, friends and co-works. The network has now expanded beyond family and friends and today Deb manages about 100 chickens.

In 2019 Arlan decided to add hogs back to the farm due to the demand from our beef customers. The hogs that we raise are also hormone and antibiotic free. We raise our hogs for about 6 months to ensure that the pork is top quality.