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Ken and Kathy Soder first became interested in raising sheep in 1991 when we moved 2000 miles west (from Pennsylvania to Montana) for Kathy to pursue her Master's degree in Animal Science at Montana State University. With very little previous sheep experience, we suddenly found ourselves in charge of 500-1000 sheep (depending on season) at the university sheep farm where we lived (Fort Ellis Experimental Research Station), and Kathy
conducted research with a 500 ewe flock on the university ranch (Red Bluff) 35 miles away. Let me tell you, there is nothing like hands-on experience to drill hard lessons into your head. After finishing her degree, they remained in Montana for two more years, with Kathy working at the Montana Wool Laboratory, and Ken building new houses in the area. At one point, Ken went on a sheep shearing crew, and met a lot of great Montana ranchers, saw a lot of territory, and had some experiences he will never forget. He shears our flock now, as seen in the picture to the right. Kathy obtained her Wool Classer certification and also traveled with the shearing crews.
After working for two years we decided to move back home for Kathy to pursue a PhD in Animal Science at Penn State. We sure miss Montana and would love to live there again, but don't regret our decision to move. Once again we packed everything into the U-Haul and traveled 2000 miles. Kathy has since finished that degree (yes, we are finished traveling across the country.....at least for awhile), and is working for USDA-ARS as an Animal Scientist. Ken is very versatile in his working abilities, and is currently working as a zoning officer for a local township (with a hankering to become a full-time farmer). A year after moving back to PA, we purchased a 17 acre farmette with two barns, an OLD house, and an apple orchard. One year later (October 1997) we brought home our first sheep, which was the beginnings of K Bar K Farm. In April 2002 we purchased a 96 acre farm about 40 miles south of the other farm, and moved the flock. It was a combination of a desire to escape development pressure and to obtain more land to expand our flock.
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- K Bar K Farm
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- Petersburg
- United States 16669
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- +1.8146691374
