The Farm House   /   The Family   /   The Fields

     
 

Since the 1930's, Ackerman Farms has been growing and changing to meet the growing needs of family, community, and the world at large. From producing corn, and raising cattle and hogs in the '30s and '40s, to supplying Morton's Libby plant with pumpkins since the late '80's.

In the '50s, pure bred Yorkshire hogs were added to the farm's operation, which won Clyde Ackerman international acclaim as a breeder. And for his pen of barrows, at Chicago's 1957 Live Stock Exposition, he was awarded further international recognition.

By the '70's, the Ackerman farming team, "Papa"
(Clyde) and son, John,

expanded the farming operation to include livestock, acquiring a
cow/calf herd and feedlot cattle.

Today, since "Papa's" passing, and John and Yvette, along with their children, continue the Ackerman's venerable tradition of growth and expansion, offering not only corn, soybeans, and canning pumpkins, but also a variety of specialty crops which include an immense stock of beautiful, "hardy" mums, ornamental pumpkins, corn, apples, and gourds in an array of sizes and colors. Everything to make your harvest-time home and table memorable each year. Come on out and visit us today!