OUR HISTORY

Our founding generation of Stover Farms, John and Julia Stover grew up farming around the Carlisle area.  Julia started on Bloserville Road on a small farm, and moved to Walnut Bottom road where they milked 40 cows and can remember carrying milk in milk cans and the transition to pipelines!  Julia graduated in the Boiling Springs class of 1958 and worked as a key punchboard operator at the GR Kenny Corporation.  Her milkman, Curtis Stover, would often joke and tell her she should wait around for a marine (his son) returning home soon.


The Stover Family moved around the area a lot, crop and tenant farming, farming where the Carlisle Hospital and All Better Care is now for many years, as well as hauling milk for Irwins Dairy in the 1950’s. John, the marine, Boiling Springs class of 1955, returned home from overseas and showed up on her doorstep with his younger sister to ask her out on a double date!

After dating, John and Julia got married and lived at the farm on what is now Army Heritage.  They were able to purchase the farm at 98 Horners Road and finally at 60 Horners Road.  They milked cows in a single 3 walk through parlor from 1959 until 1965 when their barn was destroyed in a barn fire.  They rebuilt the barn and were able to milk 6 at a time!  At the same time, John’s sister and brother in law milked Ayrshire cows at the 98 Horners Road property.


John and Julia had 3 children, John C, Ronald and Ann.  John C took over the milk hauling business, also helping with farm work, Ron took care of most of the cropping and John continued to milk.


In 1996, seeing an uncertain future in the local dairy industry, the family built a new milking facility on Horners Road, and expanded from milking 60 cows to about 160.  Ann became involved in the expanded dairy seeing her daughter Amy’s interest.


Amy returned home to the dairy with a deep love for the dairy cow after college seeing a wonderful opportunity for local agriculture.  She received a PA State Dairy Investment Grant in 2018 and now the USDA Value Added Processing Grant designed to help small farms sell their own products directly to consumers.


Currently, Ron and daughter Analise take care of crop farming the land, and Amy with mother Ann, Ron’s wife Deb, and Grandmother Julia raise and milk the dairy cows.  The herd has seen many changes over the past 2 years and will continue to evolve as we strive to make natures most nearly perfect food even better for our customers, our community and our environment.

OUR hISTORY

Our founding generation of Stover Farms, John and Julia Stover grew up farming around the Carlisle area.  Julia started on Bloserville Road on a small farm, and moved to Walnut Bottom road where they milked 40 cows and can remember carrying milk in milk cans and the transition to pipelines!  Julia graduated in the Boiling Springs class of 1958 and worked as a key punchboard operator at the GR Kenny Corporation.  Her milkman, Curtis Stover, would often joke and tell her she should wait around for a marine (his son) returning home soon.


The Stover Family moved around the area a lot, crop and tenant farming, farming where the Carlisle Hospital and All Better Care is now for many years, as well as hauling milk for Irwins Dairy in the 1950’s. John, the marine, Boiling Springs class of 1955, returned home from overseas and showed up on her doorstep with his younger sister to ask her out on a double date!


After dating, John and Julia got married and lived at the farm on what is now Army Heritage.  They were able to purchase the farm at 98 Horners Road and finally at 60 Horners Road.  They milked cows in a single 3 walk through parlor from 1959 until 1965 when their barn was destroyed in a barn fire.  They rebuilt the barn and were able to milk 6 at a time!  At the same time, John’s sister and brother in law milked Ayrshire cows at the 98 Horners Road property.


John and Julia had 3 children, John C, Ronald and Ann.  John C took over the milk hauling business, also helping with farm work, Ron took care of most of the cropping and John continued to milk.


In 1996, seeing an uncertain future in the local dairy industry, the family built a new milking facility on Horners Road, and expanded from milking 60 cows to about 160.  Ann became involved in the expanded dairy seeing her daughter Amy’s interest.


Amy returned home to the dairy with a deep love for the dairy cow after college seeing a wonderful opportunity for local agriculture.  She received a PA State Dairy Investment Grant in 2018 and now the USDA Value Added Processing Grant designed to help small farms sell their own products directly to consumers.


Currently, Ron and daughter Analise take care of crop farming the land, and Amy with mother Ann, Ron’s wife Deb, and Grandmother Julia raise and milk the dairy cows.  The herd has seen many changes over the past 2 years and will continue to evolve as we strive to make natures most nearly perfect food even better for our customers, our community and our environment.

Our founding generation of Stover Farms, John and Julia Stover grew up farming around the Carlisle area.  Julia started on Bloserville Road on a small farm, and moved to Walnut Bottom road where they milked 40 cows and can remember carrying milk in milk cans and the transition to pipelines!  Julia graduated in the Boiling Springs class of 1958 and worked as a key punchboard operator at the GR Kenny Corporation.  Her milkman, Curtis Stover, would often joke and tell her she should wait around for a marine (his son) returning home soon.


The Stover Family moved around the area a lot, crop and tenant farming, farming where the Carlisle Hospital and All Better Care is now for many years, as well as hauling milk for Irwins Dairy in the 1950’s. John, the marine, Boiling Springs class of 1955, returned home from overseas and showed up on her doorstep with his younger sister to ask her out on a double date!

After dating, John and Julia got married and lived at the farm on what is now Army Heritage.  They were able to purchase the farm at 98 Horners Road and finally at 60 Horners Road.  They milked cows in a single 3 walk through parlor from 1959 until 1965 when their barn was destroyed in a barn fire.  They rebuilt the barn and were able to milk 6 at a time!  At the same time, John’s sister and brother in law milked Ayrshire cows at the 98 Horners Road property.


John and Julia had 3 children, John C, Ronald and Ann.  John C took over the milk hauling business, also helping with farm work, Ron took care of most of the cropping and John continued to milk.


In 1996, seeing an uncertain future in the local dairy industry, the family built a new milking facility on Horners Road, and expanded from milking 60 cows to about 160.  Ann became involved in the expanded dairy seeing her daughter Amy’s interest.


Amy returned home to the dairy with a deep love for the dairy cow after college seeing a wonderful opportunity for local agriculture.  She received a PA State Dairy Investment Grant in 2018 and now the USDA Value Added Processing Grant designed to help small farms sell their own products directly to consumers.


Currently, Ron and daughter Analise take care of crop farming the land, and Amy with mother Ann, Ron’s wife Deb, and Grandmother Julia raise and milk the dairy cows.  The herd has seen many changes over the past 2 years and will continue to evolve as we strive to make natures most nearly perfect food even better for our customers, our community and our environment.

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