Our Farm's Story
Goette Farms was started in July 2013 when Brandon and Erika tied the knot!We have grown and expanded from 7 head of commerical ewes to about 50 head of ewes and 50 head of cows! We finish all of our lambs and calves on a conventional grain diet, while sourcing all our feedstuffs as locally as possible! We have been able to source over 95% of all of our feedstuffs within a 100 mile radius; including distillers grains (by product from ethanol production) and sweet corn silage (by product from canning corn). We direct market all of our lambs and cattle as USDA inspected cuts and larger bundles. We want to be known as your go-to for all the major proteins; whether you are an individual buying the proteins for cooking at home, a chef looking to source high quality & local proteins, a school district wishing to supply locally raised meat to the students, or a wholesale account wanting to add/expand their local section!
Currently, you can find our lamb & some beef on the menus of 8 to 15 different restaurants in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota! We are always looking for new connections to chefs! As menus are always changing at many restaurants, we are always working to keep ahead of the ball and offering unique options to chefs that they may not be able to always source from other suppliers. We also supply ground beef to FIVE different school districts in Minnesota! The schools love being able to use local products.
We consider ourselves a 1st generation cattle and sheep farm, however we are no strangers to agriculture! Erika grew up on a dairy in west central Minnesota and Brandon grew up around row crops in southern Minnesota. We both have degrees in agriculture and are strong supporters of helping to educate consumers about production agriculture. If you have any questions about our farm, production practices, or any other general agriculture questions we will do our best to try and answer! If we don't know the answer, we will find someone who does!
Our Farm Help consists of four future farmers who already love spending as much time outdoors helping that they can! Kora is currently 6 years old and when not in school, she is busy helping however she can on the farm or with mom out selling meat! Kaleb is 4 years old and loves helping feed livestock, checking fields and anything else outdoors! Kaiden is 3 yrs old and is the strong silent type! He has no fear of livestock and is always willing to go check feed bunks, look for eggs and of course playing outside with any babies he finds around the farm! Our newest addition Konner joined our crew in October and loves when the weather is nice enough to get bundled up and tag along for chores!
We look forward to getting to know each of you, and hope to be your go-to when you purchase locally raised and produced products!
~Goette Farms
Brandon, Erika, Kora, Kaleb, Kaiden, & Konner