Plamann Farms

Plamann Farms While Farming has become more commercialized, Plamann Farms is proud to remain a small “mom and pop" farm specializing in Grade A milk and happy cows.

Arthur Plamann began this family farm, now in its third generation of family ownership. Art bought the first of three farms in the 1920s. He was an innovator and creative thinker when it came to farming. He owned the area’s first tractor and saw the potential in new ways of farming. In 1949, his son, Merlin, left the Army and took over the family farm. Art purchased the farm next door from his bro

ther, Ed, and the two farms worked in conjunction. Today, the farm purchased by Art is the main barn. In the mid 1950s Art’s other son, Donny, got out of the service after the Korean War and started farming with the family. Together Merlin and Donny bought, what is known in the family as, “Barn Number Three,” just down the road. The two brothers bought out their father, Art, and farmed together for decades. With three barns and about 200 acres, the two men took what started with their father as a herd of 25 Guernsey and Holsteins to 40 cows in 1957 and 85 cows in 1976. Merlin and his wife, Adeline, raised four sons and one daughter on the farm. For decades Merlin farmed alongside his sons, Larry and Keith. Today the boys and Mary Jo, Larry’s wife, run the family farm. David, the oldest son, is retired and acts as a faithful sidekick to his brothers, helping with work on the land and any and all odd jobs. Today the family farms not only their own 200 acres but also an additional rented 250 acres. They grow corn, alfalfa, small grains and soybeans. In 1990 they added a heifer barn and manure pit. A new milking parlor was added in 2009. Over the years Mary Jo’s love of animals has added pigs, chickens, guinea hens, horses, rabbits, sheep, cats, dogs and an especially mean goat, named Snibbles, to the herd of cows at various times. Larry and Mary Jo’s children, Lara, Casey and Abby, spent many summer days riding their bikes as fast as they could to their grandmother’s house at the farm down the road to escape the evil-spirited Snibbles, and get a homemade treat! Mary Jo loves any and all animals and focuses her time on the farm to caring for the calves in their first months of life. Plamann Farms loves its cows, giving them full names, not just a number. Every year cows from their fully registered herd are shown at the Outagamie County Fair, and Plamann cows have been shown at the Wisconsin State Fair, Central Wisconsin State Fair and the World Dairy Expo. Lara, Casey and Abby all showed Plamann cows through 4-H as children. The Plamann family can’t imagine life on a factory farm because the farm is such a part of their family. Larry and David’s children grew up picking rocks out of fields with their grandpa, dad and uncles. Baling hay was and still is a family experience, with everyone who is available lending a helping hand. New spouses to the family learn what it means to be a Wisconsin farmer as they wipe sweat away with a hand covered with hay and dust. Everyone remembers the best part of these days in the past ending with a cookout at Grandma and Grandpa’s place...the original Plamann Farms.

06/01/2021

🐄🖤Today kicks off the start of June Dairy Month!🤍🐄

Buy milk, cheese - and better not forget the ice cream - to support your WISCONSIN dairy farmers!
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Perfect day to bale hay!
07/03/2020

Perfect day to bale hay!

We were excited to host over 150 fourth graders from Greenville Elementary School today! The farm tour wraps up the Adve...
04/26/2016

We were excited to host over 150 fourth graders from Greenville Elementary School today! The farm tour wraps up the Adventures in Dairyland program students have been participating in where they learn about the important role agriculture plays in our world.

Over the past 26 years, Plamann Farms has welcomed nearly 10,000 students (and many parents too!) from local schools to see first-hand where their milk comes from and learn more about life on our family farm. Being able to share this with them is one of our most favorite things to do!

Final training is in session! 2015 Outagamie County Fair
07/19/2015

Final training is in session! 2015 Outagamie County Fair

This world lost an extraordinary man earlier this week. Ike was a longtime friend of the Plamann family. Whether he was ...
08/23/2013

This world lost an extraordinary man earlier this week. Ike was a longtime friend of the Plamann family. Whether he was making the trip to Seymour to help us pack up on the last day of the fair, getting a jab in at Larry over his choice of Co-Op or, most recently, showing up in the middle of the night to assist after the tornado...he truly was a blessing to our family, always there to lend a helping hand. We will greatly miss that huge smile and hearty laugh. Rest in peace, Ike.

Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | Eisenhauer, Adam "Ike" Adam "Ike" Eisenhauer, 34 of Appleton died unexpectedly as a result of an automobile accident on Monday, August 19, 2013. He was born in Appleton, WI, May 11,1979, beloved

Mom / Grandma Addie was laid to rest today. The matriarch of the Plamann family, she will forever be remembered for her ...
08/16/2013

Mom / Grandma Addie was laid to rest today. The matriarch of the Plamann family, she will forever be remembered for her delicious treats, love of a good game of cards, witty words of wisdom and heart of gold. Her family was the center of her world and she left each of us with our own wonderful memories.

Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | Plamann, Adeline E. Adeline E. Plamann, age 92, of Appleton, passed away August 10, 2013. Daughter of John and Mary (Staudinger) Reimer, Addie was born March 15, 1921 in the Town of Ellington

Plamann Farms was hit pretty hard by Wednesday morning's storm. We are so very grateful to the many family, friends and ...
08/09/2013

Plamann Farms was hit pretty hard by Wednesday morning's storm. We are so very grateful to the many family, friends and complete strangers who have stopped by over the past few days to lend a hand with cleanup. We are very blessed!

Outagamie County Fair 2013. Stop by and say Hi!
07/25/2013

Outagamie County Fair 2013. Stop by and say Hi!

08/16/2012
08/16/2012

Chopped hay and filled two silos today...NOW the rain can come!

07/28/2012
Future farmer?
07/26/2012

Future farmer?

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