Deer Grove Farms INC

Started by Steve and Nila Kauffman in 1970 with approx. 300 acres of corn, soybeans, hay, and wheat. In early 1980s it became Deer Grove Farms. In 1984 son Barry joined the operation and at that point they were farming around 1200 acres. In 1989 Pioneer seed corn built a plant in Plymouth, IN. At that point we started growing seed corn for them. In 1991 the farm Incorperated and soon they were farming 2000 acres of corn, seed corn, and soybeans. Then in spring of 2005 Barrys son Andrew started working full time on the farm. In recent years we have lossed about 200 acres partially do to development. In 2010 Andrew became part owner. Andrews wife Sarah is the bookkeeper and Nila is the farm cook.

Deer Grove Farms also rouges and does custom spraying for Pioneer seeds. They sell most of there soybeans to Louis Dreyfus in Claypool, IN. And there commercial corn is sold to North Central Co-op in Goshen, IN.