Farmer's Fallow Deer           9611 South 295^th West
        Viola, Ks 67149
        (620)584-6634 or 584-6635

The Family

     Farmer's Fallow Deer is owned and operated by Bob and Wanda Farmer and Brad and Shirley Farmer.  We have been "traditional family farmers" for generations.  We became interested in Fallow Deer in 1987 and purchased our first breeding stock in 1990.  Farmer's Fallow Deer is located around 20 miles southwest of Wichita, Ks north of Viola.
     Bob and Wanda live on the farm site where they have lived for most of the past 50 years.  Bob has been a farmer all his life and Wanda spent 30 years as a kindergarten teacher.  Bob is a member of the Viola Lions Club and Wanda is a member of the Viola FCE (Family & Community Education). 
    In addition to raising fallow deer, Bob and Brad also raise wheat, milo, and hay.   They also have some beef cattle, a horse, a donkey and a pony.  They have around 800 acres of land that they farm.  Bob grew up farming with his parents just as Brad has now done.  Much of the land has been in the family for four generations.  They had a dairy farm for a while so the concept of raising livestock was not new to them when they started looking into raising fallow deer.  In fact, part of what pecked their interest was how similar the two forms of livestock where to raise.

     Brad and Shirley live in Viola with their two children Kari, 10, and Gary, 7.  Viola is a small town with a population of around 200 people.  Brad works full time at the farm. Shirley is a certified math teacher who is work as a Math Consultant. Brad is very active away from the farm also.  He is the Assistant Chief on the Viola Volunteer Fire Department, a Past President of the Viola Lions Club, and is on the Board of Directors at the North American Deer Farmer Association (NADeFA) where he is the 2nd vice President.

     Both families attend the Viola Presbyterian Church where Shirley serves as the Clerk of the Session

     Of course the children keep all of us busy.  They play soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, and  softball in May and June.   The summer brings, church camp, Summer Library reading programs, swimming lessons and Vacation Bible School.  Just like any children their ages there is always something that needs to be done.  They both  attend Conway Springs Elementary School  during the school year.

We are members of the North American Deer Farmers Association, and we are a "From the Land of Kansas" business.  Our product is processed Yoder Meats in Yoder, KS which is inspected by the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Author of Web Site : Shirley Farmer
Last revised December 05, 2005