Schenk Family
2nd generation egg farmers
How did you get started?
“William had been working alongside his father for years,” says Diana. “His father sold the pullet farm to William in 1979, when William was just 19. It was a 100-acre farm and William had 120,000 pullets housed in two barns. William cash cropped the land with corn, soybeans and wheat. The farm buildings consisted of a house, two barns, a drive shed and an old schoolhouse, which was converted into a shop.”
How have things changed over the years?
In 1996, when they decided to switch from pullets to layers, they converted one of the pullet barns into a layer barn. Over the years, the Schenks have noticed a lot of change in the industry. “The biggest change we have seen is the demand for eggs,” says Diana. “Eggs continue to be a popular food choice in healthy diets and are always on sale in the flyer.
