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18432 MT. OLIVET ROAD • LEAVENWORTH, KS
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ABOUT APRIL VALLEY FARMS

April Valley Farms is a diversified livestock and farming operation located in Leavenworth County in the northeast corner of Kansas.  The main family farmstead was purchased by Edmund and Alice Theis in April of 1956 and is located in the Salt Creek Valley area of Leavenworth County.   The month of purchase and location in the Salt Creek Valley prompted the farm name—April Valley Farms.

The current operation consists of 300 registered Angus cows, a swine farrow to finish operation and 2500 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat.   Two generations are still actively involved in the operation.  Along with Edmund and Alice, three sons, Mark, Larry and Jerry are involved in the management and daily operations. 
Angus cattle have been part of the operation since the beginning, when Edmund brought with him a small cowherd he had acquired through years of 4-H projects.  Currently approximately 100 cows are calved in the fall and the remaining 200 are calved mostly in January and February.  Both AI and embryo transfer are used intensively.  Cows are summered on brome and fescue pastures and wintered on cornstalks or other crop residues.

Cattle are marketed through an annual production sale held the third Sunday of March as well as by private treaty.  The focus is to provide high quality commercial bulls that meet the demands of our commercial customers.  Sound, functional, performance oriented cattle with eye appeal are required to meet these demands.  Cattle are exhibited at many livestock shows at the state and national level and the third generation has been very active in the National Junior Angus Program. 

 
 
 
 
 
   
 

EDMUND, MARK, LARRY & JERRY THEIS WWW.APRILVALLEYFARMS.COM • E-MAIL
913.682.4376 • 913.683.0775