Harrison Valley Farms

Harrison Valley Farms Harrison Valley Farms is a forage-based cattle and sheep farm in mid-Missouri. We’re 30 minutes of Jefferson City, Columbia, and Fulton.

We sell registered and commercial livestock. Kim travels to clients' farms to give them horse riding lessons.

First time I’ve seen a rainbow end in our yard, actually a pond close to our house. A view from the front porch! I’ll co...
06/07/2025

First time I’ve seen a rainbow end in our yard, actually a pond close to our house. A view from the front porch! I’ll count the blessings of our South Poll Grass Cattle herd and Australian & American White Sheep as our “pot of gold!”

As we are getting ready to host the AWUSA 2025 Field Day on Saturday, September 27, at our farm—Harrison Valley Farms, I...
05/16/2025

As we are getting ready to host the AWUSA 2025 Field Day on Saturday, September 27, at our farm—Harrison Valley Farms, I’m thinking back on our sheep journey!

My husband, John, and I bought our first sheep in 2007. I wanted to see if my border collie would herd sheep, so I bought 3 registered Katahdins. The dog did not like sheep at all. However, I did!

3 ewes grew to 150 Katahdin ewes. Annually, we sold 150+ commercial Katahdin ewes as replacement ewes through KHSI’s KatPlus program. And we sold “fancy” 70 lb. ram lambs at the local livestock sale barn—always got top dollar because the right buyers were alerted our lambs were coming in.

Fast forward to 2025. Our sheep flock is now 12 Australian and American White (F1) Sheep ewes. We transitioned to the “Whites” because we liked their sturdy body structure, carcass quality, resilience to all kinds of Missouri weather, their casual and calm demeanor, and the lambs’ vigor and rate of gain on mom’s milk and forage.

I truly loved the old style Katahdins, not so much the current body structure style and qualities—I guess I’m old enough to say this… So in 2022, we bought our first registered Australian White Sheep ram from Mark Fechtel of Fechtel South Poll Cattle & American White Sheep .

Photos attached are the Katahdin flock that started my breed up process to the American White Sheep; the Australian White Sheep ram, Finn, that got us started; and a F1 ewe with one of her 2025 Spring Born F2 ram lambs (only 8 weeks old).

I’m interested in what your sheep journey is and why you’re interested in the Australian and American “Whites” sheep!

We have just 2 Spring Born 2024 SPGC 75% heifers remaining that are looking for new homes. The rest of the group of ava...
03/29/2025

We have just 2 Spring Born 2024 SPGC 75% heifers remaining that are looking for new homes. The rest of the group of available heifers will be off to new homes in VT, FL, AL, and southern MO later this spring. Great dispositions and a pedigree that shows great production capacity. Here are photos of H350 and H361. Link to the SPGC website classified ad is in the comments.

These are up and coming bulls--short yearlings. We will start looking for new homes for them when they turn 18 months l...
03/29/2025

These are up and coming bulls--short yearlings. We will start looking for new homes for them when they turn 18 months later this year. Both born in April 2024. H352Hawk and H354Helios.

H326Hercules is our 18 month South Poll Grass Cattle bull that is ready to go to a new home. I've posted an ad on the S...
03/29/2025

H326Hercules is our 18 month South Poll Grass Cattle bull that is ready to go to a new home. I've posted an ad on the SPGC Association web site's classified section. Link is in the comments. I've included photos of his dam and grand dams on the sire and dam side--all demonstrate longevity and great production capacity.

Winter grazing at its finest! I love seeing our SPGC herd out grazing in the early dawn. No hay fed this winter! John...
02/28/2024

Winter grazing at its finest! I love seeing our SPGC herd out grazing in the early dawn. No hay fed this winter! John and Janelle do a great job with the rotational grazing. The only hay we've fed to our herd in the last 11 years was a week in Winter 2022 when we unrolled a few large bales for the cows and calves to bed down during an extremely cold week. However, I'm sure looking forward to Spring! Our calving starts April 15th. When does your start? Or maybe, when did you start??

12 Commercial Katahdin Ewes For Sale. 5 yearling ewes and 7 brood ewes. All exposed to a registered Australian White Ra...
10/20/2023

12 Commercial Katahdin Ewes For Sale. 5 yearling ewes and 7 brood ewes. All exposed to a registered Australian White Ram. Lambs can be registered with the AWUSA as America White Sheep F1s. The Katahdin/Australian White is a proven cross and demand is strong for AWUSA F1s. These 12 ewes are a great way to introduce Australian White genetics into your flock. Or, they will make an excellent starter flock. Forage based diet, used to electric web fencing, pastured with livestock guard dogs, and worked with border collies. Well taken care of. Easy to manage and handle. Proven production. Photos show the ewes and the ram. Asking $600 each. Prefer to sell as a group. Payment terms and pick up or delivery can be discussed. Located in central Missouri. Text or call Kim Harrison @ 573-590-0643. Available mid-November.

Logan Karcher of Burnt Hill Cattle Co. LLC. and Farraway Farms, recently sent me these photos of a South Poll Grass Catt...
10/03/2022

Logan Karcher of Burnt Hill Cattle Co. LLC. and Farraway Farms, recently sent me these photos of a South Poll Grass Cattle heifer he purchased from us in 2020. He is so pleased with her registered bull calf (DOB 4/28/22) sired by one of his herd bulls. How rewarding to hear! Our appreciation is two-fold! We appreciate the producers that believe in our herd genetics and purchase our SPGC cows, heifers, bulls, and steers, as well as the SPGC Association (South Poll Grass Cattle Forum) members that took the time and made the effort to help us start our herd with great genetics! (fyi, we will have 9 heifers available for purchase Spring 2023!)

Check out Burnt Hill Cattle Company! Logan and company are busy folks! They raise and sell commercial and registered SPGC, sell freezer beef (lamb and chicken too), practice regenerative farming plus host informational/training days for this at their farm, Logan has a professional livestock hauling business, and more! Plus he just purchased an amazing border collie to help him manage his stock from the nationally-known sheep herding/dog training team, Thad Fleming and his son Wyatt. Follow him on FB to see all the great things they do!

Beautiful spring day yesterday! Big day for Vixen, one of our LGD yearling pups. First day trusted on tether with our ...
03/29/2022

Beautiful spring day yesterday! Big day for Vixen, one of our LGD yearling pups. First day trusted on tether with our ewes and 2022 March born lambs. She will spend the day tethered with the lambs, supervised by momma, Molly. Molly "dogged" her firmly when I brought her into the lot with the ewes and lambs. Molly takes her job seriously and expects the pups that work with her to be respectful and show low energy. Molly then watches Vixen, lambs, and ewes from a distance. It is incredibly interesting to watch this instinctive training process and I am forever grateful that Molly is such an incredible LGD! Today will be Prancer's turn!

A fun morning at the farm with Becky, Renae Block, and Josh! It was livestock guard dog social time! The yearling pups ...
03/16/2022

A fun morning at the farm with Becky, Renae Block, and Josh! It was livestock guard dog social time! The yearling pups are full grown now--about 100 lbs. However, they are still puppies at heart and in mind! Doing lots of work with them--basic obedience, walking the farm perimeter, tethering with sheep, and lots of socializing. In this photo, Prancer is getting "some love" from Becky. Prancer LOVES the attention.

12/03/2021

Happy 1st Year birthday to our LGD pups! Great Pyrenees/Anatolian/Maremma cross big beautiful dogs now! They are learning to understand their job and be trustworthy at it. Still very playful, yet keen to farm work! Nine pups born last December just had to be named after my favorite reindeer! On Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen! Yes Rudolph too—Rudi for short! 8 of them will be available in 2022!

I picked up baby chicks today from Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO. Too hot in August for them to be shipped USPS, so I ...
08/26/2021

I picked up baby chicks today from Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, MO. Too hot in August for them to be shipped USPS, so I decided to pick them up! 97 degrees F here today! Speed is checking them out. I know he is thinking, "Can I herd them?" Silly dog, we herded sheep this morning before the heat set in!

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5199 County Road 351
Fulton, MO
65251

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+15735900643

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