The Producers
Pleasant Home Premium Beef and Pork is a story that begins with two families that came together because of education, faith, friendship and agriculture. In 1999, the Knobloch’s moved from Iowa to Ohio. The Knobloch’s met the Stoller’s through Ohio State University when Tony Stoller was a student in Agricultural Education. Tony was in a couple of classes that Neil taught while he was getting his degree.
The Stoller’s started raising beef cattle in 1994 when Tony was a high school student in FFA. He started selling premium beef to local customers in 1998, and the demand grew steadily as customers enjoyed the high quality meat. The foundation herd was established with 3 Limousin heifers known for marbling, tenderness, and feed conversion.
In 2008, Neil and June purchased a bred Duroc gilt for their boys, Grant & Nelson (ages 11 & 9, at the time), who wanted to raise pigs for premium pork and a 4-H project. The Stollers asked the Knoblochs if they would be interested in joining forces to sell premium pork with their premium beef enterpise because several customers were asking for pork. The new business started when the Knobloch boys raised a litter of 10 purebred Duroc pigs and sold all of the pigs directly to customers in 2009. The boys bought their first Berkshire sow one year later in December, 2009.