OUR HISTORY

Rath Farms has been a part of the Butler County community since 1964 when Frank E. Rath Sr. moved his family to the Penn Township farm. In the early years, Frank and his wife Lillian raised their young family of five children on the farm while also utilizing the property to establish a passionate venture into the horse racing business, finding success racing out west—stemming first and foremost from their true love for the animals.

Growing up on the farm, it was the Rath’s youngest child, David, who fell in love with both the blessings and challenges of farming. David began working on the farm as a child, cleaning stalls, running equipment, and helping his sisters deliver foals and raise the animals. As he grew up around the business, there was no doubt about his love for it. Through the ’90s and early 2000s, David grew the farm into one of the area's largest grain producers, raising corn and soybeans throughout Butler County. In 2015, he made the decision to transition toward cattle, purchasing two registered Hereford cows and calves—laying the foundation for today’s Rath Farms herd of several hundred cattle.

David and his wife, Edie, have three children—Nicholas, Will, and Meredith—who have each found their own unique passions within farming. Currently, Nicholas and Will have joined their father on the farm, with Nicholas focusing on sales and marketing, while Will oversees crop and cattle operations.

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