Mayr Family Farm is owned and operated by Gary & Diane Mayr. It started out as a Dairy Farm, when Fred and Clara Mayr purchase the farm in 1958. In 1999, The Mayrs decided to get out of dairy and into poultry. We have 42,000 Babcock Laying Hens, that produce approximatley 3,000 dozen eggs daily for Phil's Fresh Eggs, Inc. Our birds are cage-free, hormone-free, & antibotic-free. We also have 5 Percheron Horses, 2 Belgian Horses, & 1 Appalosa. How do you think we pull all those wagons to the Pumpkin Patch? Then there is our Hereford Beef Herd, and that makes up our farm animals. It makes for alot of hay to grow and bale in the spring & summer months!
Gary & Diane Mayr
Gary & Diane run their farm together with the help of their children. They have lived on this farm most of their marriage. This farm is also the same one Gary grew up on with his siblings. Diane also came from a farming family, so both know what each season brings. The Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch have always been a dream of Diane's to someday be able to open to the public. With a lot of planning & hard work on everyone's part, her dream became a reality. Gary drives the team of horses that pull all of our wagons & Sleigh.
Amanda Mae "Dolly"
Chad is Gary & Diane's oldest son, he helps with daily farm chores from walking the roost in the hen houses to hauling the manure. Chad also does fieldwork with Gary during the spring planting and the fall harvest. He drives the horses out to the Pumpkin Patch & is the "Grim Reaper" in the Haunted Maze. Anna is employed at a local Hospital and works 40 hours a week off the farm. She helps with the website, with the Pumpkin Patch, & with the Corn Maze.
Anna & Chad
Jason & Christy
Jason is Gary & Diane's Youngest son. He helps take groups out to the Pumpkin Patch & "scares" the visitors to the Haunted Maze. Christy helps with the Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch.
Tracy is a CNA and works at a local nursing home. She also attends Globe University, in the MA Program. She helps with every aspect of the Corn Maze every Fall. Mike helps with the daily chores of the farm, especially walking the roost. He helps take the groups out to the patch & shoots the Pumpkin Cannon! You will also find him "haunting" the maze.
Future Spooks: Chad & Anna's kids will be helping on the farm soon enough! Dakota enjoys playing with Tractors & getting dirty. Mackenzie loves all the animals & following her Big Brother around the farm!
Dakota J.J. & Mackenzie A.M.
Tracy & Mike
.Amanda was Gary & Diane's oldest daughter. Mandy was born on June 6, 1980 with Cerbal Palsy and need a wheelchair to get around. She loved her family, music, to dance, and to make noise. She passed away November 23, 1999. Mandy will always be in our hearts and be remembered.
Devan
Carter
Jason & Christy's boys love to play on the farm. Pumpkin carving is lots of fun! They like to go for rides out to the patch with Papa.
