Dunn's Landing is a premier events facility on a working family farm owned and operated by Robin Dunn. In addition to being a farming operation, Dunn's Landing also hosts weddings, reunions, & gatherings. Check out this month's blog to learn more about Robin Dunn and her farm!
I grew up on a farm in Franklin County Kansas. As far back as I can remember I wanted to be a farmer. In the mid 70’s women weren’t encouraged to be farmers, so I went to college to be a teacher with a double major in PE and business. Every summer I came home to help on the farm.
As luck would have it, I got out of school in 1980, just in time for the farm economy to tank. I decided to leave the farm and ended up in southern California. Before long I started my own company, “Dunn’s Landscaping”. I went back to college for a degree in ornamental horticulture. With that knowledge I become a licensed landscape contractor but I always dreamed of coming back to the farm.
In 1990 my great grandparent’s/grandparent’s farm went up for sale. I was delighted to purchase it. From that moment on I worked to pay for it, knowing when I did I would move home. In 1993, I sold my company and moved back to the farm while smiling all the way!
Within 6 months of being on the farm, I purchased my father’s farming operation. There was a learning curve, but we quickly got things worked out. I had the privilege of getting to work with my dad for the next 7 years until he passed away.
A few years later I purchased the farm I grew up on. Both farms are Century Farms.
As luck would have it, I got out of school in 1980, just in time for the farm economy to tank. I decided to leave the farm and ended up in southern California. Before long I started my own company, “Dunn’s Landscaping”. I went back to college for a degree in ornamental horticulture. With that knowledge I become a licensed landscape contractor but I always dreamed of coming back to the farm.
In 1990 my great grandparent’s/grandparent’s farm went up for sale. I was delighted to purchase it. From that moment on I worked to pay for it, knowing when I did I would move home. In 1993, I sold my company and moved back to the farm while smiling all the way!
Within 6 months of being on the farm, I purchased my father’s farming operation. There was a learning curve, but we quickly got things worked out. I had the privilege of getting to work with my dad for the next 7 years until he passed away.
A few years later I purchased the farm I grew up on. Both farms are Century Farms.
Through the years on the farm I have diversified. I am a row crop farmer, was a horse breeder and now have Angus cattle. I opened an event facility around 2003 and one of the farms became a Bed and Breakfast. I hire out my team of Perc herons for outside events as well.
I farm close to 1000 acres of row crops, hay and pasture. I have approximately 50 head of “mama cows”, 2 teams of Perc herons, 3 wonderful golden retrievers and 50 laying hens. All keep me busy but I love all I do.
I love the smell of fresh worked dirt, watching babies struggle to stand for the first time and the rolling wheat fields. I love taking my fields from planting to harvest and the smell of fresh mown hay. It is a family heritage and I am proud to carry on the tradition. Green flows in my veins and my roots run deep. I was recently featured in a Kansas Farmer book. The hardest thing about farming has been to be accepted in a traditionally male role.
I farm close to 1000 acres of row crops, hay and pasture. I have approximately 50 head of “mama cows”, 2 teams of Perc herons, 3 wonderful golden retrievers and 50 laying hens. All keep me busy but I love all I do.
I love the smell of fresh worked dirt, watching babies struggle to stand for the first time and the rolling wheat fields. I love taking my fields from planting to harvest and the smell of fresh mown hay. It is a family heritage and I am proud to carry on the tradition. Green flows in my veins and my roots run deep. I was recently featured in a Kansas Farmer book. The hardest thing about farming has been to be accepted in a traditionally male role.
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