Summerfield Farm, LLC is owned by Tim and Cyndy Woodard. They have 4 kids Rick, Megan, Emily, and Matthew. This is the story of this three generation farm and how it all grew to be what it is today.

The family farm once belonged to Cyndy's grandparents, Russell and Mabel Kyger. They bought the small 5 acre farm in the winter of 1941 for $1,800 and two sows and their piglets. This was a big step for them as they were just coming out of a national depression and we were at war. They and their four kids at the time: Francis, Cloyd, Frank, and Margery moved into the house and brought with them a milk cow, two pigs, and chickens. The farm had a 2 story barn and a small orchard on it, just right for raising a family. Soon after the family moved to the farm Cyndy's mother Beverly was born. In 1942 Russell Kyger bought the "Jot um down" store on the corner; Russell's wife Mabel managed the store while Russell worked for the county. At this time the store was called "The Trading Post" because it was war time and the only way some people could pay for goods was to trade animals for their bill.

In 1950 Russell bought 20 more adjacent acres and added 20 Holstein milking cows. Russell worked for a factory at this time and farmed. In 1965 Russell purchased the last 25 acres. At this time he would buy Angus calves in the spring and sell them in the fall to local grocery stores. Grandpa Russell was in his 60's at this time and had retired from the factory. He and Mabel attended the #11 Mission Church at the corner of their property where Russell often spoke and hosted many Christian Revivals at the church with leaders of the church community at that time. As his children grew up they all went their own way in life except Beverly. She went away for a few years but missed the family so much she and Cyndy's father returned to make the farm their home too.

At that time there were two houses on the property, Wynn and Beverly moved to the smaller house on the property in 1973 with their 3 girls Angie, Wyndy, & Cyndy. They got started in the Angus cattle business in 1978, through personal friend Elmo Bland. He taught Cyndy and her sister Wyndy how to show cattle in 4-H; the girls also got involved in the Illinois Junior Angus Association and worked shows. Grandpa Russell was so proud of the girls that he let Wynn and Bev have 20 acres to raise a small herd. Cyndy and Wyndy went on to get several awards and lots of experience traveling all over the state. Bev and Wynn adopted their niece Amy Jones in 1982 to make a full house of 4 girls! When Russell and Mabel died in the 1990's their wish was for the farm to remain family owned. Shortly thereafter, Bev and Wynn made it their own.

After Cyndy and her sisters graduated from High School in 1985 they went their own ways, Cyndy got married to Tim Woodard; Wyndy went to Purdue and soon got married to Steve Allspaw. Angie got married to Nathan Kiefer after attending Purdue also. Bev and Wynn remained in the cattle business until 1998 when their full time "day jobs" took them to Indianapolis. They then moved back to the Kyger Farm in Dana in 2003 and shortly after retired from farming altogether.

In 2005 Tim and Cyndy bought the farm. They started buying Angus cattle and worked on the farm on the weekends with their kids help. As time went by opportunities came up to buy neighboring properties, some of which had been owned by family and close friends of Mabel and Russell. Tim and Cyndy also bought a 90 acre property in Dewey IL, just outside of Mahomet. This is where they raise their kids. The farm in Dana is now overseen by a herd manager. Tim and Cyndy hope to raise their children to love cattle farming as they do, and to cherish the family farm as they have for so many years.