Luhmann Family
Paul and Mamie Luhmann and their family manage 70 registered Montadale ewes and stud rams, as well as a vegetable and cut-flower farm, near Lake City. They purchased the farm in 2012, relocating their flock of black-faced ewes before transitioning to Montadales. Over the last decade, they have updated and remodeled the farm buildings and added a greenhouse to meet the needs of their operation. They sell show and breeding animals and exhibit their sheep on the local, state and national levels. They also directly sell market lamb to consumers. They cultivate several acres of vegetables, garlic and cut flowers, as well as marketing farm fresh eggs through local farmers markets and local retail businesses.
Paul and Mamie manage the day-to-day operations of the farm, including care of the livestock and greenhouse. Their daughters, Clara and Hazel, assist with lambing, seeding, weeding, harvesting and staffing the market stand. Outside of the farm, Paul works at Jenny’s Greenhouse and Pepin Heights Orchard and Mamie works at Mayo Clinic.
The entire family is involved in their local community. Paul serves as Vice President of the Wabasha County Fair, President of the Goodhue County Friends of the Fair Committee, Market Manager of the Goodhue Farmers Market and on the Market Committee for the Lake City Market by the Lake. He is a member of the St. John’s Lutheran School Board and the Lake City Agricultural Education Advisory Board. Mamie serves as the Director of Youth Activities for the Montadale Sheep Breeders Association, Sheep Co-Superintendent for Goodhue County 4-H, Breeding Sheep Show Co-Lead for the Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo and a 4-H and FFA volunteer. She is the athletic director for St. John’s Lutheran School and officiates basketball.
Clara is the Chapter Secretary of the Lake City FFA Chapter, is on the track team and participates in school musicals. Hazel plays basketball and soccer. Both girls are active in 4-H and are junior members of the Montadale Sheep Breeders Association. The Luhmanns are members of the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers Association, the Montadale Sheep Breeders Association and the Minnesota Suffolk Sheep Association.