Suter family is 2022 Ozark County farm family


The 2022 Ozark County Farm Family is Cole and Kristy Suter and their children 20-year-old Conner, left, 18-year-old Lance and 4-year-old Timber, front.

The 2022 Farm Family is Cole and Kristy Suter and their three children, 20-year-old Conner, 18-year-old Lance and 4-year-old Timber, who own a farm in the Squires area. 

Cole is a fourth generation farmer, and wife Kristy also has a background in farming.

The couple purchased their first set of heifers to start a cow/calf pair operation in 2013. Over the next several years they continued to add to their herd. 

In 2017, Cole and Kristy opened a small business, Suter Fencing and Welding, which has been a “great blessing” to their family, they say.

In 2018, the couple opened another small business, Suter Liquid Feed and Liquid Fertilizer.

Sons Conner and Lance work for Cole at Suter Fencing and Welding, and they have each started their own cow/calf operations, which are doing well.

Four-year-old Timber has even gotten in on the farm business with her own goat farm. 

Between the two businesses and raising a family, Cole and Kristy’s days are busy but rewarding. 

“We’re very blessed and thankful to have come as far as we have,” the couple said in an email to the Times.

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