IMPROVING AGRICULTURE, IMPROVING LIVES.

As a 4th generation family farm, we’re committed to helping American farmers stay on top of the industry’s latest innovations and feeding the population in a sustainable way.

Our goal is to live and raise our families on the farm. We’re proud of the work we do and work hard so that we can make sure that the ground we farm on is in a better condition when it’s handed over to the next generation.

By being a valuable part of our community and providing our kids and our grandkids the opportunity to be part of farming in the future, we know our job is well done.

We’re always on the lookout for new opportunities and to develop relationships with people who believe in what we’re trying to do.

If you want to make your farm more productive and more sustainable then we’d love to chat with you.

Get in Touch

RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION FARMER AWARD IN MADISON COUNTY TWICE
Button
PROUD TO BE IN THE INDIANA LIVESTOCK BREEDERS HALL OF FAME
Button
NAMED ON THE PRESTIGIOUS LIST OF INDIANA MASTER FARMERS BY INDIANA PRAIRIE FARM
Button

START CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FARMING FUTURE TODAY

A FAMILY TRADITION

Mervin Shuter and his father purchased the first Red Poll Heifer in 1941 and since that day Shuter Sunset Farms has been dedicated to raising premium quality, great tasting beef for the local community.
Digital PR
MIKE SHUTER

Mike Shuter is the go-to expert on soil health in no-till, strip-till, and cover crop farming. He’s a corn, soybean, beef cattle, and hog producer from east-central Indiana and has been no-tilling for 30 years and strip-tilling for 10 years.
Events
LOCAL, NATURAL, SUSTAINABLE.

By not over-applying fertilizer and maintaining the fertility that we’ve already got in our soil we can make sure that our land is in prime condition when passed on to the next generation.
Products

The Food-Finance Nexus: A Recipe for Climate Success

Submitted by Amy Senter, Director of World Business Council for Sustainable Development, as a Letter to the Editor in Progressive Farmer magazine on 2/1/2022

Mike Shuter, a third-generation family farmer in Frankton, Indiana, has been practicing "no-till" farming for 38 years and planting cover crops for a dozen years with the goal of enhancing the health of his farm's soil to reduce the amount of fertilizer he'd need to apply and optimize yields.

But he soon learned the practice also helped with water filtration in the fields after heavy spring rains, slashed the amount of fertilizer and pesticides needed to optimize yields, reduced soil erosion, and it better protects the area's water resources.

Shuter Sunset Farms, located about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, covers 3,000 acres, and specializes in corn, soybeans, winter wheat, cattle, and pork production.

Shuter, and his partners, sons Brian and Patrick, have long been independent advocates of no-till and cover crops. Sustainable practices like these can improve farm resilience, enhance biodiversity, and reduce farming's environmental impact on climate change. And the practice is starting to spread.

Read the article in full