Peters Farms in Oklahoma: History, What It Raises, How It Makes Money and How to Contact It
Profile updated November 2026
Peters Farms is a family wheat operation at Okarche in central Oklahoma that traces its land to a great-great-grandfather who homesteaded in the 1880s. U.S. Wheat Associates profiled the farm, and Michael Peters has served as a commissioner of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and as 2020/21 secretary-treasurer of U.S. Wheat Associates.
| Location | Okarche, central Oklahoma |
|---|---|
| Founded | Homesteaded in the 1880s by a great-great-grandfather of Michael Peters |
| Sectors | hard red winter wheat; grazing of some wheat by cattle |
| Scale | Acres not published in the profile reviewed |
| Why it is notable | Land held since the 1880s homestead; leadership roles with the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and U.S. Wheat Associates |
| Ownership | Family: Michael, his father Fred and his son Tyler |
| Official website | U.S. Wheat Associates profile of Peters Farms, Stories from the Wheat Farm |
History of Peters Farms
U.S. Wheat Associates says Peters Farms began when Michael Peters's great-great-grandfather homesteaded land in central Oklahoma in the 1880s. Michael farms with his father, Fred Peters, and his son, Tyler, so three working generations share the operation today. His wife, Linda, is a teacher and church musician who remains active in the farm.
The farm's long story fits Oklahoma's wheat history, since the state sits in the heart of hard red winter wheat country. Staying on the same ground for well over a century, through drought, price swings and changing machinery, is itself evidence of sound management.
What Peters Farms Grows and Raises
The farm grows hard red winter wheat, the class used mainly for bread flour, and U.S. Wheat Associates notes that some of the wheat is grazed by cattle over late fall and winter. Dual-purpose wheat lets one acre earn from grazing first and grain after, though the family does not publish how many acres follow that pattern.
Michael Peters has put time into wheat policy and marketing. He is a commissioner of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and served as secretary-treasurer of U.S. Wheat Associates for 2020/21, along with committee and local board roles. Those posts connect the farm to export markets and to research funded by producer checkoff dollars.
How Peters Farms Makes Money
Wheat grain sales
Hard red winter wheat is the main crop, sold into the commercial grain system. The farm does not publish yields, prices or revenue.
Grazing
Some wheat is grazed by cattle over late fall and winter, which adds a second use of the crop. Details of any grazing agreement are not published.
Market development and leadership
Industry service does not pay the bills directly, but it keeps the farm informed on export demand and research, which supports decisions on varieties and marketing.
Farm Insight: What Other Operators Can Learn from Peters Farms
Stay engaged beyond the fence row. Commission and association roles give a producer early information on markets, trade and research.
Use the crop twice. Grazing wheat in winter before it heads out can diversify income from the same ground, if the operator manages timing carefully to protect grain yield.
Bring the next generation in as working partners. Three generations on one farm share equipment, knowledge and labor.
A farm that has held its ground since the 1880s tends to collect two kinds of memories: harvest weather and every conversation that began with 'Well, it needs rain.' For farm satire, farm humor, ranch humor and farm jokes, head to farm.FM, where Okarche's famous wind and an even more famous forecast are fair game. We tease with affection, because no one else turns a dry spring into so many conversations.
The outlet behind those laughs, farm.FM, is the nation's first satirical farm site, complete with Tractor Tunes country music for farmers. A farm.FM humorist's archive shows what a week of it looks like.
How to Contact Peters Farms
Website: https://uswheat.org/?p=12414
The family has no website in the sources reviewed, and no address, phone or email was verified. The page above is the U.S. Wheat Associates profile. The Oklahoma Wheat Commission can help with industry contact.
Peters Farms Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- U.S. Wheat Associates: Stories from the Wheat Farm - profile of the Peters family farm in Okarche
- Farm Progress: cattle grazing winter wheat in Oklahoma - coverage of dual-purpose wheat grazing
- Farm Progress: winter wheat grazing hopes revived - coverage of Oklahoma wheat pasture conditions
- USDA NASS Census of Agriculture - national and state farm counts, acreage and sales data
- USDA Farmers.gov - federal programs for farmers and ranchers
Peters Farms FAQ
Where is Peters Farms?
Near Okarche in central Oklahoma.
What does it grow?
Hard red winter wheat, with some wheat grazed by cattle over late fall and winter.
How old is the farm?
Michael Peters's great-great-grandfather homesteaded the land in the 1880s.
How can I contact it?
No direct contact was verified; the Oklahoma Wheat Commission is an industry route.
Peters Farms shows how a central Oklahoma wheat family can stay on the same land for generations while taking a seat at the table where wheat policy is made. For more on Peters Farms and its neighbors, read the state guide to Oklahoma farms.