About Us
Idlewise Farm is owned and operated by Juanita Dice and her daughter, Gertie. We are dedicated to providing quality ranch raised beef and other farm goods to our customers. With food and supply chain issues becoming more prevalent, its more important than ever to know your local farmers and ranchers.
Quality Beef with peace of mind in knowing that it was raised and processed in the most natural and ethical way possible is our goal. Knowing where your food comes from and exactly what is in your skincare and household products IS important.
As a family that is at least 5 generations deep in ranching and raising livestock, we care for animals every single day. When its 100* or -45*, the animals come first. Their health and well being is what keep us in business. We love our cattle and the lifestyle. We love what we do and are committed to supplying the best quality we can raise.
From our pastures to your plate, there is only one man in the middle, our butcher.
The Wiese Family Tree is Full of Cattle
Its probably easiest to start at the begining. The Wiese family has deep roots within the farming and ranching world. .
Juanita's Great-Great-Grandfather and Great-Great-Grandmother Elmer and Edith Clemens farmed in Nebraska in the late 1800's. Their daughter Edith, married Louis Wiese, moved from the sandhills of Nebraska to Jenkins, MN in the spring of 1935. They raised pickles for the Pickle Factory in Nisswa. The following spring, 1936, moved to the Thompson Farm just west of Pine River, MN. Were they farmed the rest of their lives. When Louis passed away in 1957, he had grown a decent sized herd of registered Angus cows.
Louis & Edith had 12 children born in Mullen and Burwell Nebraska. Many of them ranched and or ran cattle for a good portion of their lives in Minnesota and Nebraska. The oldest son, Elmer Wiese, moved back to Pine River after being injured in the Army in 1945. He started Idlewise Angus not far from his fathers's farm just south of Pine River. Elmer sold most of his herd to his brother Eldon(the youngest of the 12) and Eldon's sons Richard and Danny, in the early 70s and moved to Arkansas to work at one of the very first Walmarts. That was the end of Idlewise back then.
Flying W Ranch was started by Eldon Wiese who ranched with his sons Richard and Danny. They purchased their first registered Herefords in 1956 from Charlie Iodence of Hemmingford, Nebreaska and the registered Angus in 1957 from his brother Elmer.
In January of 1975, the ranch where WR is located was purchased and the first annual Production Sale was held at Flying W after the family had sold bulls private treaty for a few years. The Idlewise Angus sign has hung over the front door at WR since, as a tribute to "Uncle Elmer".
In 1988, WR BAR Ranch was born and also started having production sales. Richard passed on his love of Angus and Herefords to his daughters Juanita and Sherry. Both were very active in 4H, FFA, and also raising, showing and judging all species of livestock and horses.
In 2014, Juanita moved back to Minnesota and purchased the old Norwood homestead west of Jenkins. Raising a few horses, some chickens and her kid's had some sheep they got from Sherry. The Idlewise name was brought back to life when Juanita started selling beef, eggs and other farm goods.
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