In 1889, Chris Moehnke came to the Tacoma, WA area from Ontario, Canada. He and his wife Mary had a daughter in 1890 named Irene. Mary passed away in 1894 in Beaver Creek ,Oregon. Chris and daughter Irene moved to Eastern Oregon around 1916-18. He purchased the farm in April, 1918. Daughter Irene married Julian Rauch in 1920. Chris and Julian worked together on the farm until about 1927 when Julian took it over completely. The early crops were cattle (Shorthorn), wheat, barley, and horses for farming. Irene and Julian had a son and daughter Irvin and Gene. Irvin expanded the farm by renting and purchasing parcels as he could. Irvin married Mildred Penney in 1947 and had 3 kids, Stanly, Tana and Chris. Julian and Irene moved to Hermiston in 1955 and the farm transitioned to Irvin in 1963. In the Late 1960’s the farm fell on hard times, but by the early 1970’s the farm had come around and Irvin was able to purchase another 1100 acres from a cousin. Irvin’s son Chris came back to the farm in 1984 and worked with his father. Chris married Kathy Andre in 1988 and had 2 kids Andre and Natalie. He started to transition the farm to conventional fallow to no-till practice in 1998. Irvin was one of the first to get a no-till drill in Morrow County. Upon the passing of his parents Irvin and Mildred; Chris bought out his brother Stan’s share and continued to work with his brother in law Steve Hill, until his retirement in 2018. The newest venture for the farm is wind and solar power. They continue to raise wheat, oats, barley and the 5th generation, Andre’ has come back to start working with Chris as a partner in 2020. Chris is the great grandson of founder Chris Moehnke.