Welcome to the home of Jordan Turkeys, where you can find the freshest turkeys around. Visit Jordan Farm in Rutland, MA, to discover Jordans turkeys and experience the quality of our local turkeys straight from the Jordan Turkey Farm.
Located in Rutland, MA, Jordan Farm is a 5th Generation Dairy Farm operated by brothers Randy and Brian Jordan. Here at Jordan Dairy Farms, Inc., we proudly raise 800 head of Holsteins and milk 300 cows three times per day. Our farm also produces fresh turkeys, providing local turkeys for the community. We utilize 950 acres of fields planted with corn or hay, making us a versatile jordan turkey farm dedicated to quality.
William Jordan and his wife Sarah arrived from Dudley to Salisbury Street in Holden in 1885 with their two children, Inez and Charlie. William began his farming journey by planting an orchard, growing vegetables, and keeping dairy cows on what would later become known as Jordan Farm in Rutland, MA. In 1899, Charlie married Bertha Graham and took over the farm, where they shipped fresh vegetables to the train in Worcester for sale in Boston. The farm was named Cleighton Farms, a name whose origin remains a mystery to the family. Charlie and Bertha had six children, and two of their sons, Sumner and Howard, helped work the farm. In 1943, Sumner and Howard purchased an additional farm on Muschopauge Road in Rutland, where they expanded their herd of Guernsey cows and began raising local turkeys. Howard managed the Rutland farm, while Sumner continued operations at the Holden farm. They started bottling milk in Holden and later established a larger processing plant in Rutland, furthering their legacy as proud caretakers of Jordan's turkeys.
The Dairy Basket, a dairy store, was opened in 1963 on Main Street in Holden center and continued until the 1970s. Milk routes delivered fresh turkeys alongside Guernsey milk door to door in Worcester, Holden, and Rutland.
Upon the death of Sumner in 1963 and Howard in 1970, the Rutland farm was turned over to Howard’s sons, Warren and Wayne Jordan. As the family continued to grow, the reins of the farm were handed down to Wayne’s sons, Randy and Brian.
The acres of land and the number of cows, which are now high milk producing Holsteins, have increased since the Jordans began farming in the 1800s. The apples and market garden vegetables have given way to a state of the art dairy operation with 700 cows, 300 of which are milked three times a day in the milking parlor in Rutland. As the Jordan Turkey Farm continues to thrive, Brian and Randy each have young children who someday may take the farm, including Jordans turkeys, to even greater heights.
