Rader Family Farms

Baby Animal Days
2025-06-21 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Purchase Your Tickets Here: https://rff.ticketspice.com/baby-animal-days-2025
Kick off your summer with a memorable weekend on the farm! Baby Animal Days is the perfect family-friendly outdoor event where you’ll meet our newest arrivals—including a calf, fluffy chicks, playful lambs, bunnies, goat kids, and donkeys—along with all your favorite farm animals.
Make lasting memories as you hold a goat, pet a fluffy chick, or explore our fun attractions like the jumping pillow, critter cart, double-barrel slide, skee ball, and bubble zone. Select food venues will be open, plus our coffee shop and retail market for treats and treasures.
We accept Venmo, credit, and debit cards—come ready for fun!
What’s available on at the farm?

Baby goats, jersey calf, lambs
Punkin and Gordy, the Highland cows, kittens, bunnies, baby bull
Hands-on baby chick experience
Critter Cart rides for our little farmers
Double-barrel slide, Skee Ball
Hands-on activities and crafts

It’s not our fall season so there will be limited farm activities and food/beverage options.

2025 Early Bird Fall Season Pass Sale!!
2025-06-22 00:00 - 2025-09-15 00:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
This individual pass offers a fantastic savings and will allow you to come visit us as many days as you’d like during our fall season! You are also invited to the Season Passholder Preview at the Eat Stay & Play event on Friday, September 12th from 4 pm – 7 pm. Bring your other family members who may not be passholders for an additional $7.
https://rff.ticketspice.com/2025-fall-season-pass
It takes only 3 visits and your pass has paid for itself! Early Bird Sale ends at 6pm Sunday, September 14, 2025.
Regularly priced Fall Season passes will be available for purchase from September 15 – November 1 at the regular individual rate (4 years – 64 years) of $70.
Can’t wait to harvest memories with you!

Downtown Bloomington Farmer's Market
2025-06-28 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-05 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-12 07:30 - 12:00, 2025-07-26 07:30 - 12:00 | Downtown Bloomington Farmer’s Market, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL, 61701, United States

Rader Family Farms Night @ The Corn Crib Baseball Game
2025-07-25 18:30 - 21:30 | Corn Crib, 1000 West Raab Road, Normal, IL, 61761, United States
Join us for the Corn Belters and Cowboy Boots Night at the Corn Crib where we will be celebrating our customers, friends and family and invite you to join us! There will be chances to win passes to Rader Family Farms, Early Bird Season Passes, games and a night of fun – and even a bobblehead giveaway!
Hope to see you there!

Sunflower Days Festival
2025-08-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Walk among the Blooms!
Come walk through acres of brilliantly colored sunflowers during annual Sunflower Days Festival at Rader Family Farms. You do not want to miss these special weekends. There will be a variety of sunflowers in different colors, shapes and sizes and a field of incredible zinnias too! Bloom where you are planted!

Complimentary parking in the main Guest Parking lot.
Guest 14 years and younger are required to be accompanied by a paying adult.
There is no outside food/drink permitted
We do not allow outside pets onto the farm.
Smoking/Vaping of any kind is not permitted.
Limited Farm activities will be open.

Sunflower Photography Sessions
2025-08-19 18:00 - 2025-08-24 20:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
Calling all photographers or a group of friends – We’ve got Golden Hour Sunflower Sessions available at Rader Family Farms.
Gather your friends and split the cost of a session. Make it a fun outing filled with laughter and photos you will cherish forever!
Our 3 acres of sunflower fields are the perfect blend of natural light and floral beauty, turning every shot into a masterpiece.
With more than 20 prop spots – you don’t need to bring anything but your camera or cell phone and your smile!!

The Farmstead Fair
2025-08-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

The Farmstead Fair Pop:Up Vendor Market
2025-08-31 10:00 - 15:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Season Passholder - Eat, Stay & Play
2025-09-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Outdoor Activities Daily Status
2025-09-13 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-14 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-17 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-18 10:00 - 18:00 | IL

2025 Fall Season OPENING DAY!
2025-09-13 10:00 - 18:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Corn Maze Daily Status
2025-09-13 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-14 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-17 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-18 10:00 - 18:00 | IL

Pumpkin Barn Daily Status
2025-09-13 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-14 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-17 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-18 10:00 - 18:00 | IL

Grandparents Day at Rader Family Farms
2025-09-14 10:00 - 18:00 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761

Closed Today
2025-09-15 - 2025-09-16 | Rader Family Farms, 1312 Ropp Road, Normal, Illinois, 61761
