Steve grew up on a combination grain/dairy farm and from the time he could walk spent most of his time in the barn helping his mother milk cows and later managing the milking and care of their 98 Holstein cow herd or working in the fields as he grew older.

In the 1970's he began a commercial hog operation and custom-farmed row crops and hay. Around this time he also joined the Hoosier Hampshire operation with Ed Veenhuizen and later his current wife, Anita, who grew up on a hog farm. From then until the late 1990's they raised and showed registered Hampshire sheep throughout the United States.

In 1988 Gelbvieh cattle joined the sheep operation and were maintained until 1994 when the move to a new farm necessitated dispersal of the cattle as the new ground was not sufficient to maintain them.

In 1998 they switched from the Hampshire sheep to raising and selling fullblood and percentage Boer goat breeding and show stock and show wethers along with guard llamas. They showed breeding stock throughout the US for many years. In 2010 they reached a major goal when named Premier Breeder at the North American International Livestock Exhibition. The last year they showed was 2018 and in 2020 they began dispersing Boer goat numbers. In 2022 they sold the prolific breeding buck, Executive Decision along with a large group of does, and later that year sold their last Boer goats.

In 2019 they purchased a group of DNA tested and registered Spanish goats, which were an endangered species at the time and proceeded to raise and sell both registered and commercial Spanish goats. The SNA Farms operation is listed as Certified Gold Goat Breeders. In 2025 the sold a large group of Spanish does to Kedrick Miller, as well as several other individual sales which cut their numbers down from over 250 to just 30 Spanish goats

Their youngest son, Nate, who is part of our goat operation started his own Boer goat program, called D2 Boer Goats, when he started his family. He and his children raise and show Boer goats.

Steve always wears bib overalls, whether he is grooming or in the show ring. Most people have heard of him even if they don't recognize him. Steve grew up on a dairy farm, milking 100 head of Holstein cattle, and farming. As a youth he showed dairy cattle and was supreme showman. After high school, he raised hogs, in addition to managing the cattle and crops. Steve is knowledgeable about livestock. He also has a natural "eye" and can pick out good stock regardless of or species breed. He is also very good at identifying livestock that is not feeling well, which really helped with the sheep that can die before you can treat them, and also with the goats. He has graded cattle for livestock markets and also worked in them part time when the farm was slow. He did a video on dehorning goats with USDA several years ago.

Steve has only touched a computer once and that was with his elbow while reading the newspaper. He wiped out the entire desktop in the process. When you send an email to Steve, it gets printed and he reads the hard copy. Then, most likely, he'll pick up the phone and call you. He doesn't do voice mail either and is often in dead zones for cell service. If you really need to talk to him and he doesn't answer - call or text Anita. She'll know where he is.

Anita grew up on a hog and crop production farm. She has degrees in biology and chemistry with several minors including creative writing, philosophy, history, French, physics, sociology and post grad work in clinical psychology. She also did research in nutrition, has extensive experience in database management and artificial intelligence which is used to manage recordkeeping for the farm operation. She recently retired from the Executive Director position for the American Goat Federation. She and Steve are founding members and she joined the board in 2012 where she served as secretary/treasurer and then President before stepping down from the board to become Executive Director. She recently retired from that position after serving for 8 years. She owns and operates ATD Stuff, a management consulting, IT interface and website design company.

In 1998 Steve purchased their first 5 head of Boer Goats from an Indiana breeder. In the early years, foundation does not raised at S&A Farms have come straight off specific ranches in Texas, beginning with the Sudderths of Bodacious Boers who were helpful in getting a good start. Because the focus has been on percentage does, it has been very easy to build a high quality breeding flock. Currently, productivity and repeatability are emphasized, with the majority of goats born and raised at the farm. The full blood does at S&A Farms are mostly descendants of the early Boers crossed between those imported from South Africa and New Zealand.
During the 80's and 90's Steve and Anita raised Hampshire sheep and sold range rams, show sheep and breeding stock throughout the US. In 1989 they entered their first ram in the Indiana Stud Ram Test. This ram had an average daily rate of gain of 1.63 lbs, setting a record that has not been beaten. They also were very active in the showring throughout the U.S. Their last year showing sheep they slick sheared all their Hamps, but even then their Yearling Ewe was reserve champion overall. Steve was well known for the pranks he would pull on other breeders.