The management and staff of Star Barn Thoroughbreds at Agrarian Country have the experience to provide you with the quality services you expect. Paul E. Truitt, DVM, is our new General Manager.

Agrarian Country - Where it's all about Agriculture. “Agrarian” means “relating to rural matters; an agrarian (or agricultural) society; farming communities.” Agrarian Country was established in 2006 to promote agriculture through education, the operation of over 40 farms and agri-business enterprises, and tourism. Agrarian Country has acquired approximately 300 acres, located across Interstate-81 from the Regal Heir Farm (now known as Star Barn Thoroughbreds). Agrarian Country also has purchase options on an additional 700 acres.

To best help you understand Agrarian Country's mission, visualize this! Located on a 1,000-acre main campus are more than 40 fully-functioning model agricultural enterprises, each facility developed and overseen by its own industry's management council, each commodity with its own museum and hall of fame, meeting rooms, offices, and other tourist attractions. Now add a comprehensive educational program for each industry, serving farmers and general consumers. The final image is an interactive tourist attraction that includes farm vacations, festivals, cultural events, conferences, shows, and other community events. Agrarian Country's structures will be historically significant, promoting preservation and our rural way of life. Once in operation, Agrarian Country will have created a magnificent showcase for Pennsylvania agriculture, its history, its culture, its way of life, and its future.

About the President of Agrarian Country

The president of Agrarian Country is Dr. Robert S. Barr. Dr. Barr is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a doctorate in Agricultural Education and School Administration. He is an educator, author, speaker, publisher, real estate appraiser, and business entrepreneur. In 1960, Robert Barr was honored by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy as “Top 4-H Youth” in America. Dr. Barr has been a high school educator, taught at The Pennsylvania State University, served as Assistant Executive Director of Intermediate Unit 17, and served two terms on the Board of Directors for The Pennsylvania State University's College of Agriculture Alumni Association. He is a strong proponent of farmland preservation and has provided expert testimony on appraisal, tax reform, “Clean and Green” (agricultural land preservation), and conservation easement programs.

About the General Manager of Star Barn Thoroughbreds at Agrarian Country

Star Barn Thoroughbreds at Agrarian Country is excited and proud to have Dr. Paul E. Truitt as its General Manager. The knowledge and expertise that Dr. Truitt has gained over the years (as an owner, breeder, veterinarian, bloodstock advisor/agent, farm manager, and trainer) will serve our organization well. Our clients, donors, and beneficiaries will benefit from the wide range of professional services that our organization will be able to offer under Dr. Truitt's leadership.

After graduating from Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1972, Dr. Truitt worked with some of North America's leading Thoroughbred breeding and training operations. Dr. Truitt interned with Col. Floyd C. Sager, DVM, and Dr. Walter Kaufman at Claiborne Farms, the world's foremost leader in the Thoroughbred industry. While at Claiborne, Dr. Truitt gained hands-on experience with Claiborne's foaling, breeding, and preventative medicine programs.

Dr. Truitt also served as farm manager, resident vet, and trainer for leading Thoroughbred breeding and training operations at Pen-Mor Farm in New York and Happy Times Farm in Ohio.

Summary of Dr. Truitt's Bloodstock and Training Successes

• Five of twenty partnership yearlings personally selected and trained by Dr. Truitt won stakes races
• Five of 15 mares selected by Dr. Truitt for clients and his partners became stakes producers within a couple of years after acquisition, with four producing stakes winners
• Selected and trained three horses in partnership with Poplar Creek Farm - all stakes winners, including HOPEFUL INTENT, POPLAR ZAR (ran 1/5 second off track record in first start as a two-year old), and HASTY LASS (champion Ohio three-year-old filly with record earnings for a three-year-old Ohio bred filly)
• Selected and trained 14 Thoroughbred yearlings for a client/partner. Six won their first start as two-year-olds, with STELLAR LIGHT winning a stakes race against the boys in her first start. Stalwart Dancer won by 10 lengths while running 1/5 second off track record at Churchill Downs her first start, and finished second by a nose in the $200,000 Bassinette Stakes in her next start. Five of the 14 horses, including Belladonte and Lady Rose, won or placed in stakes races
• Selected MISS HITCH, winner of her first stakes race, three days after her acquisition from a public auction
• Selected Belle de Jour for a client and recommended her mating to Buckaroo, which produced Horse of the Year, SPEND A BUCK, with then world record earnings of $4,220,689
• Managed Brass Tack Racing Stable and bought, trained, and raced three Thoroughbred horses, all outstanding runners, including STARK DUSTER, a stakes winner of $200K