Tennessee Cattle Business - March 2023

WHEN PERFORMANCE MATTERS - Most cattle are sold by the pound - performance you can measure matters.

WHEN MATERNAL MATTERS - Breeding early and raising a big calf year after year is #1 factor for profitability

WHEN CARCASS MATTERS - A positive eating experience for the consumer influences our industry. End product value matters directly and indirectly.

WHEN PRODUCTION MATTERS - Grassy Valley - Over 50 years of selection for what matters!!!

When the world needs you most, you give your all for your work. And for that, TriGreen thanks you. We’re honored to provide our attentive support, expertise and tried and true agriculture equipment to our Tennessee cattlemen, so you can do what you do best.

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YOUTH AWARDS BANQUET

SPONSORED BY KUBOTA TRACTOR CORPORATION

The fifth annual Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association (TCA) Youth Awards Banquet was held on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at the Lane Agri-Park in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The event was sponsored by Kubota Tractor Corporation. Nearly 200 Tennessee Cattlemen’s Youth Association (TCYA) members, parents, and industry supporters gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the youth award winners.

Over 35 youth were recognized for their achievements in the 2022 Tennessee’s Top Tier sponsored by Merck Animal Health program. Additionally, over 10 youth members were recognized as recipients of the TCA/Farm Credit Mid-America Youth Beef Heifer Initiative scholarship, TCA Outstanding Youth Award, and TCA educational scholarships. One highlight of the banquet was the presentation by Warren Beeler, agriculture advocate, renowned livestock judge, and respected former Kentucky state leader. Beeler shared an inspirational message as he spoke about life lessons he has learned from raising, showing, and judging livestock.

For the fifth year, the TCA Youth Awards Banquet was a fun filled event with fellowship and celebration. The future is bright for the cattle industry in Tennessee.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS...

Banquet Sponsor

Kubota Tractor Corporation

Tennessee’s Top Tier Title Sponsor

Merck Animal Health

Youth Beef Heifer Initiative Sponsor

Farm Credit Mid-America

Outstanding Youth Award Sponsor

Oakdale Farms

Diamond Sponsors

United Farm & Home Coop Gallagher

Gold Sponsors

Champion Show Supply

Carter Cove Graphics

McWherter Farms

Tennessee Farmers Cooperative

Trans Ova Genetics

UT Animal Science

Silver Sponsors

Green River Embryo Transfer

M&M Cattle

Bronze Sponsors

Perkins Family Cattle

West Tennessee Angus Association

Northwest Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association

Umbarger Show Feeds

Swallows Insurance Agency

Tennessee Shorthorn Association

Friend of TCYA

Lascassas Feed Supply

DS Farms

Tennessee CattleWomen’s Association

RuthAnn Johns with Rx3 Livestock

Shady Bottom Ranch

Freebird Farms

Tennessee Hereford Association

Higgins Farms

Tennessee Angus Association

Jared Hart

Cedar Forrest Farms

Angus

1: Weston Rowlett

2: Allison Davis

Charolais

1: Jake Ozburn

Chi

1: Kelbie Rowlett

Commercial

1: Cole Lehnert

2: Caden Delaney

Hereford

1: Sydney Cherry

2: Sydney Cherry

Top 5 Overall Heifers

Show Heifer of the Year, Weston Rowlett; 2nd Overall

Maggie Potter; 3rd Overall Gracie Giles; 4th Overall Maggie Lamon; 5th Overall Allison Davis (not pictured)

Top 5 Tennessee Bred Heifers

High Point TN Bred

Heifer Allison Davis (not pictured); 2nd Jake Ozburn; 3rd Jackson Overbay; 4th Kelbie Rowlett; 5th Gracie Giles

Top 5 Senior Level I Showmanship

1st Gracie Giles; 2nd Lila Sims; 3rd Evan Jackson; 4th Remi Gardner (tie); 4th Maggie Lamon (tie); 5th Dani Wares (not pictured)

Top 5 Junior Showmanship

1st Parker Staley; 2nd Place Jackson Overbay; 3rd Place Emeri

Whipple; 4th Place

Jaclyn Thomas; 5th Place Bristol Cherry

Breed Winners (Heifers)

Top 5 Overall Steers

Show Steer of the Year Collin Cook; 2nd Overall Kate Lamon; 3rd Gracie Giles; 4th Overall Dani Wares (not pictured); 5th Overall Remi Gardner (tie); 5th Overall Weston Rowlett (tie)

Top 5 Senior Level II Showmanship

1st Weston Rowlett; 2nd Eli Mundy; 3rd Allison Davis (not pictured); 4th Sarah Beth Callicott; 5th Foster Wingler

Top 5 Junior High Showmanship

1st Avery Rowlett; 2nd Clay Pitcock; 3rd Jake Ozburn; 4th Lucas Berner; 5th Joseph Henry

Top 5 Explorer Showmanship

1st Kelbie Rowlett; 2nd Place Maggie Potter; 3rd Place Tillman Staley; 4th Place Lona Sims; 5th Place Michael Barnett (not pictured)

Limousin

1: Jake Ozburn

Red Angus

1: Gage Giffey

2: Gavin Giffey (tie)

2: Addysyn Spangler (tie)

2: Addysyn Spangler (tie)

Shorthorn

1: Jaclyn Thomas

2: Jackson Overbay

Shorthorn Plus

1: Maggie Potter

2: Gracie Giles

Simmental

1: Evan Jackson

2: Evan Jackson

Percentage

Simmental

1: Maggie Lamon

2: Gracie Giles

TCA OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD

TCA OUTSTANDING

Division (l-r) FCMA Representative, Amy Olt; 2nd place, Caden Delaney; 1st place, RuthAnn Johns; TCA PresidentElect, Gary Dering

Junior High Division (l-r) FCMA Representative, Amy Olt; 2nd place, Ethan Giles; 1st place, Hannah-Jane Davis; TCA PresidentElect, Gary Dering

Youth Division (l-r) FCMA Representative, Amy Olt; 2nd place, Morgan Shamblin; 1st place, Tommi Joy Hensley; TCA President-Elect, Gary Dering

Division (l-r) FCMA Representative, Amy Olt; 2nd place, Caden Delaney; 1st place, RuthAnn Johns; TCA PresidentElect, Gary Dering

FCMA Representative, Giles; 1st place, Hannah-Jane

Friend

Cattle

Rockingham Co. Fairgrounds

Sales • Industry Trade Show • Youth Events

We raise cattle and sell beef. We figured out how to raise cattle in an all-natural environment. We are GAP Step 4, no antibiotics ever. It’s not accidental that you can raise cattle like that and not have problems with illness. When we first started, we had our share of difficulties in those activities. And then we learned over time how to do things in a way that we could keep them all natural.

We were experiencing death loss of 2 or 3%. We thought we had a pretty robust vaccination protocol using brand name vaccines, modified lives, doing about everything you could do. Then Dr. Monty Kerley, from the University of Missouri, who I have the greatest respect for, and I got to know because of the BIF affiliation, put me on Endovac.

Dr. Kerley said “That stuff really works and it’s not only good on Salmonella but it also confers some feed efficiency.” So we added Endovac into our protocol of vaccinations. We started using Endovac when bringing in feeder cattle from different people as well as using it on our own. All I can tell you, and you’re probably going to think I’m lying, but now we only run about a quarter percent death loss, keeping them all natural the whole way through. We are audited by a third party for those claims. We just don’t have much illness. This vaccine works!

We don’t even think about not using Endovac… it works that well! We use it on our breeding herd and on the feeder cattle we buy from people. It’s a great product and it’s very cost effective. I can’t give you all the scientific explanations behind Endovac, but coupling it with all the other vaccinations we use, keeps our cattle healthy. We haven’t had a problem with foot rot either… maybe one case in ten years. If it’s card-carrying pinkeye, where they just randomly develop it without some kind of injury, we don’t have it! What I understand is that the Endovac is an immune response booster and as a result of that, again, we’re back to the bottom line. We just have a ridiculously low problem with animal health since we’ve been using Endovac. It works! That’s all I can tell you.

- Steve Whitmire, Ridgefield Farm & Brasstown Beef

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