Seedstock Producer of the Year || Commercial Producer of the Year || Pioneer Awards || Continuing Service Awards || Ambassador Award || Baker/Cundiff Awards || Roy Wallace Scholarship
2020 Seedstock Producer of the Year
Yon Family Farms, Ridge Spring, South Carolina
2020 Commercial Producer of the Year
Vest Ranches, Childress, Texas
Seedstock and Commercial Producer nominee and finalist video
2020 SEEDSTOCK PRODUCER AWARD NOMINEES
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Bruin Ranch
Owner: Lloyd Harvego
Managers: Joe and Abbee Fischer
Sacramento, California
Gizmo Angus Farm Ltd.
Owners: Ronnie, Debbie, Jacob and Carla Gilmore
Managers: Ronnie and Debbie Gilmore
Molino, Florida
Grund Beef Genetics
Owners/Managers: Donna Grund Family
Sharon Springs, Kansas
Hardee Farms
Owners: The Chris Hardee Family
Manager: Chris Hardee
Chiefland, Florida
Lawrence Family Limousin
Owners: Bruce and Paula Lawrence
Manager: Bruce Lawrence
Anton, Texas
Lone Creek Cattle Company
Owner/Manager: Shane Peed
Lincoln, Nebraska
Loving Farms Inc.
Owners/Managers: Marty Loving and Scott Loving
Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Town Creek Farm
Owner: Milton Sundbeck
President: Joy Reznicek
Managers: Jim Brown – Farm Manager; Cody Glenn – Cow Herd Manager; Clint Ladner – Bull Development Manager; Anne Sutherland – Horse Manager, Records, and Administrative; Antonio Pierce – Bull Feeding; Brice Allsup – Manager, Cow Creek Ranch Division; and Corey White – Cow Herd Manager, Cow Creek Ranch Division
West Point, Mississippi
Yon Family Farms
Owners/Managers: Kevin and Lydia Yon
Ridge Spring, South Carolina
2020 COMMERCIAL PRODUCER AWARD NOMINEES
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Bichelmeyer Land and Cattle
Owners/Managers: Joe & Marty Bichelmeyer and Jim Bichelmeyer
Kansas City, Kansas
Brentwood Farms
Owners: Chip and Misty Burkes
Manager: Trouble Moody
Brent, Alabama
Kempfer Cattle Company
Owner/Manager: The Kempfer Family
Saint Cloud, Florida
M&M Farms
Owner: Danny Martin
Raymond, Mississippi
Vest Ranches — 2020 Commercial Producer of the Year
Owner: Samann Vest-Watkins
Manager: Ty Watkins
Childress, Texas
Paul Bennett, Red House, Virginia
Charles McPeake, Arnoldsville, Georgia
2020 BIF Continuing Service Awards
Donnell Brown, Throckmorton, Texas
David Kirkpatrick, Knoxville, Tennessee
2020 BIF AMBASSADOR
Becky Mills, Cuthbert, Georgia
Johnna Baller, Walden, Colorado, “Use of Commercial Data in Genetic Evaluations.”
Kaitlyn Sarlo Davila, Ft. Myers, Florida, “Genetic Improvement for Thermotolerance in Beef Cattle.”
Katherine Upshaw, Key West, Florida, “Collagen Disorders in Livestock Hide.”
ROY WALLACE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Elle Moon, Creighton, South Dakota
Lindsay Upperman, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania