Louisiana Hereford breeder Dennis White Sr., Slaughter, La., has been in the cattle business for 35 years.

In 1982, while still in college, Dennis began raising cattle with his father. Upon graduation, he took a job with Performance Contractors, and today, 36 years later, is a
project manager for the construction company.

Dennis’s cattle operation began with a commercial herd, which is now Whitebear Farms. In 2003 his children began showing Hereford cattle, which led to establishing Homerun Herefords. Dennis enjoyed many years of his family raising and showing Hereford cattle at local, state and national levels including the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the NAILE. He and his wife, Mary, have since enjoyed attending the NWSS in Denver.

Today, Dennis continues to raise both registered Hereford and commercial cattle. Homerun Herefords consists of a 140-head herd with approximately 80 head of purebred Herefords with 60 being crossed with Brahmans to produce F1 females.

Dennis values the ability to communicate about and to offer Hereford genetics to commercial breeders in the South, as a Hereford-Brahman cross is highly sought after in his region.

Dennis is a member of the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, the East Baton Rouge Cattlemen’s Association and the East Feliciana Cattlemen’s Association. He currently serves as the East Baton Rouge Parish 4-H Foundation board vice president and is also a member of the Zachary United Methodist Church board of trustees.

Dennis and Mary have four children — Dennis White Jr. and his wife, Danielle; Brandy and her husband, Brad; Victoria and her husband, John; and Riley — and five grandchildren.

Elections for the three vacant spots on the AHA Board of Directors will be held Saturday, Oct. 28, at the AHA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo. Dennis represents the Northeast Region.