August 23, 2017
Fifty-four Hereford breeders achieved Gold TPR™ (Total Performance Records) status for fall 2017. The Gold TPR Breeder recognition is presented to progressive Hereford breeders who have measured traits and collected and promptly submitted performance data …
Fifty-four Hereford breeders achieved Gold TPR™ (Total Performance Records) status for fall 2017.
The Gold TPR Breeder recognition is presented to progressive Hereford breeders who have measured traits and collected and promptly submitted performance data at all levels of production.
The Gold TPR program was established was to recognize those breeders who go the extra mile to collect data at all levels of production and to report that data in a timely manner. Since the program’s inception in 2005, Hereford breeders have increased their data collection efforts.
Breeders must meet a specific set of requirements in order to be eligible for the program. They are:
• Submit herd inventory prior to date inventory surcharge goes into effect.
• Complete reporting of calving ease and reproductive status for each dam on inventory.
• Complete reporting of birth weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.
• Complete reporting of weaning weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.
• Complete reporting of yearling weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.
• Complete reporting of scrotal measurements for each bull calf with a recorded yearling weight.
• Report ultrasound data on 25% or more of the calf crop.
Note: For weaning and yearling weights, disposal codes are accepted if the animal has been removed from the herd.
The following Hereford breeders were recognized as fall 2017 Gold TPR Breeders, organized by state:
Alabama
Sul-Tay Polled Herefords, Elrod
Arkansas
David and Juanita Jennings, Rogers
Triple S Ranch, De Queen
California
Lambert Ranch, Oroville
Gino Pedretti, El Nido
Snedden Herefords, Maricopa
Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa
Florida
Evergreen Polled Herefords, Old Town
Georgia
Roy Barnes, Marietta
Gary Hedrick, Marietta
Innisfail Farm, Madison
Idaho
Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell
Illinois
Beever Family Herefords, Mansfield
Indiana
Charles Robison, Mulberry
Iowa
K7 Herefords, Lockridge
Kansas
Brannan & Reinhardt, Otis
Frank Hug & Sons, Scranton
Kevin Jensen, Courtland
Oleen Bros., Dwight
Kentucky JMS Polled Herefords, Knifley
W.C. Norris Jr., Burkesville
Mississippi
McBride Cattle Co. LLC, Courtland
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State
Missouri
Circle K Farms, Deerfield
L III Farms, Rogersville
Thomas Family Herefords, Trenton
Montana
Holden Herefords, Valier
Nebraska
Monahan Cattle Co., Hyannis
Nevada
Genoa Livestock LLC, Minden
North Carolina
Ruckus Hill Farms-Smith, Statesville
Ohio
Rex Bradford, St. Marys
Douglas Banks, Hamilton
NS Polled Herefords, Shaker Heights
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Pribil, Hennessey
Tennessee
Stan East, Carthage
Walker Polled Hereford Farm, Morrison
Stan Webster, Chestnut Mound
Texas
Eric Daniels, Dalhart
Vernie and Shiloh Doehring, Rockdale
Doyle Hereford Ranch, Garland
Flying S Herefords, Dallas
Indian Mound Ranch, Canadian
Kinnear Polled Herefords, Joshua
Noack Herefords, LLC, Rockdale
P&J Polled Herefords, La Vernia
Still River Ranch, Van Alstyne
Texas 2T Farm, Nacogdoches
Virginia
Bay Brook Farm, Dabneys
Deer Track Farm, Spotsylvania
Fields Edge Herefords, Floyd
Harkey Family Farms, Patrick Springs
Judson Lester, Axton
VA Polytechnic, Blacksburg
West Virginia
Five Star Polled Herefords, Smithville