Seedstock Producer of the Year Award Honor Roll

The following list contains nominees for the BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year Award. Each year's winner(s) is listed first and highlighted in bold.

2021

Cow Camp Ranch, Lost Springs, Kansas
Loving Farms Inc., Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Nextgen Cattle Co., Paxico, Kansas
Woodhill Farms, Viroqua, Wisconsin

2020

Yon Family Farms, Ridge Spring, South Carolina
Bruin Ranch, Sacramento, California
Gizmo Angus Farm Ltd., Molino, Florida
Grund Beef Genetics, Sharon Springs, Kansas
Hardee Farms, Chiefland, Florida
Lawrence Family Limousin, Anton, Texas
Lone Creek Cattle Company, Lincoln, Nebraska
Loving Farms Inc., Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Town Creek Farm, West Point, Mississippi

2019

Hinkson Angus Ranch, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Hager Cattle Company, North Dakota
Jungels Shorthorn Farms, North Dakota

2018

Van Newkirk Herefords, Oshkosh, Nebraska
Altenburg Super Baldy, Colorado
J H Graydon Farm, Alabama
Jungels Shorthorn, Farms North Dakota
Wedel Beef Genetics, Kansas

2017

Hunt Limousin Ranch, Oxford, Neb.
Barrett Cattle, Grantville, Kan.
Gates Limousin Ranch, Roscoe, Mont.
Hillside Angus Farm, Albertville, Ala.
Suhn Cattle Co., Eureka, Kan.
Waukaru Farms, Rensselaer, Ind.

2016

Shaw Cattle Company, Caldwell, Idaho
Brink Livestock, Piedmont, Kan.
Hunt Limousin Ranch, Oxford, Neb.
Little Creek Farm, Starkville, Miss.
Mill Brae Ranch, Maple Hill, Kan.
Turner Farm, Harvest, Ala.

2015

McCurry Angus Ranch, Burrton, Kan.
CK Cattle, Hope Hull, Ala.
Diamond Peak Cattle Co., Craig, Colo.
Journagan Ranch/Missouri State University, Mountain Grove, Mo.
Prairie View Farms, Gridley, Ill.

2014

Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, Neb.
Marshall Cattle Company, Burlington, Colo.
Shelton Angus Farm, Gretna, Va.
Wedel Red Angus, Leoti, Kan.
Wells Farm, Selma, Ala.

2013

Bradley 3 Ranch, Memphis, Texas
Coyote Hills Ranch, Chattanooga, Okla.
Hunt Limousin Ranch, Oxford, Neb.
Little Windy Hill Farms, Max Meadows, Va.
Lyons Ranch, Manhattan, Kan.
Murphy’s Angus, Illiopolis, Ill.

2012

V8 Ranch, Boling, Texas
Bianchi Ranches, Gilroy, Calif.
EJ Shepherd Charolais, Stuart, Iowa
HeartBrand Beef, Harwood, Texas
Hounshell Farms, Wytheville, Va.
Liberty Ranch, Plainville, Kan.
McCurry Bros. Angus, Sedgwick, Kan.
Perks Ranch, Rockford, Ill.
Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, Neb.
Springfield Angus, Louisburg, N.C.
Tanner Farms, Ellisville, Miss.
Williams Angus Farm, Newton, Ala.

2011

Mushrush Red Angus, Strong City, Kan.
Bar T Bar Ranch, Winslow, Ariz.
GV Limousin, Garnett, Kan.
Jungels Shorthorn Farms, Kathryn, N.D.
McDonald Farms, Blacksburg, Va.
Monogram Farms, Terry, Miss.
Panther Creek Angus, Bowen, Ill.
Ridgefield Farm, Brasstown, N.C.
Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, Neb.
Sunshine Farms, Clanton, Ala.

2010

Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan.
Circle Ranch, Ione, Calif.
Edgerwood Angus, West Point, Va.
McBee Cattle Co., Fayette, Mo.
Rincker Simmentals, Shelbyville, Ill.
Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, Neb.
Spring Creeks Cattle Co., Wauzeka, Wis.
Windy Hill Angus Farm, Boaz, Ala.

2009

Champion Hill, Bidwell, Ohio
Harrell Hereford Ranch, Baker City, Ore.
Calyx Star Ranch, Shuqualak, Miss.
Gibbs Farms, Ranburne, Ala.
Musgrave Angus, Griggsville, Ill.
Oak Meadow Farm Simmentals, Harmony, Minn.
Oak Ridge Angus, Calistoga, Calif.
Quaker Hill Farm, Louisa, Va.
Skarda Farms, Afton, Iowa
Stucky Ranch, Kingman, Kan.

2008

TC Ranch, Neb.
Andras Stock Farm, Illinois
Croissant Red Angus, Colorado
Harms Plainview Ranch, Kansas
Little Mountain Farm, Alabama
C.H. Morris & Sons, Virginia
Nolin Red Angus, Iowa
Schott Limousin Ranch, South Dakota
Thomas Ranch, South Dakota

2007

Pelton Simmental, Kansas
5L Red Angus, Montana
Bridle Bit Simmentals, Colorado
Echo Ridge Farm, Virginia
Heartland Cattle. Co., Iowa
Lindskov-Thiel Ranch, South Dakota
Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Oklahoma
TC Ranch, Nebraska
Tinney Farms, Alabama
Tomlinson Farms, Illinois

2006

Sauk Valley Angus, Illinois
Benoit Angus Ranch, Kansas
Champion Hill, Ohio
EE Ranches Inc., Mississippi
Earhart Farms, Wyoming
Figure 4 Cattle Co./Volk Ranch LLLP, Colorado
Lawler Farm, Alabama
Powder Creek Simmentals, Georgia
Quaker Hill Farm LLC, Virginia
Thomas Charolais Inc., Texas
Vorthmann Limousin, Iowa
Waukaru Farms Inc., Indiana

2005

Rishel Angus, Nebraska
Altenburg Super Baldy, Colorado
Bar S Ranch, Kansas
Ellis Farms, Illinois
Ingram Cattle Co., Mississippi
Moore Farms, Alabama
Morrison Stock Farm, Ohio
Pangburn Stock Farm, Iowa
Rogers Bar HR, Mississippi
Soldiers' Hill Angus Farm, Virginia
Sunnyhill Angus Farm, Illinois
Waukaru Farms Inc., Indiana

2004

Camp Cooley Ranch, Texas
Adams Angus Farm, Alabama
Byland Polled Shorthorns, Ohio
Eaton Charolais, Montana
Flat Branch Cattle Co., Illinois
Judd Ranch Inc., Kansas
Rausch Herefords, South Dakota
Reynolds Ranch, Colorado
Silveira Brothers Angus and Diversified Farming, California
Symens Brothers Limousin, South Dakota
Touchstone Angus, Wyoming
Triple U Ranch, Iowa

2003

Moser Ranch, Kansas
Bedwell Charolais, Iowa
Boyd Farm, Alabama
Camp Cooley Ranch, Texas
Hilltop Ranch, Texas
Mystic Hill Farms, Virginia
Pingetzer's Six Iron Ranch, Wyoming
San Isabel Ranch, Colorado
Shamrock Vale Farms, Ohio

2002

Circle A Ranch, Missouri
DeBruycker Charolais, Montana
Ellis Farms, Illinois
Holly Hill Farm, Virginia
Isa Cattle Co. Inc., Texas
Lyons Ranch, Kansas
Noller and Frank Charolais, Iowa
Rishel Angus, Nebraska
Running Creek Ranch, Colorado
Shamrock Angus, Wyoming
Stewart Angus, Indiana
Triple "M" Farm, Alabama

2001

Eddie L. Sydenstricker, Missouri
Bob & Nedra Funk, Oklahoma
Steve Hillman & Family, Illinois
George W. Lemm & Marvin & Katheryn Robertson, Virginia
Tom Lovell, Alabama
McAllen Ranch, Texas
Kevin, Jessica & Emily Moore, Texas
Blane & Cindy Nagel, South Dakota
Don & Priscilla Nielsen, Colorado
Dale, Don & Mike Spencer, Nebraska
Ken Stielow & Family, Kansas

2000

Galen, Lori & Megan Fink, Kansas
Ralph Blalock Sr., Ralph Blalock Jr. & David Blalock, North Carolina
Larry & Jean Croissant, Colorado
John C. Curtin, Illinois
Harlin & Susan Hecht, Minnesota
Banks & Margo Herndon, Alabama
Kent Klineman & Steve Munger, South Dakota
Jim & Janet Listen, Wyoming
Mike & T.K. McDowell, Virginia
Vaughn Meyer & Family, South Dakota
Blane & Cindy Nagel, South Dakota
John & Betty Rotert, Missouri
Alan & Deb Vedvei, South Dakota

1999

John Kluge, Virginia
Kelly & Lori Darr, Wyoming
Kent Klineman & Steve Munger, South Dakota
Kramer Farms, Illinois
Noller & Frank Charolais, Iowa
Lynn & Gary Pelton, Kansas
Rausch Herefords, South Dakota
Duane Schieffer & Terry O'Neill, Montana
Tony Walden, Alabama

1998

Dick & Bonnie Helms, Nebraska
James D. Bennett Family, Virginia
Airey Family, Man., Canada
Dallis & Tammy Basel, South Dakota
Dave & Cindy Judd, Kansas
Duane L. Kruse Family, Illinois
Earl & Nedra McKarns, Ohio
Abigail & Mark Nelson, California
Tom Shaw, Idaho
Wilbur & Melva Stewart, Alta., Canada
Adrian Weaver & Family, Colorado

1997

Bob & Gloria Thomas, Oregon
Nicholas Wehrmann & Richard McClung, Virginia
Alan Albers, Kansas
Gregg & Diane Butman, Minnesota
Blaine & Pauline Canning, Canada
Jim & JoAnn Enos, Illinois
Harold Pate, Alabama
E. David Pease, Canada
Juan Reyes, Wyoming
James I. Smith, North Carolina
Darrel Spader, South Dakota

1996

Frank Felton, Missouri
D. Borgen & B. McCulloh, Wisconsin
Chris & John Christensen, South Dakota
Galen & Lori Fink, Kansas
Cam, Spike & Sally Forbes, Wyoming
Mose & Dave Hebbert, Nebrskaa
C. Knight & B. Jacobs, Oklahoma
Robert C. Miller, Minnesota
Gerald & Lois Neher, Illinois
C.W. Pratt, Virginia
Frank Schiefelbein, Minnesota
Ingrid & Willy Volk, North Carolina
William A. Womack Jr., Alabama

1995

Tom & Carolyn Perrier, Kansas
Bobby Aldridge, North Carolina
Gene Bedwell, Iowa
Gordon & Mary Ann Booth, Wyoming
Ward Burroughs, California
Chris & John Christensen, South Dakota
Mary Howe deZerega, Virginia
Maurice Grogan, Minnesota
Donald J. Hargrave, Canada
Howard & JoAnne Hillman, South Dakota
Mack, Billy & Tom Maples, Alabama
Mike McDowell, Virginia
John Robbins, Montana
Thomas Simmons, Virginia

1994

Richard Janssen, Kansas
Ken & Bonnie Bieber, South Dakota
John Blankers, Minnesota
Jere Caldwell, Kentucky
Mary Howe diZerega, Virginia
Ron & Wayne Hanson, Canada
Bobby F. Hayes, Alabama
Buell Jackson, Iowa
Bruce Orvis, California
John Pfeiffer Family, Oklahoma
Calvin & Gary Sandmeier, South Dakota
Dave Taylor/ Gary Parker, Wyoming

1993

R.A. "Rob" Brown, Texas
J. David Nichols, Iowa
Norman Bruce, Illinois
Wes & Fran Cook, North Carolina
Clarence, Elaine & Adam Dean, South Carolina
D. Eldridge & Y. Adcock, Oklahoma
Joseph Freund, Colorado
R.B. Jarrell, Tennessee
Rueben, Leroy & Bob Littau, South Dakota
J. Newbill Miller, Virginia
Miles P. "Buck" Pangburn, Iowa
Lynn Pelton, Kansas
Collin Sander, South Dakota
Ted Seely, Wyoming
Harrell Watts, Alabama
Bob Zarn, Minnesota

1992

Leonard Wulf & Sons, Minnesota
Francis & Karol Bormann, Iowa
Glenn Brinkman, Texas
Bob Buchanan Family, Oregon
Tom & Ruth Clark, Virginia
A.W. Compton Jr., Alabama
Harold Dickson, Missouri
Tom Drake, Oklahoma
Robert Elliott & Sons, Tennessee
Dennis, David & Danny Geffert, Wisconsin
Eugene B. Hook, Minnesota
Dick Montague, California
Bill Rea, Pennsylvania
Calvin & Gary Sandmeier, South Dakota

1991

Summitcrest Farms, Ohio
Richard & Sharon Beitelspacher, South Dakota
Ralph Bridges, Georgia
R.A. Brown, Texas
John Bruner, South Dakota
James Burns & Sons, Wisconsin
Jack & Gini Chase, Wyoming
Jack Cowley, California
R.M. Felt & Sons Farm, Tennessee
Steve & Bill Florshcuetz, Illinois
Dave & Carol Guilford, Canada
James R. O'Neil, Iowa
Tom Sonderup, Nebraska
Jim Taylor, Kansas
Rob & Gloria Thomas, Oregon
Ann Upchurch, Alabama
Larry Wakefield, Minnesota
N. Wehrmann/R. McClung, Virginia

1990

Douglas & Molly Hoff, South Dakota
Burleigh Anderson, Pennsylvania
Boyd Broyles, Kentucky
Larry Earhart, Wyoming
Steven Forrester, Michigan
Doug Fraser, Canada
Gerhard Gueggenberger, California
Richard Janssen, Kansas
Paul E. Keffaber, Indiana
John & Chris Oltman, Wisconsin
John Ragsdale, Kentucky
Otto & Ottis Rincker, Illinois
Charles & Rudy Simpson, Canada
T.D. & Roger Steele, Virginia
Bob Thomas Family, Oregon

1989

Glynn Debter, Alabama
Harry Airey, Canada
Ed Albaugh, California
Jack & Nancy Baker, Missouri
Ron Bowman, North Dakota
Jerry Allen Burner, Virginia
Sherm & Charlie Ewing, Canada
Donald Fawcett, South Dakota
Orrin Hart, Canada
Leonard A. Lorenzen, Oregon
Kenneth D. Lowe, Kentucky
Tom Mercer, Wyoming
Lynn Pelton, Kansas
Lester H. Schafer, Minnesota
Bob R. Whitmire, Georgia

1988

W.T. "Bill" Bennett, Washington
Darold Bauman, Wyoming
Dougals D. Bennett, Texas
Jay P. Book, Illinois
Scott Burtner, Virginia
Glynn Debter, Alabama
Kenneth Gillig, Missouri
William Glanz, Wyoming
Don & Diane Guilford & David & Carol Guilford, Canada
Leonard Lorenzen, Oregon
David Luhman, Minnesota
Donn & Sylvia Mitchell, Canada
Gino Pedretti, California
Hansell Pile, Kentucky
George Schlickau, Kansas
Hans Ulrich, Canada
Robert E. Walton, Washington

1987

Henry Gardiner, Kansas
Tommy Branderberger, Texas
James Bush, South Dakota
Forrest Byergo, Missouri
Clayton Canning, Canada
Lyall Edgerton, Canada
Gary Klein, North Dakota
Larry D. Leonhardt, Wyoming
Harold E. Pate, Illinois
Ivan & Frank Rincker, Illinois
Charles & Wynder Smith, Georgia
R.J. Steward & P.C. Morrissey, Minnesota
Eldon & Richard Wiese, Minnesota

1986

Leonard Lodden, North Dakota
Clifford & Bruce Betzold, Illinois
Glenn L. Brinkman, Texas
Jack & Gini Chase, Wyoming
Henry & Jeanette Chitty, Florida
Evin & Verne Dunn, Canada
Lawrence H. Graham, Kentucky
A. Lloyd Grau, New Mexico
Matthew Warren Hall, Alabama
Gerald Hoffman, South Dakota
Delton W. Hubert, Kansas
Dick & Ellie Larson, Wisconsin
Ralph McDanolds, Virginia
Roy D. McPhee, California
W.D. Morris & James Pipkin, Missouri
Richard J. Putman, North Carolina
R.J. Steward & P.C. Morrissey, Pennsylvania
Clarence VanDyke, Montana
John H. Wood, South Carolina
Leonard Wulf, Minnesota

1985

Ric Hoyt, Oregon
Everett & Ron Batho, Canada
Gordon Booth, Wyoming
Glenn L. Brinkman, Texas
George B. Halterman, West Virginia
Fred Killam, Illinois
Marvin Knowles, California
David McGehee, Kentucky
J. Newbill Miller, Virginia
Bernard F. Pedretti, Wisconsin
Tom Perrier, Kansas
R.C. Price, Alabama
Earl Schafer, Minnesota
Don W. Schoene, Missouri
Arnold Wienk, South Dakota

1984

Lee Nichols, Iowa
Phillip A. Abrahamson, Minnesota
Ron Beiber, South Dakota
Jerry Chappel, Virginia
Charles W. Druin, Kentucky
Jack Farmer, California
John B. Green, Louisiana
Ric Hoyt, Oregon
Fred H. Johnson, Ohio
Earl Kindig, Virginia
Glen Klippenstein, Missouri
A. Harvey Lemmon, Georgia
Lawrence Meyer, Illinois
Donn & Sylvia Mitchell, Canada
Clair K. Parcel, Kansas
Joe C. Powell, North Carolina
Floyd Richard, North Dakota
Robert L. Sitz, Montana

1983

Bill Borror, California
C. Ancel Armstrong, Kansas
Charles E. Boyd, Kentucky
John Bruner, South Dakota
Leness Hall, Washington
Ric Hoyt, Oregon
E.A. Keithley, Missouri
J. Earl Kindig, Missouri
Jake Larson, North Dakota
Harvey Lemmon, Georgia
Frank Myatt, Iowa
Stanley Nesemeier, Illinois
Russ Pepper, Montana
Robert H. Schafer, Minnesota
D. John & Lebert Shultz, Missouri
Alex Stauffer, Wisconsin

1982

A.F. "Frankie" Flint, New Mexico
Joseph S. Bray, Kentucky
David A. Breiner, Kansas
Gary & Gerald Carlson, N.S., Canada
Clare Geddes, Canada
Harlin Hechr, Minnesota
William Kottwitz, Missouri
Howard Krof, Minnesota
Larry Leonhardt, Montana
Garlod Parks, Iowa
Orville Stangl, South Dakota
Bob Thomas, Oregon
W.B. Williams, Illinois

1981

Bob Dickinson, Kansas
Myron Aultfathr, Minnesota
Roy Beeby, Oklahoma
Clarence Burch, Oklahoma
Clayton Canning, Canada
G.W. Cronwell, Iowa
Russ Denowh, Montana
J. Morgan Donelson, Missouri
Lynn Frey, North Dakota
Dwight Houff, Virginia
James Leachman, Montana
Jack Ragsdale, Kentucky
Herman Schaefer, Illinois
Bob & Gloria Thomas, Oregon
Harold Thompson, Washington

1980

Bill Wolfe, Oregon
Donald Barton, Utah
James Bryany, Minnesota
Floyd Dominy, Virginia
Frank Felton, Missouri
Blythe Gardner, Utah
Frank Hay, Canada
Mark Keffeler, South Dakota
Bob Laflin, Kansas
John Masters, Kentucky
Richard McLaughlin, Illinois
Paul Mydland, Montana
Charlie Richards, Iowa
Richard Tokach, North Dakota
Roy & Don Udelhoven, Wisconsin

1979

Jim Wolfe, Nebraska
Peg Allen, Montana
Glenn & David Gibb, Illinois
Rex & Joann James, Iowa
Del Krumwied, North Dakota
Floyd Mette, Missouri
Jack Ragsdale, Kentucky
Leo Schuster Family, Minnesota
Frank & Jim Wilson, South Dakota
Jim Wolf, Nebraska
Bill Wolfe, Oregon

1978

James D. Bennett, Virginia
George Becker, North Dakota
Larry Berg, Iowa
L.C. Chestnut, Washington
Buddy Cobb, Montana
Jack Delaney, Minnesota
A.L. Frau
Frank Harpster, Missouri
Healey Brothers, Oklahoma
Roy Hunt, Pennsylvania
Bill Wolfe, Oregon
Bill Womack Jr., Alabama

1977

Glen Burrows, New Mexico
Harold Anderson, South Dakota
William Borrow, California
Robert Browns, Texas
Henry & Jeanette Chitty, New Mexico
Tom Dashiell, Washington
Lloyd Debruycker, Montana
Wayne Eshelman, Washington
Hubert R. Freise, North Dakota
Floyd Hawkins, Missouri
Marshall A. Mohler, Indiana
Clair Percel, Kansas
Frank Ramackers Jr., Nebraska
Loren Schlipf, Illinois
Tom & Mary Shaw, Idaho
Bob Sitz, Montana
Bill Wolfe, Oregon
James Volz, Minnesota

1976

Jorgensen Brothers, South Dakota
Ancel Armstrong, Virginia
Jackie Davis, California
Sam Friend, Missouri
Healey Brothers, Oklahoma
Stan Lund, Montana
Gerhard Mittnes, Kansas
Jay Pearson, Idaho
Dale Porter, Iowa
Robert Sallstrom, Minnesota
M.D. Shepherd, North Dakota
Lowellyn Tewksbury, North Dakota

1975

Leslie J. Holden, Montana
Jack Cooper, Montana
Robert Arbuthnot, Kansas
Glenn Burrows, New Mexico
Louis Chestnut, Washington
George Chiga, Oklahoma
Howard Collins, Missouri
Joseph P. Dittmer, Iowa
Dale Engler, Kansas
Robert D. Keefer, Montana
Frank Kubik Jr., North Dakota
Licking Angus Farm, Nebraska
Walter S. Markham, California

1974

Carlton Corbin, Oklahoma
Burwell M. Bates, Oklahoma
Marvin Bohmont, Nebraska
Bert Crame, California
Charles Descheemacker, Montana
Wilfred Dugan, Missouri
Bobby Lawrence, Georgia
Maurice Mitchell, Minnesota
J. David Nichols, Iowa
Bert Sackman, North Dakota
Dover Sindelar, Montana

1973

Mrs. R. W. Jones Jr., Georgia
Clyde Barks, North Dakota
William F. Borror, California
Heathman Herefords, Washington
James D. Hemmingsen, Iowa
C. Scott Holden, Montana
Messersmith Herefords, Nebraska
Raymond Meyer, South Dakota
Robert Miller, Minnesota
Albert West III, Texas

1972

John Crowe, California
James D. Bennett, Virginia
Dale H. Davis, Montana
Harold A. Demorest, Ohio
Billy L. Easley, Kentucky
Elliot Humphrey, Arizona
Marshall A. Mohler, Indiana
Jerry Moore, Ohio

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