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2018 SPGCA Field Day

GREAT NEWS! The 10th Annual SPGCA Field Day will be hosted by Mike & Mary Wilbers at Wilbers Farm in Bonnots Mill, Missouri on June 29th-30th, 2018. Be sure to visit the 2018 Field Day webpage for updates.

New Re-Designed Website

Greetings! Welcome to the new re-designed SPGCA website. I hope you all enjoy the new layout of the website. If you have any technical questions, please feel free to contact me directly using the following form. All website suggestions and...Read More

Farming is an Agreeable Way of Life

According to National Agriculture Statistics Service, Marshall County is home to 1,505 farms that produce chickens, cattle, pigs, vegetables, fruit and more. Farming is an essential industry. As the bumper sticker declares, “No farms, no food.” Beyond essentiality, farming is a way...Read More

Online Cattle Auction

Bent Tree Farms is currently holding an online cattle auction right here at the South Poll website. You do NOT have to be a member of the South Poll Grass Cattle Association to enter a bid. When you arrive at...Read More

Sale at Voss Farm

Voss Land & Cattle Co. will be offering between 20 and 40 females for sale on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the farm near Linn, Mo. Note that this is a change from the date originally announced. Please watch this website and...Read More

Benefit Auction – October 17, 2016

For sale on an online auction Oct 17, 2016. Lot 44: 10 units of Bonafide semen shipped anywhere in the U.S. donated by Sassafras Valley Ranch. The benefit auction is for The Eastern Oklahoma State Livestock Judging Team of which South...Read More

Utah Rancher Finds South Polls a Perfect Fit for His Environment

Southern Utah rancher Steve Westhoff has found that South Polls are a perfect fit for his environment. That’s not much short of amazing considering South Polls were bred for the hot, humid weather of the South and Westhoff ranches in...Read More

Teddy Donated Speaking Fee to Fund Special 4-H Contest at LSU

BATON ROUGE, La. – Two Louisiana 4-H’ers were recognized for their winning submissions in a grazing management essay contest sponsored by the Louisiana Forage and Grassland Council. The awards were presented during a luncheon on Jan. 11 at the American Forage and...Read More

Grass-fed, Alabama-born breed raised by Piedmont rancher attracts attention: John Lyons

Grass-fed, Alabama-born breed raised by Piedmont rancher attracts attention: John Lyons John Lyons has never been to Hawaii, but his cows have.Lyons sold seven of his specially-bred, grass-fed South Poll bulls to the 4,000-acre Hana Ranch in Hawaii last year.In...Read More

Farm Wins Award

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett stood in a pasture Monday afternoon, next to a barn on Green Acres Farm in Mascot, to recognize the soil conservation work of Mike and Susan Clark.. The Clarks recently received the Tennessee Association of...Read More