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Gregory Farm is a family operation that has been producing cattle since 1792. In addition to stockering cattle, they farm 2500 acres, have a cow herd and row crop production.

The stocker cattle consist of mostly "black" bulls that weigh between 400 - 650 pounds. Mr. Gregory does he purchasing of the cattle within a 50-mile radius of the farm.

The cattle are grown on several different types of feed resources that include pasture, silage, rice meal, corn gluten, cottonseed meal and soybean hulls and hay.

The health program consists of 2 rounds of modified live vaccine, 7-way black leg and pasturella.

Mr. Gregory handles the marketing of the cattle following the stockering period.

The Foster Gregory Family has been involved in the cattle business on this farm since 1792, this was four years before Tennessee became a state. He is the seventh generation farmer of the land. He has been stockering cattle since 1975. In addition to stockering cattle, he has a 400-head commercial cow herd, row crops 400 acres and currently farms 2500 acres.

Reese Brothers Mule Company
Greenwood Farms
Gallatin, Tennessee

The Reese family moved into Gallatin, Tennessee in the early 1890s and began selling mules in the 1920s. Three generations later Dickie and Rufus Reese still run the farm.

We annually stocker around 500 head of cattle on the farm. The cattle are generally purchased in the spring and sold by the end of December. We generally run Angus steers with a starting average weight of 525 lbs and they will finish around 900 lbs. The steers will generally stay on pasture eight to nine months before they are sold. Around 75% of the cattle are purchased through Dickson Livestock Center, with the remaining cattle being purchased from an independent farm.

The cattle run on about one thousand acres of pasture. A mix of 10 lb fescue, 10 lb orchard grass, 5 lb timothy, and 2 lb ladino clover seeds per acre are used when establishing a new pasture. When renovating pasture that has already been established, we drill 2 lbs ladino clover and 10 lbs of lespedeza per acre.
Upon arrival the cattle are confined for four days. On the fourth day they are vaccinated and castrated as needed. They receive a 48-hour penicillin, Synovex implants, a Cattle Master Gold shot (IBR, PI3, BVD), a 7-way shot, they are dewormed with Dectomax pour on, and are branded and castrated using bands. The following day the cattle are turned out on pasture. We generally have about 1% death loss.

The cattle are sold when they reach a finishing weight of around 900 lbs. The cattle are sold through the Dickson Livestock Center.

There will be between 200 and 300 mules sold off of the farm each year, with the majority of them being sold to retail buyers for recreational use. Around 80% of the mules are sold as riding mules with the remaining 20% being draft type, work mules. We purchase around 50% of the mules from individuals and the other 50% being bought at our auctions. Our family runs the Tennessee Mule Sales. We have 5 of these sales each year and will sell around 2000 mules through these auctions.

Horn Springs Angus Farms
Wilson County, Tennessee

Horn Springs Angus Farm is located a very historic part of Wilson County. The area known as Hickory Ridge in the early 1800's was given to Ethelred Horn as a 640 acre land grant from the state of North Carolina. Mr. Horn’s son James Baker Horn inherited the farm in 1846 and made a discovery that would change the area and its name. He was digging a well in 1870 when he found a spring flowing with water that tasted strange. He realized that the water contained minerals and then sent a sample to Vanderbilt University for analysis. The analysis revealed that a wide array of minerals were present. The potential medicinal properties prompted him to develop Horn Springs Resort. The springs drew lots of people to the area. The resort that drew the affluent and later the more common people burned in the 1950's. During the time of the resort, the land was also utilized as a working farm.

Quintin Smith and Charles Bell started Horn Springs Angus Farm in 1981. The Smith and Bell families have long been known for producing quality cattle that not only perform in the show ring, but on fescue. Horn Springs Angus Farm has been a family operation that has been managed by Quintin, his wife and four daughters. Currently the operation that has approximately 150 registered Angus cows and 50 recipients is managed by Quintin and his wife.

This farm is known for top quality Angus bulls among them CQS Bando Connection 5042, who was the 2004-05 Angus Show Bull of the Year. The top AI Sire for Accelerated Genetics, HSAF Bando 1961, was produced at this farm. An annual production sale is held on the farm each April. The upcoming sale will take place on April 27.