2025 tn bEEF AGRIBITION

Friday night our general membership meeting was held; we elected new board members and awarded our yearly awards.

Per usual we kicked off the evening with a junior meeting held at 5:00 (open to all juniors.) The food was catered by Jordan’s Catering and was delcious as usual. Blake Darnell our current president began the meeting part of the evening where we awarded our Pioneer Award: Jerry Ivie of Ivie & Sons Simmental. Seedstock Producer Sunset Oaks Simmentals, and Junior Herdsman Ethan Bartee. Our Junior Rookie of the Year will be announced during the 2025 TN 4H Beef Expo.

We heard updates from our sales manager Greg Burden with GB Marketing, Chris Ivie on ASA activities and our speaker for the evening was ASA’s new hire Dr. Jon DeClerk. We wrapped up the general membership meeting with elections/nominations for 3 open positions on the TSSA board. Elected for a term of 3 years are Thomas Mingle, Donald Jackson, and Madison Martin.

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