The National Stocker Award winner is recognized each year at the Best of Beef Awards Breakfast held during the annual Cattle Industry Convention.

June 6, 2019

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Nominations are open until Aug. 1, 2019, for the National Stocker Award. It is the only national award dedicated to highlighting the stocker sector’s essential role in the U.S. cattle and beef industries.

The National Stocker Award—sponsored by BEEF magazine and Zoetis—seeks to recognize the stocker sector’s most effective practitioners for their efforts, while offering a platform for peers to learn more about how others add pounds for a profit.

Criteria for nominees

• Majority of annual cattle income is derived from stocker production.

• Owners who also manage the operation. For example, family ranch or operation partnerships are acceptable, but owners not involved directly in the operation don’t fit the spirit of the award.

How to nominate

To nominate a candidate for the BEEF National Stocker Award program, please email an award application by Aug. 1, 2019, to Wes Ishmael at [email protected]. If preferred, a hard copy can be mailed to Ishmael at 1305 Blanco Court, Benbrook, TX 76126.

There is no formal application form, but applications must include the following information:

Nominee

  • Name

  • Operation name

  • Address

  • Phone number

  • e-mail address

  • General description of nominee’s typical stocker enterprise (e.g. fall-born calves purchased in the winter, backgrounded and then sold as grass calves in spring market; flyweight calves assembled into load-lots, backgrounded and then sold as stockers or light feeders; etc.)

  • How long nominee has been involved in the stocker business?

  • What is unique or notable about nominee’s stocker operation?

  • Key changes, if any, made during the evolution of the nominee’s stocker business.

  • Why should the nominee be considered as a National Stocker Award candidate?

Nominator Information

  • Name of nominator

  • Address

  • Phone number

  • e-mail address

The National Stocker Award winner is recognized each year at the Best of Beef Awards Breakfast held during the annual Cattle Industry Convention. The next one is Feb. 5-7, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas.

If you have questions, please contact Ishmael at [email protected] or by phone at 817-249-4545.

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