Ginger Rowsey
Linda and Rod Barnes, along with daughter, Dolly, raise 180 beef cattle near Selmer, Tenn. They’ve found a niche market by providing recipient cows for embryo transfer from purebred donor cows. Mid-South beef producers find a profitable niche market with recipient cows.
Rod and Linda Barnes raise 180-head of SimAngus cattle near Selmer, Tenn.
That’s 180 black cows.but the calves come in all colors.
“People who drive by and see the herd often ask us, ‘How did you get a solid white calf or a solid red calf out of that black cow?’” Linda recalled. “I tell them it would take a long time to explain.”