40th Annual Alabama BCIA
Meeting and Awards Banquet
March 27, 2004
Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, Ala.
*Purebred Producer of the Year*
Adams Angus Farm is a true family farm begun in 1939 by Sidney F. Adams,
father of Bob Adams. The farm is located in southeast Alabama, seven
miles east of Union Springs. Over the last 65 years, many things
have changed as the farm has adapted to the ever-changing agricultural
world. Today, cattle, timber, and hunting leases are the only remaining
sources of income left on this 925-acre farm. Now approximately 75
brood cows are maintained to calve within a 90-day calving season, beginning
in late September for heifers and ending in late January for mature cows.
Bob Adams was a charter member of the Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement
Association in 1964 and saw the need, as many others did, to begin collecting
performance records on his cattle to determine which cattle were truly
superior. As recording keeping became more detailed, the American
Angus Association’s recording keeping service know as AHIR was utilized.
Adams Angus Farm has been actively evaluating their bloodlines through
Alabama BCIA bull evaluations for years and are also utilizing carcass
ultrasound on farm to collect carcass data. Artificial insemination
was implemented on the farm in 1982, with the goal to produce at least
75 percent of calves by A.I. Today, the HeatWatch estrus detection
system is utilized with A.I. to produce calves with the best genetics possible.
The ultimate goal is for Adams cattle to be known for their performance,
but also that they will be efficient, easy fleshing, structurally sound
cattle.