Fort worth stock show syndicate

Load more. Box 65, Fort Worth, TX This advertisement will close in. Click here to continue to Fort Worth Business Press. Not ready to subscribe? Try a few articles on us. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Get our email updates. Kalina was ready for whatever to boost the bids as I sat down on the steep West Arena concrete steps, knowing that my jeans would leave with traces of boot-trailed steer essence.

Then along came a beautiful, ruddy red and white shorthorn steer led by a Howe-area FFA girl, and Kalina refused to quit bidding. On Friday night, Feb. Again, as usual, other Syndicate members and partnering donor-buyers were dedicated to ensuring as many deserving kids and exhibitors got a big check for their steers:. Back in the day, I was accustomed to auction surprises in the jammed, tin and wood auction barn. And except for market values, the bids were and are all or mostly tax-deductible with Uncle Sam.

The Stock Show is a nonprofit. Few of the buyers take delivery of the animals, instead reselling them at market prices and often donating those proceeds to scholarships, charities or future auction buying here. Just two examples: Texas ag mechanics contests and the Stock Show Rodeo Calf Scrambles lead to scholarships being awarded. The Syndicate started its own scholarship program in , after founding-member Jim Bob Norman, then a Price Waterhouse accountant and investments analyst, died.

After a fund-raiser, Syndicate members honored their dedicated, fun-loving, practical Jim Bob by creating the James M. Norman Scholarship Fund. Members still have fund-raisers, give their own money, give donors options on buying steers or contributing to the fund, and give buyers the option of reselling steers and giving the market proceeds to the fund. Enter your email address and we will give you access to three articles a month, to give us a try. You also get an opportunity to receive our newsletter with stories of the day.

Their efforts and generosity have paid off. They have awarded thousands in scholarships to FFA and 4-H participants who are interested in earning an agricultural or life sciences degree at a Texas college. For more information or to get involved, go to fwsyndicate. COM All rights reserved. Syndicate Smokedown.

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