Spike, Sam and Sherry Brown.

Lena Farms, owned by Sam and Sherry Brown, is located in the beautiful rolling green hills that surround the small town of Lena, Mississippi. This bucolic setting is home to Sherry.

Today the farm is comprised of approximately 1,300 acres, of which 800 are used for cattle. The herd consists of 300 breeding age Angus females and 100 commercial cows primarily used as recipients.

The beginning of Lena Farms occurred in the Spring of 1991 when possessed with a lingering nostalgia for the country way of life, a passion for fine Angus Cattle, and a fervent desire to be reconnected with the land, Sam and Sherry purchased 88 acres across from Sherry’s home place.

	DeeDee Johnson

Due to years of neglect, the land was covered with brush, brambles and thorny vines. To control this ungovernable accumulation of vegetation, eleven registered Angus pairs were purchased.

As new landowners, they formulated two declarations. The first was that they would respect the land, and operate on environmentally sound principles. The other promise they made was to raise only quality cattle that would be recognized as the elite in the industry.

Yam, Theo and Jenny Tolan

Time passed rapidly. Other land was acquired and more cattle were purchased. The first major cattle acquisition came from the Van Dyke Angus Ranch in Manhattan, Montana. This was followed by the fortuitous purchase of the entire Gibbet Hill herd in Groton, Massachusetts. It was from Gibbet Hill’s manager, Bill Conley, that Lena Farms acquired its long time herd bull, CAF Beau Max 7782, who was the 1995 Reserve Grand Champion Bull at Denver. The offspring of these originally purchased females together with other outstanding acquisitions are now the foundation of the Lena Farms herd.

	Sam, Sherry, Yam, Jenny, DeeDee and Theo

Today, the Lena donors include VDAR Miss Wix 6033, VDAR Elluna 6157. VDAR Miss Wix 4038, VAR Beauty 7336, VAR Black Lass 2018, Lena Erica Miss F202, as well as daughters from the famed VDAR Beauty 4034, VDAR Lucy 273 and Harmony Hill Katinka 229. To learn more about the donors, please refer to the “Donor Cows” section of this website.

The rewards of a well considered breeding program are now evident in the Lena Farms herd, which takes rank with the very finest herds in the country.