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at that time said that they should push the house down and start over. They saw something more in that house and decided to make it a project that they would work on making a home to raise a family in and get their kids involved in youth organizations like 4-H and FFA. Little did they know what the future held. Jenna was born in 2002 and Abby in 2005. Looking back now, they had no idea how much the girls would gain from being involved with agriculture, livestock and the youth organizations that they have immersed themselves into. It was at the 2010 NWSS in Denver when Barry and Amy decided it was time to get Jenna her first show heifer. After much toil and consideration in the yards, they decided on a Dream On daughter that they purchased from RS&T Simmentals. Jenna named that heifer ‘Dreamer’ when they got home, and the work began. Dreamer became the first in a long line of cows
to fill the desire to show livestock with their family while building a herd of cows that could continue to generate and produce high quality livestock. Jenna’s second year in the showring was 2011 with a foundation Simmental from Ty Webster and a High Maine from Bob May. It was quickly Barry’s opinion that they would try and find the very best livestock from some of the very best in the business and continually try to learn from those individuals. By the end of 2012, Jenna had exhibited those two heifers at over 25 Iowa Junior Beef Breeds shows and ended up being in the Top 10 in points winning her first jacket. From that year on, they never looked back. Continually working towards the goal of improvement while working with good people and learning from them along the way. In 2013, their world changed as Jenna
attended her first Maine Anjou and Chianina Junior Nationals in Grand Island. Deb Core helped to find Jenna a fitting team, gave her a pair of clippers and the rest is history. What these events have done for the Tlach family is incredible in terms of leadership development, meeting people in the business and helping them strive to continue to bring better cattle to the show. The thought of winning a junior national heifer show seemed impossible to them at that time. Yet, just a couple years later, they won a class at Junior Nationals. Abby began her show career in 2013, but from a little different angle. Joe Piffer, a longtime friend of Barry and Amy, found a market heifer that Abby just had to have. Abby named that market heifer, ‘Mollie’. Abby and Mollie would continue to teach them the value of management and continuous improvement. In the first two shows, they went 6th and 8th
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