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of her husband. “He and his brother, Phil, were just willing to put their heads down and grind it out and figure out a way to keep the farm.” That same year, Mark took a new job at Vermeer Corporation. Nearly 30 years later, he’s still there. Core understands the perspective of a Vermeer customer, because he is one. Over the years, Core Farms has become Boyert-Core Show Cattle. Bailey and her husband, Jared Boyert, now head the day-to-day operations. If you visit the farm, you’ll see Vermeer
She’s the same age, five, as Bailey was when she first showed cattle. “Sloan, three days until you get to go to Louisville,” Deb recalled saying to her grandchild. Sloan was eager. She looked at her grandmother.
Kansas City, where Deb became the first woman to judge its famous steer show in 2023. The Cores will also judge at the Showtimes Magazine Blackout Jackpot 9 this winter in Loveland, Colorado. Vermeer is sponsoring the judging and combine.
“If you're going to be in this business long- term, whether it's trying to sell cattle or whether it's to have opportunities to judge livestock shows, you have to have the character and integrity to earn that privilege,” Deb said. “It is an honor and a privilege to be asked to do that.” A LEGACY AT VERMEER AND ON THE FARM Core Farms, after decades of toil and years of heartbreak, was on a roll by the 1990s. In 1996, they were named National Maine-Anjou Breeder of the Year. “Mark didn't have a chip on his shoulder. He wasn't blaming anybody for anything,” Deb Core said
equipment there — a vertical mixer, mower conditioner, tedder, rake, bale
processor and, yes, a Vermeer round baler. “We are all Vermeer,” Mark Core said. Recently, Deb took a walk with her granddaughter,
The San Antonio
Livestock Show and Rodeo. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, North American, American Royal, The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. State fairs. County fairs. Jackpots. Name the show, and they have probably judged it.
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Sloan, at the family farm. Sloan was about to show for the first time at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
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