Turner Angus Farm

Turner Angus Farm has operate since 1933 as a Registered Angus Cattle Farm in the Covington community just 35 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Turner Angus Farm is composed of 400 acres where we are a cow-calf operation selling herd bulls and replacement females to registered and commercial producers throughout the Southeast. The current marketing methods focus primarily on the breeding cattle through production sales, Facebook posts and longtime patrons of Turner Angus Farm. We also sell animals on the hoof for whole, half and quarter carcasses and are expanding into the retail market in 2024. All family members have careers off the farm and we do our best to maintain the farming operation.

John and Amber Turner

John, as the primary herdsman, manages and operates the farm on a day to day basis. His leadership guides the farms breeding program, nutritional plan, herd health management and production sales. Amber is the nurturer of the family and is the primary caregiver for our matriarch, Jennie Turner, who is battling Alzheimer's.

Catherine and Kevin Pilkington, Lindsey Turner and Travis Turner

This crew is truly the farm hands of the farm. They are diligent when it comes to feeding, fencing, checking pastures and working cattle. They all live on the farm and can be found any evening or weekend tending to the farm.

Ann and Tony Johnson

Ann is an agriculture education teacher at Munford High School. She and Tony have traveled the country studying agriculture. And we are proud to announce that they are working to expand the farm into the Retail Beef and Agritourism Markets...Projects coming soon!

History of our Farm and Family

Roy W. Turner, a native of Tipton County Tennessee, began his farming operation in 1929 at the age of 20. The Turner herd began with three heifers and a bull which a neighbor let them keep on a share basis and grew into a herd of approximately 80 producing cows. The Turner family has been active in the Angus business and Tennessee Angus Association since 1933.

Roy was active in many aspects for the Angus business. He served as Secretary of the Tri State Angus Association for 13 years during which time the association conducted 15 show and sales. He was past President of the Tennessee Angus Association. He served for many years on the livestock committee for the Mid-South Fair. On March 12, 1975, he held his twentieth annual production sale at Turner Angus Farm. The Roy W. Turner family of Covington, TN was selected as the “1976 Family of the Year”.

Aside from his cattle interest, Roy was active in county and state activities. He was the longest serving president of the Tipton County Farm Bureau for over 50 years and a member of the State Farm Bureau Insurance board beginning in 1958. He served as a member of the county court for 12 years. He was a member of the board of directors of Tipton County Bank for 18 years. He was an honorary member of University of Tennessee Block and Bridle Club and was elected to the hall of fame of that club in 1956. He served as president of the Tipton County Livestock Association and was a Tennessee delegate to the National Angus Convention.

Roy and Mildred were married in 1929. Mrs. Turner was the former Mildred Catherine Peeler of Garland, Tennessee. Roy and Mildred had seven sons, all of whom were involved in the Angus Business at one time.

Tim and Jennie Turner were married on December 21, 1964. Tim attended the University of Tennessee at Martin and returned to the family farm to raise Registered Angus Cattle with his father in 1965 on Turner Angus Farm. Tim was a cattleman for over 50 years and loved everything about Angus cattle.

He was a member of the Tipton County Cattleman’s Association, Tennessee Angus Association, lifetime member of the American Angus Association where he served as a delegate at the annual meeting and he served multiple terms as a Board of Directors of the West TN Angus Association. He was active in 4-H and FFA as a child and was a proud supporter of youth in the livestock industry. Some of Tim’s proudest moments were attending fairs and shows with his children, grandchildren and students that he mentored from both Covington FFA and Munford FFA.

He was awarded the honorary State FFA Degree. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Covington, Tipton County Young Farmers and Homemakers as a young adult, President of the Covington High School Band Boosters, which was instrumental in establishing their concessions program. He also served as a Board of Director for Tipton Farmers Co-Op. His involvement in agriculture brought true happiness to his life and was a steward of the land.