Cameron Bend Angus Ranch

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History of Cameron Bend Angus Ranch

Cameron Bend Angus Ranch was just a dream of Glenn and Rose Cameron when the two moved from Utah to what is now "C.B.A.R.". The foundation herd of 5 registered Angus cows were purchased in the summer of 1990. The first calves were born on Cameron Bend Angus Ranch January 1991. C.B.A.R's Herd grew to over 200 registered Black Rose Angus Female Cows that produced calves yearly.

Glenn and Rose were encouraged by several F.F.A. members to show their cattle. In C.B.A.R.'s very first heifer jackpot, they came home with Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. The tradition continued for nearly a decade as they traveled the show circuit throughout the state of Florida and the southern United States. When C.B.A.R.'s show days drew to an end they had earned 247 Grand and Reserve Grand Champion winners; 14 at the state fair, Cameron Bend Angus Ranch had become the Premier Angus Breeder in the state of Florida, making C.B.A.R.'s Angus Bulls and Black Rose females, one of the most sought after genetic breeding lines in the south.

In the summer of 2003, "A common afternoon Florida thunderstorm that was an inconvenience for many people in Florida was a disaster for a herd of registered Angus cows from nationally recognized breeding lines. Rose and Glenn Cameron, owners of Cameron Bend Angus Ranch in Hawthorne, lost 22 pregnant cows out of about 100 of that were located in a Marion County pasture they were leasing" The Gainesville Sun headline read. The animals were found dead on the ground beneath a tree that appeared to have been hit by lightning. “This is a catastrophic loss,” Rose told the Gainesville Sun and other National News Outlets. “I have never seen anything like it. I never want to see anything like it again.” Rose explained that in addition to losing nearly 10% of their genetically superior Black Rose Angus Female Cows, which were each worth a minimum of $2,500, their future value was also lost - which is based on their ability to deliver a calf a year for another 10 to 12 years causing C.B.A.R. to endure financial loss amounts of more than $500,000 over 10 years.

Many Ranchers would have just given up at that point and understandably so! However, at Cameron Bend Angus Ranch giving up when adversity strikes is not an option. Soon that was shown to be a great policy as C.B.A.R.'s Bulls and Black Rose females had such amazing performances and influenced the genetics in the south so much that in 2007, 13 C.B.A.R. Black Rose females and one C.B.A.R. Angus bull became the first herd of Angus cattle on Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands. The heard was named The Royal Angus Herd in honor and respect for the Queen.

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