On May 9, at the 2023 Sirloin Gallery of Grands, the Sirloin Club of Oklahoma announced their five award winners for the 2023 agriculturalists under 40. The Sirloin Club of Oklahoma is a group of agriculture enthusiasts who gather each year to support Oklahoma’s 4-H and FFA students. The Sirloin Club supports exhibitors at the Oklahoma Youth Expo and Tulsa State Fair in their premium sales and also sponsors the National Land and Range Judging Contest.
Over the next few days, we will be showcasing the five award winners from five different categories: agricultural education, agricultural business, agricultural professional, crop production agriculturalist, and livestock production agriculturalist.
Today we spotlight Dr. Joe Freeman of Bovi-Gene, who received the 2023 Agricultural Business Award presented by the Sirloin Club of Oklahoma.
Officially established in the fall of 2022, Bovi-Gene, LLC is owned and operated by Dr. Joe Freeman. He is a licensed veterinarian by training and practice, but deep down believes himself to be an agriculturalist- most specifically- a lifelong student of animal science.
Within his practice, Dr. Freeman provides general veterinary care to both cattle and small animals but has focused a large part of his time on improving reproduction in beef cattle and developing his own cattle handling facility that is both safe and efficient for the cattle and the operator.
He began designing the Bovi-Gene facility in the winter of 2020. With the years of veterinary experience from his father, who has been a veterinarian for 50 years this May, and himself, they have seen many great facilities and many that were also in need of improvement. Bovi-Gene was established to provide advanced beef reproductive services in the region of southwest Oklahoma and north Texas. Today, Dr. Freeman provides embryology services (both IVF and conventional), artificial insemination, and bull fertility services at the facility. Additionally, he provides ovum pickup for in vitro fertilization every two weeks at the facility, as well as other reproductive services as scheduled.
