Welcome to CES / Predestined

Partners In Progress –
Partners yes, but more importantly, families coming together with the same goal in mind, to build a program based on Faith, Family, & Farming. A three cord strand is not easily broken, but if you don’t get the first two elements right in that sequence, the third will rarely succeed. For 4 decades, we have used the term Progress, not just as a title, but as a reminder to always press forward with excellence and dignity. Whether it be the purebred seedstock and commercial industries, or in grain production, feeding the world is job we don’t take lightly.

What started out as merely a plot of land over a century ago, has developed into one of Georgia’s most diversified farming & beef cattle operations. Charles and Wynder Smith incorporated Angus to their existing commercial operation in the 1950’s while the Herefords were added in 1976. In 1982, the first Angus sale, A Sale of Progress started, and in 1985 the inaugural Partners In Progress Hereford sale was held. Our Partners In Progress Sale is still held every March, where we selectively sell our top Angus and Hereford genetics.

A key component to the existing Angus & Hereford genetics, is the production of black baldy females, where we not only see first-hand the performance and efficiency advantages, but as importantly, increased fertility. The availability of our purebred genetics allows us to be highly selective on desirable traits, and heterosis gives us the opportunity to expound on them.