Located in El Dorado, Arkansas, Draggin’ M Ranch is part of Circle F Farms, owned by Woody Folsom of Baxley, GA.
Circle F Farms is owned and operated by Woody Folsom and his wife Tamela with their children Tanner and Anna Kate. Originally established to serve as tribute to his late father, Woody went in search for some of the best Brahman genetics in the Country. 13 years later and Circle F is one of the largest Brahman herds in the Southeast part of the Country.
Circle F has been Woody’s dream since he was a child and he helped his family on their small farm. While agriculture is his passion, Woody’s start began and continues in the car industry. He currently owns 8 car dealerships where he and his son Tanner work side by side to grow their brand within the industry, and it doesn’t stop there!
Circle F’s brand has grown to incorporate a Meat store, which Tamela runs, an abattoir and their newly established Outfitter store. All of which proudly carry the Circle F name.
As you can see, diversity is Woody’s middle name.
We invite you to join us in Baxley and come enjoy it all with us! We hope you enjoy it all as much as we do!
Draggin’ M Ranch was started by John Milam and continued his family cattle heritage that dated back to the 1800′s when his family started ranching in West Texas. Draggin’ M Ranch started in the Brangus business in 2005 with John’s first purchases from the Brinks herd at Camp Cooley Ranch in Franklin, Texas. In 2009 he joined with some of his fellow Brangus breeders to form GeneTrust in 2010. GeneTrust was a marketing alliance consisting of nine Brangus breeders from around the United States. Since the inception of GeneTrust, Draggin' M has thrived and become a household name when looking for quality Brangus bulls and females.
Today Draggin’ M Ranch is home to some of the greatest donors in the Brangus breed and features offspring of a slew of up-and-coming herd bulls like Admiral, Visionary, Top Gun, Crossroads, Cash Flow, Investment, Empire, and Dynasty. We have invested in the cows that we believe are capable of producing the greats of tomorrow. We continue to build our female program to give young bulls a great set of cows to prove themselves on.
We utilize artificial insemination and embryo transfer aggressively to enhance our program. In recent years we have added powerful, promising young females in the prime of their lives to our Donor Pen and continue to keep heifers resulting from our most successful matings.
We are excitedly looking forward to the future of our program and our partnerships with fellow Brangus breeders, TTT Ranches, Johnston Brangus, Elias Brangus, Sewell Cattle Company and Double W Ranch with the partnership of CDP Brangus. We are proud to be a part of this great breed and associated with great cattleman like these. We look forward to this partnership. Visit our website here.
Grady Green, President
Phone: 870-314-3673
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Grady Green grew up on large scale commercial and Registered Brangus ranches in both Texas and Arkansas. He graduated high school in Franklin, Texas. His interests from an early age included team roping, where Grady qualified for the Texas State High School Rodeo Finals all four years of high school. While in high school he would spend early mornings before school assisting with the large embryo transfer program at Camp Cooley Ranch. His afternoons and weekends were spent assisting in the management of up to 1,000 bulls on gain test, working donor cows and any other tasks associated with the management of the Brinks Cowherd at Camp Cooley. From conception to calving to development to marketing, being involved in such a highly successful program at an impressionable time in his life, helped him to build great knowledge of the intimate detail that goes in to creating pedigrees and types of cattle that work in the ranching industry.
Upon graduation from high school Grady went to work for Center Ranch near Centerville, Texas. There he worked with Hall of Fame trainers to hone his skills training and riding cutting horses. From Center Ranch he went to work for Fluharty Farms Angus operation outside of Gause, Texas. Grady then worked part-time at Chimney Rock and for John Milam building what would soon be the start of the operation Draggin’ M is today.
Grady then was then accepted to the prestigious Texas Christian University Ranch Management program where he learned financials involved in managing a successful cattle operation. First class each day would be running break-evens on all classes of cattle. Grady graduated TCU in May 2009, on a Friday, and started to work at Draggin M Ranch on Monday.
Draggin M Ranch has grown rapidly under his direction as a hands on manager, into one of the largest Brangus herd in the nation. Through an aggressive donor selection program, embryo transfer has been used effectively by Grady to quickly multiply and improve the quality and depth of the cowherd. They are raising cattle that consistently top sale averages across the breed. In the fall of 2014 and 2016 Draggin’ M produced the high selling Brangus bulls in the breed. Today Draggin’ M bulls are senior herd sires in many progressive operations worldwide and are some of the most highly sought after AI sires.
DMR Females have out averaged their bull counterparts and gone on to prove very valuable investments in other seed stock programs both in the US and abroad.
Today the ranch consists of registered cattle and commercial females used as recipients. All registered heifers are given one opportunity to breed AI to Grady’s breed-wide choice of the most promising young herd sires in the industry.
Draggin M Ranch, under Grady’s care, has successfully developed bulls and heifers at the ranch. Today they are flushing outside donors along-side DMR donors, with Grady making most of the mating decisions. They are also raising embryo transfer calves for various clients and partners, while continuously hunting for the next great breed influencing genetics.
Grady has served on the Board of Directors for the Texas Brangus Breeders Association, the IBBA Breed Improvement Committee, the IBBA Promotions Committee and is a current member and 2024 President of the IBBA Board of Directors.
Grady and his wife Sara have two children, Hadley and Breck. Together they enjoy raising their family at the ranch and teaching the next generation about the Brangus cattle that have shaped Grady’s life.
Cody Thurman, Cowherd Manager
Cody is originally from West Monroe, Louisiana. He has been with Draggin' M Ranch since September of 2018. He is a graduate of Louisiana Delta Community College. Cody and his wife Liz and their daughters, live on the ranch in El Dorado.
Physical: 892 Hinson Road | El Dorado, Arkansas | 71730
Mailing: PO Box 11000 | El Dorado, Arkansas | 71730