Annual Convention

2027 ANNUAL GCA CONVENTION
TOGETHER, FORWARD. 

WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO PERRY, GEORGIA, ON APRIL 2-3, 2027.

We will continue to update this page as more information is released about the 2027 Annual Convention. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Temple Grandin will be joining us for the 2027 Convention. Learn more below. 

Check back soon for registration, agenda, speaker information, and more! 

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Celebrate 65 years of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association with one of 10 limited-edition 65th-anniversary commemorative GCA knives. These one-of-a-kind anniversary pieces are a special way to own a piece of GCA history. Knives will be auctioned at sales across the state at:

Additional sales will continue to be added. If you are interested in being a host sale, please contact Sarah Williams at swilliams@gabeef.org

Meet and Greet with Dr. Temple Grandin at the 2027 GCA Convention and Tradeshow

We are extremely excited to announce that Dr. Temple Grandin will be joining us at the 2027 GCA Annual Convention and Tradeshow. 

Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. When she was two and a half years old, she had no speech and all the symptoms of severe autism. Early intensive speech therapy enabled her to speak by age four. Her mother always encouraged her interest in art and urged her to draw many different things. Good teachers and mentors were essential for Temple’s success. Her high school science teacher challenged her with interesting projects where she had to figure out how to make things work. When studying in school became a pathway to becoming a scientist, she was motivated to study.

An HBO movie titled Temple Grandin was made about her life and Temple was inducted into The National Women’s Hall of Fame and The Academy of Arts and Sciences. Facilities she has designed handle over half the cattle in the U.S. Some of her most important books are New York Times Bestseller “Animals in Translation,” “Thinking in Pictures,” “The Autistic Brain,” and “The Way I See It.” Riding horses and caring for them helped her get through difficult teenage years when she was bullied and teased.