Owners:
Jacob, Ingrid, and Georgia Tusa

Mailing Address:
2958 FM 413 • Reagan, Texas 76680

Phone Contacts:
Barn: 254-587-2214
Cell: 979-324-9326
Jared Tusa: 979/595-7871
Frank & Sandy Tusa: 979/595-7869

INTERNET Contacts:
Office E-mail: tusacattle@yahoo.com
Jacob Tusa: jptusa@yahoo.com
Ingrid Tusa: iotusa@yahoo.com

Jacob grew up in Reagan, Texas, just 35 miles south of Waco, exhibiting championship steers and hogs across the state. His high school accomplishments earned him a judging team scholarship at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. At NEO, he received an Associates Degree and was a member of their award-winning Livestock Judging Team. Jacob earned the 10th High Overall award at the North American Junior College Livestock Judging Contest, 7th High Overall at the Kansas Junior Livestock Show, 1st Placings Overall at the Sioux Empire Judging Contest, and 13th High Overall at the American Royal.

He then went on to attend Texas A&M University and graduate with a degree in Animal Science. During his time spent at Texas A&M, he was a member of TAMU's National Champion Livestock Judging Team, among many other national judging awards. One of his proudest accomplishments was being awarded 3rd High Individual at the North American Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in Louisville, Kentucky and 2nd High Individual at the National Western Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in Denver, Colorado. Jacob worked as he was pursuing his degree by beginning his business now known as Tusa Show Cattle.

Ingrid grew up on a farm and ranch in Ericksdahl, Texas, a small Swedish community 45 miles northeast of Abilene. The youngest of five daughters, Ingrid was raised around cattle her entire life. She attended her first show at 1 month old, and she and her family has been competitive in the show ring for years where they have won Grand or Reserve Grand Champion Steer honors at almost every major show in Texas. She and her family were champions in the TCCA for several years, and consistently ranked in the Top Ten All Around. Ingrid won 3 TCCA High Point buckles: Champion Senior Steer Showman in 1997 & 1999 and the 1997 Champion Hereford Steer Exhibitor.

While in high school, Ingrid was actively involved in FFA, where she served as an Area II Vice President and was selected as the 1999 Texas FFA State Star Lone Star Farmer. She was a member of both the National Champion Meats Judging Team and the National Champion Livestock Judging Team at Texas A&M and is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelors degree in Agricultural Economics and a masters degree in Agricultural Education.

Jacob and Ingrid met while they were on the livestock judging team at Texas A&M University. They married in 2003 and have one daughter, Georgia, who was born in 2008. They are all active members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marlin, members of the Falls County A&M Club, the Texas 4-H Friends and Alumni Association, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers, and Texas Farm Bureau. In addition, Ingrid is a member of the Alpha Kappa Sigma Sorority and the Texas Hereford Auxiliary.

Jacob's parents, Frank and Sandy Tusa, have been an integral part of Tusa Show Cattle.  Both born and raised in Falls County, Frank has lived on his farm and ranch land in Highbank his entire life.  Frank attended Texas A&M University and was a member of the Corps of Cadets.  He later graduated from West Texas A&M University where he had a strong interest in the feedlot industry.  He later returned to his family's operation, where he farmed and ranched.  Over the years he and Sandy have run a large cow/calf operation and farmed several crops as well as running stocker cattle on oats and grass.  When his oldest son, Jacob, graduated from Texas A&M, they began working together on building Tusa Show Cattle. 

Sandy has worked with the family operation throughout its duration.  She worked for Dillards, Inc. as a Business Manager with Clinique and later began her own jewelry design business which is now known as Rocking T Ranch Designs.  Her jewelry has been featured in shops across Texas, including The Shops at River Square in Waco, Albany Interiors and Desperados in Albany, Detten's in Hereford, Buffalo Gal in Buffalo among many others.

The Tusa's have two sons, Jacob and Jared Tusa.  Frank and Sandy are active members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marlin and the Texas Farm Bureau.

Jacob's younger brother, Jared Tusa, has been a part of Tusa Show Cattle since the fall of 2008. Jared graduated from Marlin High School and is a 2005 graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Agricultural Economics. While at Texas A&M, Jared was an active member both the department of Agricultural Economics as well as the Texas A&M Restaurant Management Club where he began his strong interest in restaurant management. He worked three jobs in college including grounds maintenance at a golf course, managed his own pressure washing business, and worked at the Czech-Tex Steakhouse and Outback Steakhouse, all while maintaining an excellent grade point average at Texas A&M. He began work with Carino's Italian in June 2005, where he served as an assistant manager until the fall of 2008 when he began working with Tusa Show Cattle.