Cebadilla Ranch, Senatobia, MS
Juan Quinonez Zepeda (he/él) owns and co-manages Cebadilla Ranch in Senatobia, Mississippi, alongside his family. Raised on cattle farm operations from a young age, he began working in the industry at 14 alongside his father. Named after the Mexican barley fields in which his father worked and met his mother, Cebadilla Ranch is a multi-cultural, -lingual, and -generational cattle ranch on the bluff of the Mississippi Delta with a mission to conserve traditional Mexican knowledge, build collective Latinx immigrant power, and foster farm ownership opportunities for Latinx farmworkers in the region. While the ranch was founded in 2024, his family collectively brings over 30 years of working in northern Mississippi’s beef cattle industry and ranches across the region.
With their operation, Juan and his family aspire to transform the land, community, and lives for future generations! Cebadilla Ranch is excited to use these funds to purchase its first head of livestock for its operations this fall. Facing increased regional prices for livestock, feed, and equipment, this support will allow them to reduce a capital barrier by purchasing water tanks, feed bunkers, and Black Angus cattle to jumpstart their operation, conservation practices, and impact on the industry.