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Monty Teel, Cowboy Poet
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Marion
Moncrief (Monty) Teel was born on his mother’s birthday in Tyler,
Texas on July 9, 1962 to Marion Ray and Grace Evelyn Moncrief Teel.
Monty excelled in 4-H in dairy cattle and livestock judging and showing
and completing state winning record books. While in 4-H and FFA, Monty
received the Gold Star Boy Award, Star Greenhand, Star Chapter Farmer,
and Star Lone Star Farmer. He won three National 4-H trips to National
4-H Congress in Chicago, Illinois, National Dairy Shortcourse and
National 4-H Dairy Judging in Madison, Wisconsin.
After graduating with honors from Sulphur Springs High School,
Monty enrolled at Texas A&M University on Dairy Science and
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarships. He worked on committees
in the College of Agriculture and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho
Fraternity where he met several of his life-long friends. After
graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dairy Science and a
Master’s of Agriculture Degree in Agricultural Economics, he
worked for the Farm Credit Administration as an examiner. He helped
farmers and lenders through the farm crisis of the 1980’s.
Monty has been an agricultural lender in Fort Worth, graduated
from the Southwest Graduate Banking Institute at Southern Methodist
University, in Dallas, Texas, and has worked in the credit union
industry. He currently works in the dairy industry as an auditor
for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dairy division.
He is a mediator between dairy producers/cooperatives and milk plants.
He has kept close ties with the working cowboy by helping his sister
and brother in law, Bob and Tammy Carroll, on their East Texas cow
calf operation.
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