October 2024
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Make the most of your investment in Angus with practical solutions on health, nutrition, marketing, genetics and management.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Build Your Transition TeamRecruit professionals for your farm/ranch transition advisory team.
Angus Beef Bulletin
The LinkAuthor Troy Marshall explores how to put the right cattle with the right information in front of the right people at the right time.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Managing & Marketing High-Quality Cattle More PreciselyThe world has changed, cattle have changed, and those managing them must keep up. The 19th annual Certified Angus Beef Feeding Quality Forum in Dodge City, Kan., gave 260 attendees tools and information to do just that.
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Building a Profitable Relationship with Your VeterinarianOn this episode of Angus At Work, host Shauna Hermel chats with Randall Spare of the Ashland Veterinary Center regarding his experience with herd health consultation, problem solving with producers and how cattlemen play an important role in telling the story of beef.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Cow-calf Producers Can Gain Carcass History by Enrolling in Steer FeedoutEnrollment deadline for Missouri Steer Feedout is Oct. 10. Cow-calf producers benefit by learning how their steers do in the feedlot and on the rail.
Discover how to capitalize on your investment in Angus genetics through the entire beef supply chain in this annual resource edition. Articles focus on raising quality calves, leveraging commercial Angus programs and services, and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories will connect you to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and products and services.
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In this month’s “Common Ground,” American Angus Association CEO Mark McCully shares many of the education platforms the Association employs to communicate with commercial cattlemen.
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AGI President Kelli Retallick-Riley explains how $M provides a more holistic approach to maternal selection, considering a wider array of traits and focusing on long-term maternal efficiency.
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Brian Walt sets the bar high. W6 Cattle regularly qualify 85%-90% CAB and Prime. The family’s unwavering quest to improve carcass quality while maintaining a strong maternal base earned them the 2024 CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence award.
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A dedication to feeding the best cattle to produce the best beef to satisfy all segments of the industry, especially the consumer, earned Carpenter Cattle Co. the 2024 Certified Angus Beef Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award.
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This edition of “Gizmos & Gadgets” features a pickup truck built for ranchers, an oral drench for calf scours, a self-propelled forage harvester, a commercially available nitrogen fertilizer, and a telehandler with new safety features.
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Survey finds consumers are unfamiliar with regenerative agriculture, increasing importance of food affordability.
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Members have made “Fostering the profitability of commercial cattle producers” their central long-range objective.
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of feeders pay a premium for cattle with potential to qualify for CAB, and 42% of them expect that premium to increase in the future.
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of feeders say the role of genetics will grow in importance in their purchasing decisions.
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Angus bulls sold at auction in FY2023 — and more by private treaty.