This month’s edition of “News & Notes” includes:

• AngusLink^SM sale listings are back
• Ranchers see the big picture during Beef Leaders Institute
• New boots on the ground as 10 interns join Team Angus
• Secretary Rollins rescinds roadless rule
• Missouri farm recognized as historic herd
• AFBF to meet Jan. 9-14 in Anaheim, Calif.
• Refreshed website offers new biosecurity resources

AngusLink sale listings are back

Just in time for a busy summer sale season, AngusLink^SM “feeder cattle for sale listings” have returned. Weekly email updates will be delivered to those who subscribe to receive them every Monday morning, highlighting Genetic Merit Scorecard^SM and AngusVerified^SM lots for sale.

Click here to view a current calendar of sales. Click on the sales you’re interested in, and you’ll be shown a list of lots consigned to that sale.

You can also now stay up to date on recently sold lots with AngusVerified claims and the Genetic Merit Scorecard. Click here to view results.

Ranchers see the big picture during BLI

An ambitious group of Angus breeders from across the globe attended the 2025 Beef Leaders Institute (BLI), spending a week learning about the beef supply chain. The topic of the week was “from pasture to plate” as 23 Angus producers spent five days looking at the big picture of the cattle industry as part of the annual BLI.

The event is hosted by the American Angus Association in collaboration with Certified Angus Beef (CAB) and the Angus Foundation.

Closing the gap between producer and consumer can seem like a daunting task. However, BLI aims to help bridge the gap between producer and consumer by immersing attendees in all aspects of the beef industry. Each year participants leave with a better understanding of how their operations and efforts help deliver high-quality beef to families’ tables across the globe.

Get the full report, including an overview of the itinerary and participant comments.

New boots on the ground as 10 interns join Team Angus

Ten interns are joining the staffs of the American Angus Association, Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), Angus Media and Certified Angus Beef this summer.

Shelby Greiman, a former member of the National Junior Angus Association (NJAA), is returning to her roots as the events and junior activities intern.

Andre Lima of Paineras, Brazil, will intern with AGI during the next three months. Lima is in his final year of a doctorate program at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil and is taking classes at the University of Georgia through a doctoral stay.

Ashlyn Murdock is joining the American Angus Association as the communications intern. Coming from a row crop and cow-calf operation in Wataga, Ill., Murdock wants to use this internship to give back to the industry she was raised in.

Sergio Sierra is joining the AGI team. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Sergio is now in his third year of the animal and dairy science doctorate program at the University of Georgia.

Cassidy Strommen of Solen, N.D., will be joining the Angus Media team as the marketing intern. Growing up on a first-generation registered Angus seedstock operation, Strommen learned the importance and integrity of The Business Breed.

Jenna Whitaker comes to the Association from Moses Lake, Wash., and is ready to spend the summer working with Angus Media as the publications intern. Although not raised on a farm or ranch, Whitaker grew up surrounded by a farming community that cultivated her love for telling the stories of agriculturalists.

Grace Greer, from Dalton, Ohio, is a familiar face around the office after working two summers at the Certified Angus Beef (CAB) Culinary Center. This summer, she’s taking on a new role as the marketing intern.

Alexandria “Alex” Ramirez is joining the CAB team as social media intern. She’s a first-generation agriculturist and recent graduate of Chico State University.

Olivia Rooker is the CAB producer communications intern. Originally from Alfalfa, Ore., she has been involved with youth agricultural leadership programs, showing cattle along the West Coast, and helping build her family’s small Angus and orchard grass hay operation.

Araceli Sanchez of Baldwin, N.Y., is joining the CAB team as a multimedia intern. Sanchez graduated from Drexel University with a bachelor’s degree in film and production. Now, she’s a graduate student at New York University studying integrated marketing.

Access the full article  for more details, including short bios on the interns and outlooks for their work during the summer.

Secretary Rollins rescinds roadless rule, eliminating impediment to responsible forest management

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins on June 23 announced USDA is rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule, noting the outdated administrative rule contradicts the will of Congress and goes against the mandate of the USDA Forest Service to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands. Rescinding this rule will remove prohibitions on road construction, reconstruction and timber harvest on nearly 59 million acres of the National Forest System, allowing for fire prevention and responsible timber production.

In total, 30% of National Forest System lands are affected by this rule, according to USDA. For example, nearly 60% of Forest Service land in Utah is restricted from road development and is unable to be properly managed for fire risk. In Montana, it is 58%; and in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest in the country, 92% is affected.

This hurts jobs and economic development across rural America. Utah alone estimates the roadless rule creates a 25% decrease in economic development in the forestry sector.

Of the 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas covered under the 2001 Roadless Rule, 28 million acres are in areas at high or very high risk of wildfire. Rescinding this rule will allow this land to be managed at the local forest level, with more flexibility to take swift action to reduce wildfire risk and help protect surrounding communities and infrastructure.

Missouri farm recognized as historic Angus herd

The American Angus Association posthumously honored Kenneth and Macil Laughlin with a Historic Angus Herd Award. The honor recognizes breeders and immediate families who have been in continuous production of registered Angus cattle for 50 years or more.

Growing up, Kenneth Laughlin watched his father and grandfather experiment with other cattle breeds, but they always came back to Angus for its superior quality and high demand. So, when the time came for Kenneth and his wife, Macil, to start their own operation in Guilford, Mo., in 1959, the Angus breed was an easy choice for them.

The Laughlins’ first purchase was a single Angus cow for $300. Little did they know the influence this cow would have on their operation in the future. One-third of the farm’s current herd links back to that first cow.

Kenneth and Macil had two sons, Donald (Don) Laughlin and the late Dennis Laughlin. Growing up, they both helped run the family farm alongside their parents. When they weren’t busy working on the farm, the boys were active in their local 4-H and the Northwest Missouri Junior Angus Association. They also exhibited cattle at local Angus shows.