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/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/topics/management
Angus Beef Bulletin Management topic page providing access to stories on business planning, herd management, land stewardship, facilities solutions and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/11/mkt_market-closeout
Cattle industry and political system have similarities. The marketplace will reward you for successfully delivering on your promises.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin
Welcome to the Angus Beef Bulletin, the commercial cattleman’s Angus connection. Find the information you need to make the most of your investment in Angus genetics. The Angus Beef Bulletin provides news and information on health, genetics, nutrition, marketing and management through a variety of media, including the Angus Beef Bulletin magazine, the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA electronic newsletter and the Angus At Work podcast.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/interest-rate-trends
Don Close, with Terrain explains the mission of their company, what influences interest rates and where those rates are potentially trending in the near future.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2025/q1/the-cattle-market-landscape
While the cattle industry has weathered its fair share of market ups and downs, this current point in the cattle cycle is treating producers selling cattle pretty well. On today’s episode Editor Shauna Hermel sat down with Rabobank Senior Beef Analyst Lance Zimmerman to discuss the current market, what to expect in the near future, what expansion might look like and much more!
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/from-the-editor
Innovations such as barbed wire and the railroad transformed the beef industry in their day. “Angus Stakes” author Shauna Hermel discusses what’s on the horizon and the potential ramifications of failing to innovate.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/01/outside-the-box
Customer service and perception matter when it comes to purchasing bulls.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/insight-from-the-packer
On this episode of “Angus At Work” Chad Barker of National Beef joins host Miranda Reiman to discuss what cattle buyers are looking for, branded beef programs, increasingly heavy cattle going to market and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2025/q1/the-estate-planning-stuff-you-need
How do we go from broaching the topic of estate planning with loved ones to setting in motion an iron-clad transition when the time comes? Shannon Ferrell — professor of Agriculture Economics specializing in Agricultural Law at Oklahoma State — has more than a few ideas.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2022/q3/flexibility-and-smart-supplementation
Flexibility means options, and today Karla Wilke, associate professor of range management and cow-calf specialist for the University of Nebraska, offers options for income generation and enterprises. She also shares research about smart supplementation, and how timing affects growth while saving you money.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/outside-the-box
Tom Field discusses how ranching is an ongoing process of sorting priorities — acknowledging that some choices necessitate a shorter time horizon, while others offer the benefit of long-term planning and implementation.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/01/black-bottom-line
Keeping a positive bottom line through the ups and downs of the market can be challenging. Here are tips from a cycle survivor.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q1/what-does-the-future-hold-for-beef
In today’s episode of Angus At Work, host Shauna Hermel visits with Dave Weaber of Terrain Ag about the market outlook for the next three to four years, competing meats, consumer demand and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2025/q3/filling-a-beef-packing-void
As grant funding for processing facilities became available on the heals of COVID, Chance Combs saw an opportunity to bring beef processing a little closer to home. In this episode of “Angus At Work” Host Lynsey McAnally visits with Combs about Whiskey Creek Processing, opportunities for producers, challenges for small processors, and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/mg_angus-advisor
Our team of Angus advisors offer regional tips for herd management for the fall season.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/outside-the-box
In this month’s “Outside the Box,” author Tom Field shares lessons learned from a childhood game that apply to today’s beef market.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q2/keeping-young-producers-in-the-business
In this episode of Angus At Work, host Shauna Hermel discusses with Livestock Marketing Association President Mark Barnett the Producer Profitability Initiative LMA is launching and the importance of enticing the next generation back to the farm.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/outsidethebox
Columnist Tom Field discusses the power of the words “no” and “go” in this edition of “Outside the Box,” a regular column in both the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2025/q3/market-update-with-paul-dykstra
In this episode of “Angus at Work,” Paul Dykstra shares insights on his role at Certified Angus Beef, premiums associated with CAB programs, where the opportunities are to increase CAB acceptance and how relationships are critical to the continued overall success of the beef industry.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/10/futures-market-volatility
Understand index information to better know your profit potential.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/12/profitable-producers
Angus producers with side hustles share more on their businesses off the ranch.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/01/market-advisor
Beef cull cow prices in 2023 continued their normal seasonal roller coaster ride but at historical cyclically high levels.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/08/record-high-cattle-prices-supported-by-declining-supplies-and-good-demand
An update on the cattle market.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2025/10/market-advisor
The report highlights tight feeder cattle supply.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2025/04/market-advisor
A look at the current markets.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/09/calf-lost-dollars-lost
What is the cost of a failed pregnancy to a beef producer?
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/01/mkt_branding-excellence---red-raider-meats
Meat market provides training opportunity for students, including winners of the 2025 Cattlemen’s Congress Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/02/mg_b_reconciling-the-paradox-of-positive-profit-and-negative-cash-flow
Use this example of accrual accounting to understand profit and loss.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2025/03/cattlefax-price-outlook
Mike Murphy, CattleFax chief operating officer, expects cyclical upswing in prices to persist as the current cycle continues to be slower to the rebuild phase. Tight supplies and record demand support prices, but he noted the key is to avoid setting prices too high when compared to more affordable proteins.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/10/mkt_market-closeout
Troy Marshall describes two kinds of failure — one that’s avoidable and costly and one that sets you up for future success.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/10/keeping-up-with-times
Feeding Quality Forum delves into marketing and management of high-quality cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/11/mg_do-only-americans-own-america
National security concerns prompted the U.S. Senate to propose a bill prohibiting the purchase of land in the United States by companies or individuals from China, North Korea, Iran or Russia.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/01/mky_market-closeout
AngusLink creates “reputation” cattle for most buyers, it provides the verified documentation that reduces risk and gives buyers the confidence to pay premiums, and the information they need to manage and market them more effectively.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/12/mg_ag-producers-should-do-year-end-income-tax-planning
Farmers and ranchers have until March 3, 2025, to file their 2024 income tax returns without penalty if they have not made estimates.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/its-not-what-we-know-but-who-we-know
Relationships are all-important to farmer-feeders.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/in-the-cattle-markets---august-2024
Georgia livestock economist gives update on pasture and rangeland conditions.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/12/hn_mexico-notifies-united-states-of-new-world-screwworm-detection
USDA takes action to prevent spread of New World Screwworm to U.S. animals.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/01/mkt_in-the-cattle-markets
Anticipating supplies will be tighter in 2025, along with no significant signs of heifer retention or rebuilding, it makes sense prices will continue to be high in 2025 and possibly into 2026.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/10/angus-advisor-southern-region
Our team of Angus advisors offer regional tips for herd management.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/03/hn_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-cow-lunch
Cow-calf producers are enjoying record calf prices, but maximizing profits still requires managing costs.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2023/08/when-the-dust-settles
Oregon Angus breeder Randy Kessler showcases a lifetime of love for the breed.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/fp_what-did-higher-profit-cow-calf-producers-do-to-be-more-profitable
High-profit operations do these things differently from low-profit operations.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/08/mg_hot-markets-tax-changes-call-for-new-planning
With the 2025 budget reconciliation bill now law, there are a few tax changes to note in year of greater margins.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/10/from-white-house-to-farmhouse
Maryland’s Stabler family earns the 2024 CAB Award.
/angus-media/angus-journal/podcast/the-angus-conversation-season-4/e7-board-recap
The Angus Conversation recaps the most recent Board meeting.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2023/04/the-angus-conversation-building-a-brand-and-cattle-that-match-with-kelly-schaff
When Kelly Schaff’s Grandpa Paul surveyed his pairs on his North Dakota pastures, that’s the criteria the patriarch applied to select his next sires.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/fp_managing-and-marketing-high-quality-cattle
The 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.
/angus-media/angus-journal/2024/01/double-bred-angus
John McCurry named recipient of the Young Breeder Award.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/11/mg_effects-of-lower-corn-prices-on-feeding-cost-of-gain-for-cattle-finishing
What to expect from corn prices through the first half of 2024.