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Angus Beef Bulletin

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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.

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National Junior Angus Association members are our strong foundation for expansion and improvement for the Angus breed in the future. Find your voice. Find your spot in the NJAA.

Most Consumers Are Unfamiliar, or Only Slightly Familiar, with Regenerative Agriculture

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Survey finds consumers are unfamiliar with regenerative agriculture, increasing importance of food affordability.

Consumer Demand and the Power of Quality

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At the 2025 Feeding Quality Forum, David O’Diam of Certified Angus Beef addressed the current retail beef environment, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in today’s marketplace.

Policy Matters: Beefing Over Beef Prices

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A multitude of factors play into today’s beef prices.

America’s Appetite for Beef

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Should beef producers worry that demand will wane as prices increase?

News From the Hill

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The latest moves by Congress and USDA.

Intricacies of Direct Marketing Beef with Blair and Bakker

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Kasey chats with SDSU meat scientists and ranchers Amanda Blair and Christina Bakker about the intricacies of direct marketing beef well. There are plenty of things to think about before starting a direct marketing venture — genetics, nutrition, facilities, marketing and more.

News & Notes

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Herdsman Bootcamp offers resources to those new to the breed, Bill Rishel inducted into Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery, Rollins announces new R&D priorities, National Angus Bull Sale signals strong bull market, Foundation Heifer Package sells for $150,000, and USDA issues Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Panel Talks Capturing Added Value in Cattle

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Nevil Speer, Bruce Cobb and Leann Saunders discuss value-based marketing and changes in the beef cattle industry during Capturing Value educational session at Angus Convention.

Common Ground

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In this edition of “Common Ground,” Mark McCully shares that when evaluating animals, “better” means different things to different environments, but focusing on what is best for the beef industry is a common goal.

Insight from the Packer with Chad Barker

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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.

'Where's the Beef?' Program Expands Outreach to Direct Beef Sales Industry

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Videos add unique, personal perspectives to AgriLife Extension program.

Consumers Want Beef, but They’re Asking More Questions

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Beef demand remains strong, but consumers expect great eating quality, convenient buying options, clear nutritional value and reassurance about animal care.

Country Strong: After the Hurricane

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For farmers and ranchers in the path of Hurricane Helene, getting back to normal is no small task.

The Consumer and the Cow

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Success requires balancing consumer demand with a cow that can produce a quality product despite the environment in which she performs.

USDA Requires SNAP-authorized Retailers to Carry More Real Food

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Practical changes to retailer stocking standards promote more options while reducing fraud and abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Meet the Meat Cutting School: UK Teaches Skills to Improve Industry

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Meat Cutting School offers fun and impactful hands-on workshops, adding valuable skills to the labor force in Kentucky’s meat-processing industry.

Making Sense of Supply, Pricing and Navigating the Market

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Producer profitability, strategic specification adjustments and resilient demand will help stabilize the brand’s beef supply chain through herd size and pricing shifts in 2025 and beyond.

Sharing the Importance of Beef in a Healthy Diet

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Texas Tech’s Mark Miller helps lead research on supplementing human diets with healthy protein.

USDA and EXIM Announce Partnership to Put American Farmers First and Boost Exports

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FARM Initiative serves as umbrella for series of program improvements and activities.

Open Freezers, Community Connections

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Indiana family’s open-freezer days foster connections with community.

USDA Promotes New, Voluntary ‘Product of USA’ Label

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New guidance supports transparency, consumer trust and American ranchers.

Quality Wins, Again

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Consumers still expect beef to taste great, but now it should be convenient, too.

Is It Spoiled?

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Novel product developed at Auburn University promises to reduce meat waste by providing real-time freshness monitoring.

Michigan Angus Family Earns Ambassador Award

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CAB honored Seldom Rest Farms with its 2023 Ambassador Award, recognizing the Foster family for sharing their story with CAB partners on a regular basis.

A Deeper Dive

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Here are three Angus at Work episodes focused on strengthening your operation.

The Second-Best Sales Year for Certified Angus Beef

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Certified Angus Beef closed its 2024 fiscal year with one of its strongest sales years in the company’s history. With marked growth both domestically and internationally, the global beef brand sold 1.237 billion pounds and recorded a 37.4% CAB acceptance rate.

Supporting Accurate Nutrient Data for Beef

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Project updates and expands nutrient data available for beef cuts to reflect today’s more closely trimmed, diverse options and to reflect the continuously evolving beef supply.

Natural Disasters Cause the Beef Blues

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When disaster strikes, an on-farm meat enterprise can add a whole list of its own complications.

Partnership Earns CAB Progressive Partner Award

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With posterity in mind, the Bruner and Wendel families looked for a processor to harvest, inspect and grade their high-quality Angus cattle. They would sell directly to consumers through Dakota Angus LLC.

Thanksgiving Dinner: Its Cost & the Farmer’s Share

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AFBF, NFU share perspective on how much the average Thanksgiving dinner cost families this year and how much of that value trickled down to those who produced it.

Making Life Easier for Everybody

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McCully shares how being helpful is a sound business model.

Behind the Brand

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It’s a good time to be in the Angus business — in a lot of ways, never better. Demand for registered Angus genetics is soaring. Yet, it hasn’t always been like this.

Keep the Supply Coming

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Certified Angus Beef talks supply and demand dynamics, recognizes ranchers at Annual Conference.

Ranchers See the Big Picture

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An ambitious group of Angus breeders from across the globe attended the 2025 Beef Leaders Institute, spending a week learning about the beef supply chain.

A Prairie’s Song

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Saying goodbye to a tradition in the Flint Hills.

Future-Focused Business

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Direct-to-consumer beef business, Dakota Angus, earns CAB Progressive Partner Award.

Data and Decisions: Using Information to Make Quicker Improvement and More Profit

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Speer and Taylor join The Angus Conversation.

The Angus Argument

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Looking deeper into CAB's mission.

The Power of Telling Why

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In a fast-moving industry, telling agriculture’s story may be just as important as raising the cattle behind it.

Success, Despite Challenges

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Certified Angus Beef celebrates 47 years with more than 1.235 billion pounds sold.

Protecting Brand Integrity

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More than just a label.

His Life’s Work is to Represent Yours

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From submarine service to Swig & Swine, Chef DiBernardo knows how to feed people well.

Behind the Brand

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While Certified Angus Beef is a not-for-profit company, it does generate revenue.

From White House to Farmhouse

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Maryland’s Stabler family earns the 2024 CAB Award.

An Ambassador for All

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Maplecrest Farms recognized with the CAB Ambassador Award for promoting each industry segment.

A Common Thread

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Parallels between aquaculture, human genetics and the cattle industry featured at Angus Convention.

Promising Quality in Angus

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Standards of the breed.