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Coming Together

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Feedyard managers Dale Moore, Grant Morgan and Warren White share how they are collaborating and cooperating to feed better cattle.

Feedlot Finder

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A directory of feedlots expressing interest in feeding Angus cattle.

Putting the Pieces Together

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Commercial cattlemen, industry advisor reflect on tools that help them market cattle, progress their herds.

Products & Services

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A directory to suppliers providing products, services.

Charting the Course for the Cattle Cycle

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The U.S. cattle industry has followed a cyclical pattern for well over a century, even throughout the many shocks and changes that have occurred over the decades. As the saying goes, history rarely repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. That is especially true when it comes to cattle cycles, which gives us a guide for market expectations in the years ahead. CattleFax Market Analyst Patrick Linnell shares how.

Betting On the Future

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Cattlemen across the country share how they plan for drought recovery.

Kids These Days

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Georgia stockmanship contest teaches BQA and more; gives young aspiring cattlemen a start on good management.

Health & Husbandry

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Pregnancy-testing the herd is an important management tool that can provide a good metric for herd health and production, evaluate individual cow health status, and influence marketing options for open cows. Preg-testing early provides additional benefits.

Feeding Better Cattle Better

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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.

Health & Husbandry

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Author Brad White shares points to consider when reviewing health plans in this month’s “Health & Husbandry” column.

Outside the Box

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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.

Create Your Herd’s Meal Plan

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What will your cattle eat during the next 12 months? It’s time to make your plan.

Shopping for a Bull?

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Here’s how to make the most of your bull-buying strategy.

Sorting Gate

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AGI President Kelli Retallick-Riley explains how to utilize the diversity of the breed using tools available through the American Angus Association.

Balancing Input & Output

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Cattle still sell by the pound. Quality enhances value. Yet, the cost of production must be considered. Finding a balance is key to managing cattle that work for your operation.

Health & Husbandry

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Author Brad White explains the concept of front-loading your calving season and why it matters in this edition of “Health & Husbandry.”

A Deeper Dive

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Featuring “Angus At Work” episodes worth a revisit. Topics include using performance decisions to make better decisions, using ionophores to increase herd efficiency and starting discussions on succession planning.

Data Makes Dollars & Sense

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Individual cow records help commercial cattlemen

Doing Homework Earns Premiums

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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.

Working Cattle?

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Cattle producers large and small suffer shortages of time and labor. They need cattle-handling systems allowing them to work faster and more efficiently.

Sorting Gate

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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.

Build Your Transition Team

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Recruit professionals for your farm/ranch transition advisory team.

Outside the Box

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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 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.

Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide

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The Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide is a resource to help cattlemen using registered-Angus genetics profit in the quality-beef supply chain. Articles provide insight for raising quality calves, leveraging Angus programs and services and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories help connect to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and the products and services needed to produce quality calves.

Step Down Your New Bull’s Diet

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Bulls are often pushed nutritionally from weaning to sale. Here are tips to transition them to breeding season.

Industry Insights

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Angus Media, CattleFax collaborate to conduct two industrywide surveys to provide unbiased look at feedlot and cow-calf segments, assess sentiment toward Angus genetics.

By Design

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Get ready for calving. Providing a safe, comfortable and clean environment for cattle and crew will result in healthier calves and cows that rebreed more easily.

Look Him Over

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Visual appraisal is still important in bull selection.

Management

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Angus Beef Bulletin Management topic page providing access to stories on business planning, herd management, land stewardship, facilities solutions and more.

Customized Calves Make Buyers Happy

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Seedstock operators offer tips for marketing commercial calves.

Stop Reproductive Failure

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Higher input costs, calf prices double incentive to investigate cause of open cows.

Comparing EPDs Across Breeds featuring Esther Tarpoff

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On this episode of Angus At Work, Miranda Reiman visits with Esther Tarpoff, director of performance programs for the American Angus Association, regarding across-breed EPDs and how they’re calculated; the revolutionary nature of having data comparing multiple breeds; the role the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center plays in strengthening the U.S. cattle herd; and much more. Tune in for discussion of across-breed EPD adjustment factors, making comparisons across breeds, and USMARC.

Changing the Pickup Purchasing Landscape with Pat Driscoll

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On this episode, Pat Driscoll of the Certified Agriculture Group visits with Shauna Hermel about the catalyst for forming the Certified Agriculture Group, the unique needs farmers and ranchers have when it comes to vehicles, how a pickup dealership model like that of tractor dealerships could work for producers, and the exciting new vehicle developed by farmers for farmers.

BRD: An Ounce of Prevention

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This episode of Angus At Work focuses on bovine respiratory disease (BRD) prevention. D.L. Step of Boehringer Ingelheim and Dave Sjeklocha with Merck discuss their top tips for managing your herd and feeder calves to prevent disease issues with host Shauna Hermel.

Bull Buying Thoughts from Your Angus Regional Managers

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2025 will arrive before we know it. Keeping that in mind, our team wanted to give you a sneak peek at our January 2025 Angus Beef Bulletin. Lynsey McAnally checked in with a few regional managers to discuss key considerations when buying bulls and questions you might ask your seedstock provider.

Succession Planning: Start the Discussion

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In this episode of Angus At Work, Editor Shauna Hermel visits with Ron Hanson about starting the discussion on succession planning with loved ones so everyone with a stake in your family operation is on the same page moving forward.

Selecting Replacements with GeneMax Advantage

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On today’s episode of Angus At Work, the University of Missouri’s Jared Decker and Jamie Courter discuss with host Shauna Hermel research validating the use of GeneMax Advantage to select and mate replacement females by identifying varying levels of genetic merit for traits of importance.

Reimaging Red Meat Yield with Dale Woerner

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The current red meat yield equation was rolled out in 1962. Cattle have changed, but calculations to compensate producers haven’t. At Feeding Quality Forum, Dale Woerner of shared technology to calculate a more accurate assessment of red meat yield.

Video Sale & Market Breakdown with Troy Marshall

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Troy Marshall with the American Angus Association discusses video sales, the AngusLink program and Genetic Merit Scorecard, where the national cow herd sits regarding expansion and much more.

How Bull Selection Affects Your Feeder-Calf Prices with Brian Bertelsen

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We are heading into bull sale season, so today’s episode is geared to give you some bull selection criteria — but with the perspective of the end product. Miranda Reiman caught up with Brian Bertelsen, vice president of field operations at U.S. Premium Beef, at the Feeding Quality Forum. He gave some great insight into ways to make the most money off your feeder cattle, and how your bull selection plays into that.

Interest Rate Trends with Don Close

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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.

Stretching Winter Hay Supplies

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Storage and feeding losses can equate to an extra big bale per cow this winter.

Cut Through Genetic Confusion with Kelli Retallick-Riley

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Commercial cattlemen tell us they shoose Angus because of the breed’s marketability, but there’s more benefit to Angus than just premium prices. In this episode of “Angus At Work” we visit with Kelli Retallick-Riley about the value of the breed’s genetic database and the multitude of tools available to seedstock and commercial cattlemen alike.

Building a Profitable Relationship with Your Veterinarian

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On 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.

Maximizing Labor with SenseHub Feedlot featuring Jason Nickell

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In this episode of Angus At Work, host Shauna Hermel chats with Jason Nickell of Merck Animal Health about SenseHub Feedlot, a cattle tag designed to capture individual behavioral and biometric data, including body temperature and activity.

The Influential 10% with Paul Dykstra

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Take a listen as Paul Dykstra with Certified Angus Beef chats with Miranda Reiman about recent data revealing an opportunity to access brand premiums. Of visually eligible cattle that fell short of carcass brand specifications, 10% were within 30 degrees of the lowest marbling score eligible for the Certified Angus Beef® brand.

From the Field: Bull-buying Tips

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Bull-buying tips from American Angus Association regional managers Reese Tuckwiller, Casey Jentz and Radale Tiner.

Building a Better Cow with David Lalman

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In this episode of Angus At Work, David Lalman of Oklahoma State University discusses research to help build a better cow with host Miranda Reiman. Listen in as they discuss more efficient females and how to build a more self-sufficient herd.