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/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/coming-together
Feedyard managers Dale Moore, Grant Morgan and Warren White share how they are collaborating and cooperating to feed better cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/feedlot-finder
A directory of feedlots expressing interest in feeding Angus cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/putting-the-pieces-together
Commercial cattlemen, industry advisor reflect on tools that help them market cattle, progress their herds.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/products-services
A directory to suppliers providing products, services.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/charting-the-course-for-the-cattle-cycle
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/betting-on-the-future
Cattlemen across the country share how they plan for drought recovery.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/kidsthesedays
Georgia stockmanship contest teaches BQA and more; gives young aspiring cattlemen a start on good management.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/health-husbandry
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/feeding-better-cattle-better
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/health-husbandry
Author Brad White shares points to consider when reviewing health plans in this month’s “Health & Husbandry” column.
/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-articles/2024/09/create-your-herds-meal-plan
What will your cattle eat during the next 12 months? It’s time to make your plan.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/shopping-for-a-bull
Here’s how to make the most of your bull-buying strategy.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/sortinggate
AGI President Kelli Retallick-Riley explains how to utilize the diversity of the breed using tools available through the American Angus Association.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/balancing-input-output
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/healthhusbandry
Author Brad White explains the concept of front-loading your calving season and why it matters in this edition of “Health & Husbandry.”
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/deeper-dive
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/data-makes-dollars-and-sense
Individual cow records help commercial cattlemen
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/doing-homework-earns-premiums
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/working-cattle
Cattle producers large and small suffer shortages of time and labor. They need cattle-handling systems allowing them to work faster and more efficiently.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/sorting-gate
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/build-your-transition-team
Recruit professionals for your farm/ranch transition advisory team.
/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
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/our-media/feeder-calf-marketing-guide
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/01/step-down-your-new-bulls-diet
Bulls are often pushed nutritionally from weaning to sale. Here are tips to transition them to breeding season.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/industry-insights
Angus Media, CattleFax collaborate to conduct two industrywide surveys to provide unbiased look at feedlot and cow-calf segments, assess sentiment toward Angus genetics.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2022/01/by-design
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2022/01/phenotype
Visual appraisal is still important in bull selection.
/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-articles/2023/06/customized-calves-make-buyers-happy
Seedstock operators offer tips for marketing commercial calves.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2023/03/stop-reproductive-failure
Higher input costs, calf prices double incentive to investigate cause of open cows.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/comparing-epds-across-breeds
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/changing-the-pickup-purchasing-landscape
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q2/brd-an-ounce-of-prevention
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/bull-buying-thoughts-from-your-angus-regional-managers
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q2/succession-planning-start-the-discussion
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q2/selecting-replacements-via-genemax-advantage-with-decker-and-courter
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/reimaging-red-meat-yield
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/video-sale-and-market-breakdown
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2022/q4/how-bull-selection-affects-your-feeder-calf-prices
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.
/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-extra/2024/01/fp_stretching-winter-hay-supplies
Storage and feeding losses can equate to an extra big bale per cow this winter.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2023/q1/cut-through-genetic-confusion
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/building-a-profitable-relationship-with-your-veterinarian
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/maximizing-labor-with-sensehub-feedlot
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/the-influential-10-percent
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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/01/fp_from-the-field
Bull-buying tips from American Angus Association regional managers Reese Tuckwiller, Casey Jentz and Radale Tiner.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/building-a-better-cow
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.