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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.

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.

Gizmos & Gadgets

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Ivomec gains emergency use authorization to protect against NWS, Ritchie introduces a flexible watering solution, Ever.Ag launches Feedlot IQ, and FarmMind offers ag intelligence for farm management.

Tips for a Better Cow Herd

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Improving fertility in cows involves leveraging genetic selection and advanced genomic tools to enhance reproductive performance, but genetic potential is only half the battle. Environment is the other half.

Capitalizing on Cow Power

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MaternalPlus highlights herds focused on females, gathers important data.

Planning, Self-evaluation are Key to Sire Selection

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Select sires that complement a cow herd and contribute to the goals of the operation. NDSU Extension specialist offers tips for using the numbers and and other traits to consider.

Tax Season Prep and Ranch Planning

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Our host Chelsea Good sat down with Roger McEowen to discuss the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, its tax implications, a little something called hobby loss rules, planning for transition and taxes down the line, and more.

Health & Husbandry

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“Health & Husbandry” author Brad White shares that careful recordkeeping, timely necropsies and attention to age-specific disease patterns can turn guesswork into informed management to solve preweaning mortality issues.

Association Perspective for November 2023

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Regional managers can help you access programs and services of the American Angus Association.

Data Makes Dollars & Sense

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Individual cow records help commercial cattlemen

New Program Highlights Data Collection

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The American Angus Association recognized Data Driven Herds at the 2025 Angus Convention.

Keeping Climate Solutions Voluntary with Ashley Bruner

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If you've ever found yourself saying, “Stop blaming cows,” then this episode is for you! With all the climate discussion in the news and legislation, Kasey wanted to learn more about something touted as a way for farmers and ranchers to be an active part of the solution. She sat down with Ashley Bruner of Agoro Carbon Alliance to ask some questions about the carbon market.

Building Better Cattle

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Minnesota cattleman Don Schiefelbein encourages cattlemen to put the best inputs into the product to ensure a profitable outcome.

Producers Discuss Tools, Genetic Progress

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Commercial cattlemen share lessons learned from data, genetic tools at 2024 Angus Convention.

Data Management is Beneficial to Cattle Producers

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Cattle recordkeeping software offers data points producers can use to accelerate their cattle and resource management.

Turn What You See Into Objective Grazing Decisions

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Snap2Graze: Turning cereal rye pasture photos into grazing decisions.

The Estate Planning Stuff You Need with Shannon Ferrell

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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.

Reconciling the Paradox of Positive Profit and Negative Cash Flow

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Use this example of accrual accounting to understand profit and loss.

Helping Others Succeed With Angus

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Steve and Joy Zybach, Zybach Angus, were honored with the CAB Progressive Partner Award at the brand’s 2025 Annual Conference in September.

Ag Producers Should Do Year-end Income Tax Planning

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Farmers and ranchers have until March 3, 2025, to file their 2024 income tax returns without penalty if they have not made estimates.

Beef Cattle Budgets

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Knowing operating costs helps with risk protection products and marketing opportunities.

Hot Markets, Tax Changes Call for New Planning

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With the 2025 budget reconciliation bill now law, there are a few tax changes to note in year of greater margins.

Regenerative from the Ranch to the Feedyard

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Tom Fanning discusses what regenerative means relative to the cattle business, how practices implemented at Pratt Feeders Group feedyards have yielded impressive results and why implementing cattle management systems while tracking data can help make decisions that make the most of your inputs.

eID Tags: Helping Make Black Ink Blacker

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In a connected marketing system, information flow is a win-win.

Choosing the Right Accounting Software for Your Farm

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Factors to consider when it’s time to upgrade or choose farm accounting software.

Six Cattle Technology Trends That Continue to Push Boundaries

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New technology in the cattle industry offers a lot of potential, but there are drawbacks to consider, too.

Tagging Techniques

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Last year (2011), we posed a question to our Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA subscribers: What type of numbering system do you use to identify your calf crop?

Data-Driven Progress and Partnerships

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Industry leaders shared data-driven strategies for capturing premiums through carcass quality, consumer alignment and producer-packer collaborations at 2025 Feeding Quality Forum.

Farm Financial Management: Getting Started

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Implementing a good accounting system and developing beginning and end-of-year balance sheets is an important start.

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.

A Business Case for Using EPDs

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Producer panel provides insight into how the industry can effectively put EPDs to use.

Navigating the Market

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Industry experts team up with cattlemen to discuss how genetics, management and marketing decisions drive profitability.

Start the Year Right With Cattle Recordkeeping System

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Identification opens the door to benchmarking herd performance and efficiency.

The Link

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A transferred registration ‘paper’ matters more than you think.

Gizmos & Gadgets

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This month’s edition of “Gizmos & Gadgets” features Cat Command remote technologies, new cab configurations for Case IH Farmall tractors, Ambrook accounting software and Gripp asset tracking.

Tax Season Prep and Ranch Planning

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Richard McEowen shares thoughts on changes to tax, succession planning brought on by the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’

Keeping Good Records

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Gabe Wight, founder of herd management platform Herd Advisor, tackles the importance of recordkeeping, where to start, why an easy-to-use management software is a solid investment for commercial cattlemen, and more.

A Cattleman’s Balancing Act

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Cattlemen discuss selecting traits for progress in their herds.

Angus Stakes

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Writing a sizable check to bring home the bull(s) that will affect your income for years to come can be a little daunting. Start sooner than later to take pressure off the decision with a little homework.

Adding Another Family Member to the Farm Payroll

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Before a child comes back to the operation, make sure these boxes are checked.

The More You Know

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How keeping records within your herd can shine a light on profit potential.

Gizmos & Gadgets

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The June 2025 edition of “Gizmos & Gadgets” features an anti-caking agent for immune function, a new handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, self-propelled forage harvesters and a 30-foot (ft.) planter.

Gizmos & Gadgets

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Get the scoop on a new metal RFID tag, a rumen bolus for livestock monitoring, a means to lower your utility bill and a system to predict cattle feed intake and make feeding predictions.

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.

Reiterating the Importance of Recordkeeping

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Although it is difficult to assign a particular value to recordkeeping, its contribution to management is an important one.

Mature Cow Data: Are Your Females Represented?

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The fall provides many opportunities for data collection, including recording mature weights and body condition scores.

Angus Advisor: Midwest Region

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Our team of Angus advisors offer regional tips for herd management.

Teat Size and Udder Suspension

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Calving is the time to collect scores on dams’ udders.

Member Tips

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There has never been a point in time when the value of a registered Angus bull has been higher.