
April 2025
Focus on Females
Make the most of your investment in Angus with practical solutions on health, nutrition, marketing, genetics and management.
Angus Beef Bulletin
We All Need This StuffEstate planning expert leads session at 2024 Angus Convention.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Angus Females at Work featuring Rob and Leslie HendryOn this episode of “Angus at Work,” our very own Shauna Hermel sat down Rob and Leslie Hendry of Clear Creek Cattle Company to discuss the versatility of Angus-based females, marketability, herd management in a range setting, transition planning and much more.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Quality Takes TimePete Anderson, Midwest PMS, says it’s important to understand the variation in the weight cattle put on throughout the finishing phase, because it could change marketing decisions. Growth curves favor greater carcass premiums with increased days on feed.
Angus Beef Bulletin
There is No Such Thing as a Free Cow LunchCow-calf producers are enjoying record calf prices, but maximizing profits still requires managing costs.
Angus Beef Bulletin
Trump Enacts Tariffs, Ag Industry RespondsAg groups differ in view of how tariffs announced April 2 will affect industry.
Discover how to capitalize on your investment in Angus genetics through the entire beef supply chain in this resource library. Articles focus on raising quality calves, leveraging commercial Angus programs and services, and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories will connect you to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and products and services.
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When strategic decisions are crucial, leveraging the resources and insights offered by American Angus Association programs — such as GeneMax Advantage — ensures producers can build resilient, high-performing herds, says AGI President Kelli Retallick-Riley in this edition of “Sorting Gate.”
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What are your females worth, asks Editor Shauna Hermel in this edition of “Angus Stakes.” With cattle prices up, corn prices reasonable and tools to document genetic value, this might be the year to pencil out what those heifers will be worth as bred heifers next year.
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The most successful breeding programs are built on consistency and purpose. Defining your breeding objective and appropriately using the right Angus selection tools will help ensure genetic progress that aligns with operational goals, says Mark McCully in this edition of “Common Ground.”
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This “News & Notes” covers action taken by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Casey Jentz is promoted to COO, mandatory labeling of beef by country of origin reintroduced, scholarship opportunities through the Angus Foundation, the top-indexing bull in the Clemson University Bull Test, a white paper released by Angus Genetics Inc. looking at the future of phenotyping and commercial data, and an invitation to participate in the 2025 ABB Readership Survey.
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Grass tetany, a metabolic disorder historically linked to magnesium deficiency, can be a problem for beef cattle grazing cool-season grasses.
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Year-round care needed to ensure bulls are healthy, sound and fertile.
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Members have made “Fostering the profitability of commercial cattle producers” their central long-range objective.
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of feeders pay a premium for cattle with potential to qualify for CAB, and 42% of them expect that premium to increase in the future.
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of feeders say the role of genetics will grow in importance in their purchasing decisions.
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Angus bulls sold at auction in FY2023 — and more by private treaty.