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March 23, 2025

Capitalizing on Cow Power

MaternalPlus highlights herds focused on females, gathers important data.

March 23, 2025

Developing the Next Generation

Know what you have, and develop those heifers to stay in the cow herd. Debbie Lyons-Blythe and Zach Thomas share tips for developing heifers in the herd to stay.

March 23, 2025

Environment or Genetics?

Genetics and environment both play roles in Walker Cattle Company’s top-quality, docile cows. Born to cows you can enjoy working with, Douglas and Sonja Walker’s calves excel on AngusLink’s Genetic Merit Scorecard.

March 22, 2025

Sorting Gate

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.”

March 21, 2025

Designing for Tomorrow, Today

When planning for the future, we often begin by drawing designs, blueprints or strategic plans.

March 21, 2025

Angus Stakes

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.

March 21, 2025

Common Ground

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.”

March 20, 2025

Advances in Electronic Estrous Detection Systems

Considering how to use new tools in your operation.

March 20, 2025

News & Notes

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.