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Gardiner Angus Ranch 16th Fall Production Sale
Gardiner Angus Ranch Bulls Average $5,706

Gardiner Angus Ranch's 16th Annual Fall Production sale was held Sept. 28, attracting 331 bidder and 163 buyers both online and in-person purchase a total of 667 head of Angus cattle.

Bob Weaber
KSU's Purebred Beef Unit A 'Head Start on Career In Cattle'

The Purebred Beef Unit at Kansas State University offers undergraduate students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience that is directly applicable when they go out into the industry.

Jared Wareham
Wareham Joins ABS Global

ABS welcomes Jared Wareham as the North America NuEra Business Development Manager to the NuEra Genetics™ program as part of a whole-herd genetic solution for commercial beef customers.

Angus VNR: Breeding for the Brand

Kara Lee, production brand manager for Certified Angus Beef, talks about Targeting the Brand™ program updates, ideas and strategies for Angus producers.

Montana cow-calf pair
Resero Genomics Launches Customer-focused DNA Banking

Resero DNA Reserve, a DNA-banking service that enables livestock producers to store DNA information securely and maintain control of genetic material in their own, proprietary DNA bank was announced by Resero Genomics.

Angus VNR: Start with a Focus

There's a time when pounds aren't everything. For one northeast Missouri family, it pays to focus on high-quality Angus genetics and market them on the grid, capitalizing on pounds of quality.

Angus VNR: She's Got It All

Multiple trait selection is important for economic vitality. In this segment, Dan Loy shares how maternal traits are related to marbling and what that means for cattlemen.

Benefits Await for Pounds and Premiums
Benefits Await for Pounds and Premiums

Brian Bertelsen, U.S. Premium Beef (USPB) vice president, spoke at the Beef Improvement Federation’s recent online symposium, covering everything from hot carcass weight to quality grade targets.

Angus heifers
Bennett Presented BIF Pioneer Award

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) presented Paul Bennett, Red House, Virginia, the BIF Pioneer Award June 9 during the group’s annual research symposium online.

Hereford bull
Ludwig Receives BIF Pioneer Award

Craig Ludwig was posthumously presented the Beef Improvement Federation’s (BIF) Pioneer Award June 9 during the group’s annual research symposium online.

BIF names new leadership
BIF Selects New Board, Officers

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) announced new directors and officers June 8 during the group’s annual meeting and symposium, hosted virtually this year.

Becky Mills
Becky Mills Named BIF Ambassador Award Recipient

Becky Mills, Cuthbert, Georgia, received the BIF Ambassador Award presented annually by BIF to a member of the media for his or her efforts in spreading news of BIF and its principles to a larger audience.

Kevin and Lydia Yon with their family
Yon Family Farms Named BIF Seedstock Producer of Year

Yon Family Farms, Ridge Spring, SC, was recognized as the Beef Improvement Federation Seedstock Producer of the Year, recognizing their their dedication to improving the beef industry at the seedstock level.

Range cattle
Beef Breed Organizations Unite To Strengthen Industry

International Genetic Solutions (IGS), is working across the breed spectrum to provide resources and technologies that ensure cattlemen and women along the industry chain are set up for success.

BIF's annual symposium will be online next week.
BIF Announces Seedstock, Commercial Award Finalists

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) announced finalists for its Seedstock and Commercial Producer awards on Friday, May 22. The 52nd BIF symposium will be held the week of June 8.

Merck partners with American Hereford Association
Merck And Hereford Announce Partnership

Merck Animal Health announced a five-year partnership with the American Hereford Association (AHA) to educate members on the importance of animal health programs in maximizing cattle's genetic potential.

BIF announces Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs
BIF Releases New Guidelines for Performance Evaluation

The Beef Improvement Federation unveils the latest version of its Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs, reinvented in a web-based Wiki format.

American Red Cattle Met with Warm Welcome
American Red Cattle Met with Warm Welcome

American Red, a collaborative identification and tagging program between the Red Angus Association of America and Santa Gertrudis Breeders International is gaining momentum in the southern United States.

Range cattle
Neogen Launches Enhanced Igenity® Beef Genomic Profile

Neogen Corporation announced it has launched an enhanced version of its Igenity® Beef profile, a genomic test for commercial cattle.

Gardiner Angus Ranch
Gardiner Angus Ranch 5th Annual “Meating Demand” Bull Sale

Gardiner Angus Ranch’s 5th Annual “Meating Demand” bull sale saw 159 20-month-old bulls ready to turn on summer pastures sell along with 108 bred commercial Angus females.

Simmental cattle
Simmental Provides Relief To Membership

American Simmental Association has approved a member support package for fiscal year 2021, to help members deal with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

Igenity Branded
Superior, NEOGEN launch Igenity Branded

NEOGEN Genomics and Superior Livestock Auction (SLA) announce the launch of Igenity® Branded, a commercial beef certification program verified by a genomic test.

Glenn Selk: Using Artificial Insemination In Very Warm Weather
Glenn Selk: Using Artificial Insemination In Very Warm Weather

Producers who synchronize and artificially inseminate replacement heifers or cows have already begun the process. If hot weather arrives during the AI season, some management and breeding alterations may be helpful.

Angus VNR: Make AI Work for Your Cow Herd

While dairymen have used artificial insemination, or AI, profitably for decades, beef producers are starting to show more interest, and for good reasons.

Glenn Selk: Spring Breeding Seasons Need to Stay On Time
Glenn Selk: Spring Breeding Seasons Need to Stay On Time

Spring breeding seasons need to stay on time. Breeding seasons occurring during extremely hot weather can impact pregnancy rates in several ways. 

Through the Igenity Beef genomic platform, Neogen will identify groups of cattle that qualify for Top Dollar Angus.
Neogen, Top Dollar Angus Announce Genetic Verification Program

Through the Igenity Beef genomic platform, Neogen will identify groups of cattle that qualify for Top Dollar Angus — the first and only genetic verification program focused on commercial Angus and Red Angus cattle.

Jared Wareham: Beef On Dairy - Part 2
Jared Wareham: Beef On Dairy - Part 2

There remains much we won’t know about the formidableness of this segment as far as its potential long-term impact on premium groups of cattle from traditional beef production.

Left to right: Grant Gardiner, Greg Gardiner, Mark Gardiner, Lorna Marshall of Select Sires, Ransom Gardiner, Cole Gardiner and Quanah Gardiner.
Gardiner Angus Ranch Bulls Average $7,334

In the wake of social distancing guidelines, more than 72% of GAR cattle were sold online, as 633 bidders were registered to bid in person, on LiveAuctions.tv and Superior Livestock Auction.

 Consumers have proven they’re willing to pay the "Porsche price," but if the eating experience doesn’t match, then that brand of beef will get scratched off the buy-again list, Robbi Pritchard said.
Cattlemen Should Produce the Porsches of Beef

Consumers are willing to pay a high price for beef if it’s worth it every time.

Angus VNR: Cattle Health Via Genetics

Imagine a world where you could breed cattle that never get sick. It’s not as far off as you might think. Ongoing research across two continents is uncovering genetic tools to help select for increased immunity.

Santa Gertrudis cattle
Santa Gertrudis: Data Make The Difference

The Santa Gertrudis Breeders International says demand for Data Driven – Profit Proven Santa Gertrudis bulls and females is gaining traction among American cattlemen.

Beef AI Can Pay
Beef AI Can Pay

Capturing the value of artificial breeding from ranch to rail.

Angus VNR: Building the Best

A business-first approach lets everything else fall into place when families want to make their living on the land. Raising beef cattle as a business, Noble Ranch crunches numbers to keep control of its destiny.

CAB Insider: Seasonal Impacts to CAB Carcass Counts
CAB Insider: Seasonal Impacts to CAB Carcass Counts

Market discussions in the current environment are challenging with near term pricing on the live cattle side of the business quite serious for many market participants.

Proactive Animal Health Means a Genetic Approach
Proactive Animal Health Means a Genetic Approach

Imagine a world where you could breed cattle that never get sick.

Angus VNR: Follow the Marbling

Selecting for just one trait can be ruinous in the cow-calf business—but it depends on how that one trait is related to others, and how well you keep the others balanced.

Cupid Shuffle shown by Ryder Day
Cupid Shuffle Is A Milestone Champion

Cupid Shuffle became the first Hereford chosen as Grand Champion steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show since 1982, bringing back memories of Conoco, the first crossbred picked as champion in a major show 51 years ago.

More data on crossbred commercial cattle reduces risk
IGS, Neogen Develop Crossbred Selection Tools

During the past decade, seedstock breeders have adopted genomics to strengthen genetic prediction tools and resulting selection decisions. The IGS-Neogen partnership accelerates the effort for commercial ranchers.

GAR bulls
Gardiner Angus Ranch “Early Bird” Bull Sale Results

Gardiner Angus Ranch’s “Early Bird” bull sale – held at the ranch January 27, 2020 – saw 186 Angus bulls and 108 bred commercial Angus heifers sell.

GrowSafe is publicly releasing the top proven feed efficiency bulls.
World’s First Public Feed-Efficiency Database Launches

GrowSafe Systems Ltd. announced the inaugural release of The 2020 Top 150 Proven Bulls, which includes all bulls with a 0.6 accuracy rating for their RFI EPD.

Justin Sexten: Simple Technology to Improve Reproductive Success
Justin Sexten: Simple Technology to Improve Reproductive Success

The number of sensor based technologies available to livestock producers continues to advance. Today there are machines and sensors being used to replicate human observation related to sight, sound and even smell.

Gelbvieh Association Announces Carcass Data Collection Project
Gelbvieh Association Announces Carcass Data Collection Project

The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) has announced a Carcass Data Collection Project as its latest breed improvement endeavor. It is a joint effort of the AGA and American Gelbvieh Foundation (AGF).

What can beef producers do to gain more consumer confidence?
At The Table: What And Why Are They Buying?

Science may say beef production is carbon neutral, that animal welfare is the best it’s ever been, but for consumers in an era of skepticism, science is just another person’s opinion.

Angus cattle on feed
Performance Livestock Analytics and Top Dollar Angus Partner

Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA) and Top Dollar Angus are partnering to help seedstock and commercial cattlemen simplify data entry and capture more value from their management decisions.

Genetic improvements continue to advance
Black Ink: Built-in And Better

The cattle of tomorrow are being bred with more and more precision, and the rate of improvement can increase. They’ll fit the places they live and the places they’re headed more and more predictably.

Crossbred cows
Neogen Launches First Crossbred Beef Heterosis Test

Neogen Corporation announced it has released Igenity® + Envigor™ — the first and only genetic test in the beef industry that measures heterosis in crossbred cattle.

Making data-driven decisions
Justin Sexten: Improving On Average

Which is more financially advantageous on your ranch if the average is the same, uniformity from top to bottom or bottom-end discounts offset by premiums from top-end excellence?

Prime Cincinnati
The Winding Road to Prime

When diners come into Prime Cincinnati steakhouse and expect to spend “a couple hundred dollars” for a meal, it’s a responsibility executive chef Shawn Heine doesn’t take lightly.

South Dakota rancher Britton Blair.
Capturing Value For Your Calves

Ranchers have more opportunities to receive added value for their calves than other segments, and panelists at the Range Beef Cow Symposium discussed how to accomplish such goals.

Hereford-sired feeder cattle.
Hereford Advantage Feeder Cattle Marketing Program Enhanced

Designed to identify superior Hereford-influenced feeder cattle, the Hereford Advantage program now offers additional benefits to add value to feeder cattle.