GeneMax expands quality in Texas
Date: Jan 24 2014
Big Thinkers & BlogLast year, after hearing about the GeneMax™ genomics test from CAB, he knew it could help him expand profitability in a cost-effective way.
Category: Big Thinkers
Quality beef is a team effort
Date: Nov 27 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogThe southern city is home to veterinarians Gary and Kim Greene who run Greeneline Angus and share a passion for high-quality cattle.
Competing with quality
Date: Sep 24 2013
Big Thinkers & Breeding & News ReleaseFrom the bright lights and shining hardwood of a basketball court to the cedar shavings of an auction ring, if there’s one ideal Pat Goggins believes in, it’s competition. Growing up the youngest of six boys born to sharecroppers can do that. It could come from his love of athletics or his early start as one of the most sought-after purebred auctioneers in the country, but whatever gave him that drive, the result is somewhat of an empire around a Billings, Mont., base. At the center is the Vermilion Ranch, where adding value to customer cattle helped earn the 2013 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award at the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand annual conference in Palm Desert, Calif., Sept. 18-20.
Still at the top in beef quality
Date: Sep 24 2013
Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf Marketing & News ReleaseIt’s hard to stay at the top. But the “coaches” at Performance Blenders of Jackson, Mo., found ways to work with their team of 130 or more cattle producers to keep a traveling trophy. That’s the Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) Quality Focus Award for feeding partners with up to 15,000-head capacity. Last year’s drought and resulting high corn prices forced the team to modify a few strategies, but those challenges did not overcome efforts to raise cattle that hit the CAB and Prime target.
History in the making
Date: Sep 05 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogI recently visited with Mike and Aaron Atterholt, their wives — both named Mandy, and their daughters.
Good things going on in Arkansas
Date: Aug 21 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogRecently a few of those signs pointed Gary to Jimmie Moore of Charleston, Ark., where he visited earlier this week.
Flashback Friday: Quality in the high-mountain desert
Date: Jul 19 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogTalking with Wyoming cattleman Mike Healy gave me a whole new perspective of ranching in the West.
Stories I’ll remember
Date: Jun 14 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogSo I thought I’d share a few quotes that I picked up on my travels through Montana and Iowa last week that I’m sure to remember.
Heritage helps to shape innovation
Date: Apr 11 2013
Big Thinkers & Blog & Breeding Technologies & StockmanshipThey say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but the same can’t be said when utilizing innovative technologies at Bridges Angus Farm.
History, data and hard work
Date: Apr 02 2013
Big Thinkers & BlogJoe’s great-grandfather moved to Texline, Texas, from Savannah, Mo., to assume management duties of the Buffalo Springs Division for the famed XIT Ranch.