Dreamers and doers
Date: Jul 25 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipIf you could have one wish, any wish, what would it be? More resources, greater assets, the best genetics or something else?
Category: Big Thinkers
Smiles, success
Date: Jul 10 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Canada & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipYou could say Cudlobe Angus began on a whim. The journey from three Angus cows purchased at a sale barn to a more than 600 head seedstock operation that hosts two sales a year took decades of learning and investment risk.
Living their story
Date: Jun 01 2018
Big Thinkers & Black Ink & BlogMeet Lucile: She’s 96 and flies a Beechcraft. Then there’s her son Bob, who started digging up dinosaur bones on their ranch as a relaxing hobby. Bob’s son Grant fly fishes in Alaska.
A heritage of quality
Date: May 16 2018
Big Thinkers & BlogThe first thing we talked about was how dry the winter had been. It was mid-April and the Kansas prairie didn’t look a day after January.
Tall tales and high standards
Date: May 08 2018
Big Thinkers & BlogI’ve always been a big fan of good stories – tales of great adventure and overcoming adversity. The type of stories with characters who throw out the rulebook and make one of their own. Minnie Lou and daughter Mary Lou Bradley, along with Mary Lou’s husband James Henderson are those type of people.
Time and data will tell
Date: Apr 27 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Post Weaning & Retained Ownership“We want to be able to capture the true value of the genetics we’ve invested in,” Billy says. “And to do that, we need to hang them on the rail and see what they’re worth.”
The road ahead
Date: Mar 09 2018
Big Thinkers & BlogCattle from the Southeastern states have a mixed reputation for delivering carcass merit. Pockets of excellence lift that overall image.
Call the cattle ‘Hoover’
Date: Mar 02 2018
Big Thinkers & BlogWe were sitting in her parked truck, next to the old house where her grandfather was raised, cattle to our left and behind us. “Just call the cattle ‘Hoover’,” Landi Livingston said matter-of-factly.
Better beef on the horizon
Date: Feb 15 2018
Big Thinkers & BlogThe sun was just peeking over the hills surrounding Hardyville, Ky., when I drove right past Jay McCoy’s ranch. My GPS told me I had arrived, but I knew there was no way his was the place surrounded by Holstein cattle.
Ovine to bovine
Date: Feb 05 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Retained OwnershipI met Fred Roberts this summer outside a diner in western Wyoming. He ordered his coffee and I asked him questions about Angus cattle. Fred’s a sheep guy, too.