Category: Blog

It takes a team

Date: Dec 04 2017

It’s about more than hard work and great genetics — having the right people in business with you can make all the difference.

Targeting the brand for fun and profit

Date: Dec 01 2017

My commercial Angus cows are every bit as important to me as the registered Angus bulls I use, and that is why I stay with the most predictable sires in the world.

A hardware salesman and a hand surgeon walk into a bar…

Date: Nov 29 2017

As big as a barn

Date: Nov 15 2017

Now we want to leave our mark on 40 communities across the country. We’re taking nominations for barns that will be painted throughout 2018.

Chow down in Cowtown

Date: Nov 01 2017

Since so many of you will be visiting Fort Worth this weekend for Angus Convention, we’ve pulled together a list of our brand partners in the general vicinity of the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Ready for rory?

Date: Oct 30 2017

I strain my ears as a few people wander into the kitchen of the Amarillo Country Club, pondering if those new voices match the one of chef and TV personality Rory Schepisi.

Sold: An auction tale worth retelling

Date: Oct 25 2017

There is something about an auction, no matter where or why, that evokes good memories of the energy at a community sale barn. I can almost taste the café’s homemade pie. The Colvin Scholarship fundraiser at our CAB annual conference was no different.

Add value by culling, feeding

Date: Oct 17 2017

Weaning and “preg checking” tell us how successful our last two breeding seasons were. While many cow herd operators enjoy calving as a time to see the fruits of their labor, I prefer weaning, when management and genetic selection come together in one package. If you fell short in meeting any challenge like keeping pastures vegetative or replacement heifers without records, those effects are in full view when calves cross the scale at weaning.

All about the beef…or is it?

Date: Oct 17 2017

“This is more than a celebration of marbling.” President John Stika said that as he kicked off the CAB brand annual conference in Nashville.

Not just a carcass program

Date: Oct 13 2017

“Rather than going for extreme, we make sure the cattle do everything else right and then pick the best you can for the traits you’re trying to improve,” Doug says.