Angus done different
Date: Sep 15 2021
Big Thinkers & EPDsA passion and an entrepreneurial spirit started CK Cattle in Alabama. The Madaris’s were chasing a fantasy but now support three households through their Angus seedstock business.
Category: Breeding
Buy better
Date: Mar 15 2021
Black Ink & EPDs & News Release & Sire Selection & Targeting the BrandThe subject of herd improvement is more nuanced than, “Buy better bulls.” Yet, that’s a pretty foundational place start. This Black Ink column explores the idea of buying better.
They run deep
Date: Oct 22 2020
Big Thinkers & Breeding Technologies & Maternal Function & Targeting the BrandThe pastures at Dalebanks Angus near Eureka, Kan., hide the plants’ challenge well. Native big and little bluestem adapted over the ages to thrive in the shallow soil, only a few inches deep in places, that blankets the underlying limestone. Shards of flint mingle with the roots.
Never gone dry
Date: Oct 22 2020
Big Thinkers & Sire Selection & Stockmanship & SustainabilityTwo fishing cabins stood on the edge of the San Marcos river in 1919. Sixty years later Bodey Langford connected the two, as brick-by-brick, he built a home where he and Kathy would raise daughters Anna and Callie. There on his late father’s ranch near Lockhart, Texas, he also built his herd with purpose.
Eager to learn, ready to teach
Date: Oct 02 2020
Breeding & EPDs & News Release & Targeting the BrandIt’s a call to serve, the same that led John Grimes to run for the American Angus Association board of directors. The sun now setting on his second three-year term, he reflects on his leadership as Certified Angus Beef® board chairman. The head of Maplecrest Farms in Hillsboro, Ohio, says there’s no instant gratification in the cattle business, with constant change cattlemen have to be nimble.
Add value to calves
Date: Sep 28 2020
AngusLink & Breeding & Cattle Markets & Feeder Calf Marketing & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Sire Selection“Value” in feeder calf marketing is a relative term. All calves have some and the trick is to capture your share, said Paul Dykstra. Success is rooted in your customers he said. Customer changes through the supply chain from feeder, to packer to consumer.
Dalebanks Angus earns CAB seedstock honors
Date: Sep 24 2020
Breeding & News Release & Targeting the BrandWhen the industry was going one way, Matt Perrier saw his parents and grandparents going another. That dedication to quality, to the Perrier family and Dalebank Angus’s goal of “practical, profitable genetics,” was rewarded with the 2020 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence award.
Fine-tuned engines
Date: Aug 13 2020
Breeding Health & Gestational Nutrition & Health & News ReleaseMineral nutrition plays an important role in every function of cattle – from health, to reproductive performance, to day-to-day activities. However, mineral deficiencies are hard to detect base on physical traits. Supplementation programs can help ensure your cattle are getting the minerals needed to perform their best.
The price is right
Date: Aug 04 2020
Big Thinkers & Retained Ownership & Sire SelectionThe Steib family has expanded their farm and feedlot operation into a dynamic ranch. Today, they raise the calves they eventually feed out, having a hand in quality decisions every step of the way.
From chaos to dream ranch
Date: Aug 03 2020
Big Thinkers & EPDs & Maternal Function & Sire SelectionRaising cattle had been a dream for the Idaho couple from the start of their marriage, even though neither had prior ranching experience. After years of dedication and faith in each other, the Brown family now operates a large cow-calf operation focusing on quality Angus genetics.