Art and Stacy Butler named the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award winner. Their Spring Cove Ranch sits in Bliss, Idaho, where they target the Certified Angus Beef brand in every aspect of management.
His push to get better and desire to win are as much a part of how he was raised—and people who mentored him along the way—as they are a personal philosophy. Probably why he earned the CAB 2019 Progressive Partner Award.
Their camaraderie and shared trust to the work they do for their feeding company doesn’t go unnoticed. The Timmerman family earned the CAB 2019 Feedlot Commitment to Excellence Award for their dedication to feeding quality cattle and getting results.
Is docility economically important? We’d say so. Cattle graded Choice or higher was 63.5% for calm temperaments, compared to 55.5% for their excitable pen mates. The calm advantage was $56 per head.
The rancher doesn’t see an end to growth. The Certified Angus Beef brand continues to set records and grow, even with consumers who don’t yet know about CAB. When his term ends Connealy will tie in his years of board experience to support his family ranch.
Retail meat staff are your sales force, the first resource shoppers approach when they have a question. Supermarket executives know their stores only succeed if customer-facing employees like meat clerks are ready to answer those questions.
Mike Mills eventually became famous in the barbecue world for his years in the competition circles. In 2010, the four-time world champion and three-time grand world champion in Memphis was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame.
“There’s a solid demand for our beef, both in terms of the domestic market and the export market,” he said. “We think USDA is understating U.S. beef trade, so there’s a real argument of a demand bull market that’s developing as U.S. cattle prices tighten.”
The cattle industry needs to make some bold, creative changes to ensure its viability. That was the wakeup call from speakers at the Feeding Quality Forum, Aug. 27 to 28 in Amarillo, Texas. Persistent problems may require new approaches.
Working from the Beef State, Natalie Jones helps the CAB team across the country craft stories about outstanding Angus producers and inform audiences through technical articles, features, news releases, video scripts and social media
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