Throwing shade on your herd
Date: Apr 14 2021
Research Feature & StockmanshipCategory: Stockmanship
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.
Rutan family earns CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award
Date: Sep 24 2020
Maternal Function & News Release & Post Weaning & Stockmanship & SustainabilityThe owner-managers of Morgan Ranches learn and teach through such wisdom gathered over decades. Every day is a choice, and they choose to make it good. That positive philosophy only begins to tell why Morgan Ranches earned the 2020 CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence award.
Senses and sense
Date: Aug 31 2020
Health & News Release & StockmanshipHumans developed over millennia to hunt and herd. When it’s time to move animals, instincts send us out with a purpose but sometimes little thought to how our aggressive behavior affects what they do. Stepping into a cattle pen, we naturally act the predator, manipulating where animals go. But good handling practices should turn us into leaders, says Kip Lukasiewicz.
Rising to the occasion
Date: Mar 23 2020
Consumer Connection & NCBA Convention & News Release & Research & StockmanshipWe know what keeps an animal healthy, but do we know what they want? Lily Edwards-Callaway, of Colorado State University, shared animal welfare research during Cattlemen’s College session at the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention that she tag-teamed with NCBA’s Shawn Darcy.
What technology can’t do
Date: Mar 12 2020
Black Ink & Stockmanship & SustainabilityTechnology has done a lot for making rancher jobs easier—like automatic waterers. But nothing can replace the human side of stockmanship.
Better every day
Date: Feb 12 2020
Consumer Connection & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Stockmanship“Continuous improvement,” it’s what the beef industries does to demonstrate to consumers we’re committed to getting better. It’s how we measure progress. For Cargill Protein, the packing company puts the same pressure on themselves.
Mindful management
Date: Jan 30 2020
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Post Weaning & Research & Stockmanship & SustainabilityUndetectable diseases are hard to cure. That’s why the industry is working to find new ways of treating liver abscesses. Tylan is effective, but as antibiotic-resistance concerns and conversations continue, its future is not assured.
Built-in and better
Date: Jan 20 2020
Black Ink & Breeding & Breeding Technologies & Sire Selection & StockmanshipThe technology of today is rapidly advancing while also imagining what the future consumer wants. When you select for breed genetics, you’re imagining what the future of beef could look like.
Trust insurance
Date: Dec 10 2019
Angus Convention & Consumer Connection & News Release & StockmanshipBeef Quality Assurance eases consumer concerns about how their food is raised. BQA is common sense backed by science and research like animal welfare, health, record keeping, biosecurity, transportation and worker safety.