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Apply by April 1 for Colvin Scholarship
The production agriculture, undergraduate and graduate scholarship categories each have tailored requirements. In 2025, the Colvin Scholarship Fund supported 27 students with awards ranging from $2,000 to $7,500.
Working in Balance
Cattlemen have a responsibility to look critically at their own herd, determine the areas that warrant improvement, and select animals accordingly. Stockmen bring immense value by objectively evaluating phenotypes, regardless of what the numbers say, and setting individual breeding objectives.
Healthier Soils and Stronger Herds
Effective land stewardship requires an understanding of how each decision affects forage growth, cattle performance and long-term stocking rates. When land is the foundation of the business, producers are more likely to invest time and resources into managing it intentionally.
Smitty’s Service on CAB Board
Lamb continues to find himself struck by just how far-reaching the Angus breed has become. The brand’s growing demand and rising prime carcasses left a strong impression. He hopes everyone recognizes the vital connection built between consumers and Angus producers. Humbled by the opportunity to serve, Lamb reflects on his time as chairman with gratitude.
Zybach Angus Receives Certified Angus Beef Progressive Partner Award
Steve Zybach’s vision for smaller Angus producers to get more value for their calves through feeder calf sales with value-added programs led him to be recognized as the 2025 CAB Progressive Partner.
Cross Cattle Company earns Certified Angus Beef Canadian Commitment to Excellence award
Using disciplined breeding, genetics and hands-on management to raise Angus cattle that consistently hit high standards, Cross Cattle Company’s focus on quality earned them the 2025 Canadian Commitment to Excellence award.
CAB Insider
Choice-Select Spread Inverted
MARKET UPDATE The fed cattle market has traded in a steady range around $235/cwt. live and $372/cwt. dressed in the past two weeks, roughly $10/cwt. lower than the late February high on a live basis. The post-report adjustment to the harvested head count two weeks...
Quality Soaring Higher
Increased Prime carcass production is a boon to sales growth in this category for both Certified Angus Beef and the industry as a whole. A smaller Prime cutout premium above Choice also means greater adoption of this premium product tier by grocers and restaurants. All of the above lead to a firmer foothold for beef as the protein of choice for consumers.
Behind the Brand
The Angus Argument
There’s no denying CAB has helped dramatically expand the market share for registered Angus genetics. Arguably, that success has encouraged several other breeds to adopt a black hide color by incorporating registered Angus genetics into their breeding programs and registries.
From Decline to Dominance
Initiated from a simple yet visionary idea, and pursued through the grit and tenacity of Angus breeders seeking a better future for the breed and Association members, it’s no accident that Certified Angus Beef is where it is today.
Smitty’s Service on CAB Board
Lamb continues to find himself struck by just how far-reaching the Angus breed has become. The brand’s growing demand and rising prime carcasses left a strong impression. He hopes everyone recognizes the vital connection built between consumers and Angus producers. Humbled by the opportunity to serve, Lamb reflects on his time as chairman with gratitude.
Success Stories
An Unforgiving Land
What makes a ranch sustainable? To Jon, it’s simple: the same family, ranching on the same land, for the last 140 years. The Means family never could have done that without sustainability. Responsible usage of water, caring for the land and its wildlife, and destocking their herd while the land recovers from drought.
Double Down on Angus
South of Calgary, Alberta, brothers Austin and Malcolm Cross carry on a century-old family history. Their great-great-grandfather staked his future on this land. Today, the Cross brothers are building one of their own—with Angus cattle that not only perform in the harsh environment but consistently meet the highest standards for beef quality.
A Means to an End
For Willis Ranch, the best Angus cattle thrive in the high desert and produce calves that can become productive replacement females or high-quality carcasses. Every year, calves are better because of their investment in tools like GeneMax and AngusLink. But behind it all is one man’s perfectionist mindset that keeps the entire family moving in the same direction.
Consumer Connection
Sustainability Cents
Sustainability is an all-encompassing term for social, environmental and economic business needs. The popular, updated term describes many of the same best practices cattlemen have put to work for generations.
Driving Demand: International
Selling U.S. beef to buyers in other countries means carefully maintained contacts and planning to avoid sea squalls. Adding COVID to that scene creates a perfect storm that can wreck the best plans. For those skilled in navigating the waters, however, it’s just another day on the boat.
Driving Demand: Foodservice
“What costs most for a restaurant isn’t the meat, but an empty seat.” That statement resonates even more after rounding a year of a pandemic. But before COVID-19 shutdowns and meat shortages, serving CAB was about competitive advantages and so much more. Loyalty breeds loyalty, creating a demand not only for the product, but the company.