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Benoit Angus Ranch honored with CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award
What started with six Angus heifers, has now grown into 400 Angus females, along with a 2,500 acre farming division. The multi-generation family business focus on improving the reputation on the ranch with high-quality cattle. From the ground up, Benoit Angus Ranch has earned the CAB 2023 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award.
Feeding Quality Forum Shares Market Outlook, Path to Meeting Demand
The beef demand success story of the past is also the industry’s roadmap for the future, said speakers at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum. The program covered everything from current market conditions and technology to price forecasts and advancements on the horizon.
Certified Angus Beef Launches Direct-to-Consumer Program
Could your freezer beef carry the CAB logo? Perhaps. With the launch of a new program. Ranch to Table, a direct partnership program between CAB and cattle operations using Angus genetics, allows ranchers to use the brand’s trusted reputation for increased gain.
Steve Hunt Honored with the 2023 Industry Achievement Award
When the cattle industry needed a leader, Steve Hunt stepped up. Sure, it was a group effort to launch U.S. Premium Beef – ranchers, cattle feeders and allied industry – but they all say one man made the difference between success and failure.
The 2023 Colvin Scholarship Fund Awards Future Beef Leaders
Certified Angus Beef awards 23 students a grand total of $81,500 in funds through the Colvin Scholarship Fund this year.
Certified Angus Beef Recognizes Beef Quality Research
First-place honors go to Andres Mendizabal, an international student pursuing a Ph.D. in animal science at Texas Tech University. His research is titled, “The Accuracy of USDA Yield Grade and Beef Carcass Components as Predictors of Red Meat Yield.”
CAB Insider
Middle Meats and Supply Driving Fourth Quarter Spreads
At the retail level, November brings a brief shift in focus, away from beef to turkey and ham, for Thanksgiving meals. Turkeys are the classic “loss leader” item in grocery stores during November as retailers practically give them away to lure a volume of shoppers to spend on the high-margin center of the store goods.
CAB Brand Sales Third Best in 45-Year History
In this CAB Insider,shifting market dynamics have already marked trend changes in the 2023 cattle and beef markets. These shifts are most succinctly summarized through two factors, fewer cattle and higher prices, that will further entrench themselves in near term trends.
Behind the Brand
Opportunity for beef progress continues
For our domestic and international foodservice and retail partners, the beef business looks much different than it did at the start of this year, so we had much to cover during our first-ever virtual CAB annual conference. More than 1,100 people tuned in to get energized and empowered to sell more high-quality beef in this new environment.
Brand specifications evolve
To earn the Certified Angus Beef ® brand, Angus-influenced cattle, with predominantly solid black coats, must pass our must pass our 10 additional carcass specifications. Those measures will get a slight update on 9/9.
Meating the Need
The pandemic has put the foodservice industry in a tough spot, but their grit and generosity overshadow hard times. Foodservice companies across the country are giving back by serving Certified Angus Beef® to their communities.
Success Stories
From chaos to dream ranch
Raising 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.
Proven but still improving
The Miller family has invested time, technology and the study of expected progeny differences into their cattle. The result? Quality Angus genetics that consistently come on top and premiums that end up in the hands of the farmers.
Sights set on better beef
A successful business doesn’t happen overnight. It takes patience, strategic management and a desire to make the best better. After years of dedication, the Georg brothers have increased the carcass quality and maternal function of their Angus herd.
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