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Certified Angus Beef Welcomes New Director of Producer Communications
Genetics and management are at the forefront of targeting the Certified Angus Beef ® brand but communicating beef value propositions to cattlemen guides informed business decisions. To bring the most relevant production and economic information to cattlemen, CAB hired fifth-generation rancher Lindsay Graber Runft as director of producer communications.
Cattlemen Remain Committed to Quality
With ranchers continuing to produce high-quality beef at notable marks and consumer demand staying strong, Certified Angus Beef closed its books on the second-highest sales year of record. The brand’s success is a reflection of an entire community pointed toward providing premium beef, starting with steady supply.
Jumping In
In a fast paced and dynamic communications space, Certified Angus Beef seeks three students aspiring for opportunities beyond the classroom and through the beef supply chain. Three internship positions are available for college students majoring in agricultural communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or related areas.
Kansas Family’s Forward Thinking Earns 2022 Progressive Partner Award
Adapting Angus cattle to perform better, in tandem with the land, and create a better end product is a labor of love 33 years in the making for the Blythe family. Every year they’ve improved one breeding decision, management change, farm tour and conversation at a time.
Triangle H Named CAB Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Honoree
At Triangle H, problems are met with careful consideration of every possible outcome, solutions executed with care and evaluation. It’s simply how they deal with every challenge from people to cattle to equipment. Work to be the best in everything they do – a mindset Hands is passing on to his daughter. Their sharp focus on quality and thoughtful customer service earned Triangle H the 2022 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award from CAB.
Ranch Covey Hill Earns Canadian Commitment to Excellence Award
With a dream and a leap of faith, Ranch Covey Hill took shape. The Quebec-based Angus ranch has been built from the ground up, but always with customer satisfaction in mind. That’s what earned the Chenail family recognition from Certified Angus Beef at the brand’s 2022 Annual Conference.
CAB Insider
Christmas Plans in August
Early August in the beef market generally sees lackluster fed cattle prices and the final throes of the summer slump in boxed beef values. However, in the modern retail grocery business, it’s high time that end users make their plans for fourth-quarter holiday beef features.
CAB Supplies Hold Up Despite Smaller Slaughter
With fed cattle carcass weights now set to steadily increase into at least October, carcass quality grades typically decline beginning in early August. Lighter placements and continued smaller slaughter totals will keep product supplies in check. Labor Day demand is just weeks away and with that uptick, the quality-based price spreads are likely to perform quite well.
Behind the Brand
K-Stater interns with CAB
Writing for The Agriculturalist and The Collegian at K-State, and special projects with High Plains Journal, have prepared Moyer to bring experience and enthusiasm to her work.
2018 year in review
2018 beef cattle markets can be characterized by supply and demand. The U.S. beef cow herd remains in expansion, but slowing down. We need not fear a market more saturated with high-quality beef. Rather, we should embrace this shift, the fruit of a logical market response that will guarantee beef remains the preferred protein.
What happens in Wooster?
It’s a question we hear often, “So what DO y’all do up there in Wooster?” Anyone on our team is proud to answer, but it’s not something that’s easily summed up in a few words.
Success Stories
The road ahead
Cattle from the Southeastern states have a mixed reputation for delivering carcass merit. Pockets of excellence lift that overall image.
Call the cattle ‘Hoover’
We were sitting in her parked truck, next to the old house where her grandfather was raised, cattle to our left and behind us. “Just call the cattle ‘Hoover’,” Landi Livingston said matter-of-factly.
Better beef on the horizon
The sun was just peeking over the hills surrounding Hardyville, Ky., when I drove right past Jay McCoy’s ranch. My GPS told me I had arrived, but I knew there was no way his was the place surrounded by Holstein cattle.
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