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Arizona commercial cattleman awarded for commitment to excellence
Grit in every venture makes Ross Humphreys a successful businessman, and his unrattled spirit makes the best of challenges. However, it’s his relentless drive for raising high-quality beef that earned him the Certified Angus Beef 2021 Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award.
Kansas feedyard honored by Certified Angus Beef
Much of the cattle feeding business is outside of a manager’s control, but quality cattle caretaking is one thing Kendall Hopp can guarantee. Shaw Feedyard’s teamwork and values earned Shaw Feedyard the 2021 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award.
Targeting excellence in all they do
Establishing a world-class seedstock operation in the Southeast didn’t happen overnight, and the family humbly insists they’re no different than many others. Indeed, their vision, use of technologies, and dedication to deliberate improvement make them unique.
From insights to solutions
After the last 18 months, what we would pay for a crystal ball that could help us predict the future! They don’t have any magic prediction powers, but leading minds shared their outlook on key beef production areas at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum.
Smith receives Industry Achievement Award at Feeding Quality Forum
The hands of a veterinarian hold the life cycle of an animal in their care. The mind, however, directs the hands. Anyone who’s met Dr. Bob Smith knows the way he thinks is something else. It’s come from more than 30 years in the industry caring for its people and cattle. It’s why he earned the 2021 Industry Achievement Award.
$59,000 for 15 emerging leaders
Tackling the variety of challenges and opportunities in the beef supply chain are talented young leaders paving a path for the future. Certified Angus Beef recognized 10 undergraduate and five graduate students with bright ideas for making the best beef, even better.
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Prime Premium Reflection
Seasonal factors in the wholesale carcass market are firmly in place this year. The percentage of high-quality grade carcasses in the northern mix continues down an exaggerated decline. Typically, the bulk of premium grade carcasses are generated in the north, with Nebraska being the largest volume producer of Prime and CAB brand carcasses
Currentness Picks Up in The Fed-Cattle Sector
Carcass weights are always top of mind for us in spring as we try to keep buyers and sellers in the cattle and beef markets informed on quality carcass supplies and price implications. This heightened focus is a function of carcass weights tending to find their annual lows in May.
Behind the Brand
Wyoming K-Stater joins CAB team for summer
Hannah Johlman joined the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) Industry Information team in May 2016 as a summer intern, writing features, news releases, columns and blogs on all who aim for the brand, from rancher to consumer. She began the summer term with a story tour of ranches and feedlots in Kansas and Colorado.
Stories and love are everywhere
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought it’d be fun to talk to a few of the folks who really are married to CAB — or at least to a fellow CAB employee — and see how they choose to celebrate.
Our fifth blogiversary
This time five years ago, former Black Ink teammate Laura Nelson was finalizing plans to launch the supply development department’s blog — the one you’re reading now.
Success Stories
A story unfolds
A story teller. That’s one of the few things I knew about David Zeiset going into my visit with him near Chickasha, Okla., last fall.
Where the windmills are
On the phone Richard Hamilton told me a visit to his place would, at the least, prove “interesting.”
Following the calves: Proud to pass it on
“I don’t want to be the generation that screws it up.”
South Dakota rancher Troy Hadrick told me that as we discussed all the changes he’s seen in four years at the helm of his family’s commercial Angus herd.
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