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Brand Production Beyond Borders

Domestic or international, the objective has remained clear over the years: to access additional CAB® carcasses to support growing domestic and international demand, without compromising product quality and consistency, brand integrity, and value to Association members.

Not From Your Pocket

When Angus ranchers ask how CAB is funded, the answer isn’t dollars out of their pocket. No portion of American Angus Association® membership dues or fees for cattle registrations or transfers goes toward the brand’s budget. As a not-for-profit company, our revenue is generated through packer commissions.

Certified Angus Beef Bringing Unique Rancher Event to Kansas

Backed by the latest science and industry expertise, BQA provides practical guidance to help protect cattle well-being, beef quality and producer investment. More than a certification, it serves as a commitment to continuous improvement for farmers and ranchers working to raise high-quality beef the right way. 

Certified Angus Beef Launches New Podcast

The CAB Bite podcast answers burning questions about the brand. In 20 minutes or less, listeners will get an extra “bite” of news, insights and practical takeaways. The short-form podcast aims to give the beef community an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at CAB and its supply chain.

Protecting Brand Integrity

Protecting the brand’s integrity has been a core pillar since 1978. Integrity is so foundational that the brand was built around the premise: with integrity, nothing else matters, and without it, nothing else matters.

Sysco Highlights the Value of Beef Quality Assurance

The commitment to cattle care and continuous improvement is also reflected in the Raised with Respect™ program, a partnership between CAB and Sysco, now in its third year. The initiative helps expand awareness of BQA principles while supporting educational resources for ranchers and additional collaboration across universities, extension systems and industry partners.

Latest Headlines

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.

Add value to calves

“Value” in feeder calf marketing is a relative term. All calves have some and the trick is to capture your share, said Paul Dykstra. Success is rooted in your customers he said. Customer changes through the supply chain from feeder, to packer to consumer.

M&M Feeders wins CAB honors

M&M Feeders does business based on honesty. The Huyser family lives by that code, and runs their cattle feeding business the same way. For building beneficial relationships and their drive to produce the best, M&M Feeders earned the 2020 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award from the Certified Angus Beef ® brand.

CAB names first-ever Sustainability Award honoree

One feeds, the other breeds and stocks a steady supply, ready to fill the pens as they empty. Wilson Cattle Company harvests the grass in Baker Valley while Beef Northwest, started by the fifth generation of Wilsons, finishes the cattle. It’s a symbiotic relationship, both dependent on each other.

Langford earns CAB Ambassador Award

Bodey Langford has it easier and harder than the three generations of ranchers before him, but his gentle and steady spirit guides him while telling the cattle story to all he encounters. It’s only an inkling of why he’s the 2020 CAB Ambassador Award recipient.

CAB Insider

Margins Sqeeze, Markets Cool: What It Means for Fed Cattle

Focused marketing of a premium beef brand demands some attention to tracking price spreads across differing quality specifications. The USDA quality grade scale provides the domestic measuring stick by which the trade differentiates demand across the quality spectrum.

Fall Factors to Test CAB Acceptance

At the Feeding Quality Forum in August, the brand’s Meat Scientist Daniel Clark, Ph.D., and Director of Product Solutions Clint Walenciak pulled back the curtain on factors that limit eligible steers and heifers from qualifying for CAB.

Quality spreads press higher

Strong ribeye demand has had heavy influence on cattle values for feeders selling on a grid or carcass value formula. Just as Prime quality grade premiums held much higher than expected late this summer, the Choice/Select price spread has popped back up within reach of record territory once again in recent weeks.

Behind the Brand

Lunch with the prez

Lunch with the prez

If you follow us on Facebook, you likely know how we spent our lunch hour on Presidents’ Day — hosting a live chat between John Stika.

Givers and Takers

Givers and Takers

We host many farm, ranch, and feedlot visits so our business partners can learn more about how the cattle are produced.

Success Stories

Doing what works

Doing what works

With a smile on his face, I see he enjoys talking about the cattle more than the crops. His eye for quality is also apparent.

Permission to straightbreed

Permission to straightbreed

But year after year, our team visits intelligent, strategic-minded ranchers who are not only making money with straight Angus, but who are making more money with a single breed.

Good people, good cattle, good beef

Good people, good cattle, good beef

Family, ranching and good quality cattle are all high on Travis Loehding’s priority list. A few weeks ago, I visited the Loehding ranch near Ekalaka, Mont., where they do not lack family history.

Consumer Connection

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