With more than four decades of experience in the cattle business, Jarold Callahan has a pretty good idea of what he expects of seedstock breeder, himself included. 

In this episode, the president of Express Ranches shares his breeding approach for serving a wide variety of customers. He talks the show ring versus the commercial customer, genomic technology and the recent trends in semen sales. 

He discusses the difference between the “good” Angus bulls and the “great” ones. 

“If you sell cattle that do the job that they were intended to do and don't cause them problems, they become an asset,” he says. “If they cause them problems of any kind, they tend to be a liability, and [customers will] go somewhere else and buy them.”

HOSTS: Mark McCully and Miranda Reiman 

GUEST: Jarold Callahan, president, Express Ranches

Jarold Callahan was born on a farm and ranch in Welch, Okla., and graduated one of the top 10 students in the College of Agriculture at Oklahoma State University. Upon graduation, he was an instructor at Northeast Oklahoma A&M, and while at NEO, he received his master’s degree in agriculture from the University of Arkansas. In 1981, he joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University and was an assistant professor in the animal science department, was in charge of the purebred beef herds and coached the livestock judging teams.

 In 1991, Callahan became the executive vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, and in 1996, he joined Express Ranches initially as chief operations officer and then became president.

 Callahan was elected to the American Angus Association board of directors in 2005 and served as president in 2011 to 2012.

Related reading:
The Pursuit of Excellence
https://www.angusjournal.net/post/the-pursuit-of-excellence

Express Yourself
http://www.angusjournal.com/articlepdf/0320-express.pdf

Forging Trails
https://www.angusjournal.com/ArticlePDF/Forging%20Trails_Pres%20Pers%2011.12.pdf

Phenotypic Data in a Genomic World
https://www.angusjournal.net/post/phenotypic-data-in-a-genomic-world

Diving Into the Data | Angus University Webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXCr5KCg5c

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