Angus at Work

Attending industry events is one way to keep our minds sharp and create meaningful connections with other cattle producers, feeders and stakeholders. In Amarillo, Texas, on August 4-5, members of the cattle industry did just that when they gathered together for Certified Angus Beef’s Feeding Quality Forum. 

On this episode of Angus at Work, Kara Lee with Certified Angus Beef joined our team to:

• Give some history on Feeding Quality Forum
• Offer key takeaways from sessions commercial cattlemen can use back at home
• Shed some light on the annual Industry Achievement Award
• And more! 

Additional Resources:

• Feeding Quality Forum webpage
• Feeding Quality Forum overview
• Del Miles profile
• Commercial Programs at the American Angus Association
• AngusLink program information
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

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Our mission here at the Angus Beef Bulletin is to get practical solutions on health, nutrition, marketing, genetics and management into the hands of profit-minded cattlemen. 

If you’re a longtime listener, you’ve joined us for conversations in the past involving GeneMax Advantage and AngusLink marketing tools like the Genetic Merit Scorecard and AngusVerified. 

On this episode of Angus at Work, we would like to reintroduce you to a longtime Angus advocate who is stepping into a new role. Join us as we visit with Alex Tolbert about:

• Growing up within the National Junior Angus Association
• The experiences that shaped his professional career
• Programs that improve profitability for users of registered Angus genetics
• And more!

Thank you to Custom Cattle Tags for their sponsorship of this episode.

Additional Resources:

• Tolbert to Lead Commercial Relations and Producer Education
• Finding Foundation Females with Tiner, Tolbert and Tuckwiller
• Commercial Programs at the American Angus Association
• AngusLink program information
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

We’ve all been there: the wee hours of a morning where your breath fogs the air, watching over a cow struggling to calve or a calf that isn’t sure it wants to remain in the land of the living. 

Those moments can feel pretty isolating, but if you’ve got a rural large animal veterinarian a phone call away they are masters at putting fears to rest and offering a knowledgeable hand in often less-than-ideal situations. 

Our November print edition of the Angus Beef Bulletin focuses on relationships and we would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the relationships cattlemen maintain with their large animal veterinarians. On this episode, we’re joined by longtime rural veterinarian and Dean of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine Richard Prather to discuss how cattlemen can build a relationship grounded in trust with their veterinarian, the challenges associated with increasing the number of large animal practitioners, and more. 

Additional Resources:

• Managing the Effects of Wildlife on Livestock with Rosslyn Biggs
• Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series
• Oklahoma State University Names New Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
• OSU Receives Historic $250 Million Investment to Build World Class Veterinary Teaching Hospital
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

As an editorial team, the Angus Beef Bulletin staff, field editors, columnists and various other communicators conduct a bundle of interviews each year. While typically those interviews are used to craft the feature stories and columns you see as a finished product in either the Angus Beef Bulletin or the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA, on this episode we’re pulling back the curtain to share interviews from one September 2026 Angus Beef Bulletin story titled, “A Rock Solid Foundation,” as well as an additional interview from Radale Tiner.

Our September print edition focuses on females and data management, includes the Female Foundations special advertising section, information on commercial programs, Angus Convention and much more. We invite you to join in the conversation as we catch American Angus Association Regional Managers Tiner, Alex Tolbert and Reese Tuckwiller on the road to explore how to select females who will pull their weight in your herd.

Additional Resources:

• A Rock-Solid Foundation: Tips to Select Females That Will Pull Their Weight in Your Herd
• Commercial Programs at the American Angus Association
• AngusLink program information
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Thank you to GeneMax® Advantage™ for their sponsorship of this episode. 

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to marketing cattle. Whether you’re selling at your local sale barn or marketing through a video sale platform, commercial producers are quite talented at finding the best fit for their cattle and their unique program goals.

As a continuation of our regular Market Update series, we invite you to join in the conversation as Kurt Kangas, American Angus Association regional manager, and Lynsey McAnally, associate editor of the Angus Beef Bulletin, chat about current trends in the cattle market, the potential for herd rebuild, news related to the U.S.-Mexico border, recent and upcoming video sales, and more.

Additional Resources:

• Commercial Programs at the American Angus Association
• AngusLink program information
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

The term 'regenerative' is popular these days and can have a wide range of definitions depending on the context. At the 2026 Hemphill Co. Beef Conference in Canadian, Texas, Tom Fanning of cattle feeding staple Pratt Feeders Group, gave a presentation titled ‘Regenerative Ag from the Ranch to the Feedyard’.

On this episode of Angus at Work, we’ll explore what regenerative means relative to the cattle business, how practices implemented at Pratt Feeders Group feedyards have yielded impressive results and why implementing cattle management systems while tracking data can help make decisions that make the most of your inputs.

Additional resources: 

• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

Freedom, being outdoors, a love of animals, family legacy and a million other things could be the reason cattle producers love the cattle business. One thing that probably didn’t tempt you into the livestock industry? Record keeping.

While keeping records isn’t the most fun task on your operation, the insights gleaned from data collection and herd management could mean the difference between making it or calling it quits on your dreams of ranching.

On this episode of Angus at Work, our team visited with Gabe Wight, founder of herd management platform Herd Advisor, regarding the importance of record keeping, where to start, why an easy-to-use management software is a solid investment for commercial cattlemen, and more.  

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

While many farmers and ranchers had hoped New World screwworm (NWS) would stay well south of the U.S.-Mexico border, we’re now all aware that wasn’t in the cards for American cattlemen. With a few days to let that news sink in behind us, our attention turns to one question: Now what?

Right off the bat we want to share something USDA, APHIS and the Texas Animal Health Commission have already stated: A) No one needs to panic. There is a plan in place, and we know how to eradicate this pest. B) NWS is an animal health issue, not a food safety issue. Meat remains safe to eat, and treated and inspected cattle can continue to move from affected areas.

Tracking potential spread within the U.S., how to protect our herds and what the near future might look like for cattle movement in affected areas are top of mind. To help our listeners navigate this new information, Angus Beef Bulletin associate editor Lynsey McAnally was joined by Jennifer Koziol, associate professor of food animal medicine and surgery at Texas Tech University on the morning of Tues., June 9, to discuss recent announcements and what cattlemen need to keep in mind for the near future related to NWS.

Additional resources: 

• Screwworm.gov
• Confirmed NWS Cases in the U.S. 
• Current NWS Status in the U.S.
• Report a Suspected NWS Case 
• U.S. NWS Response Playbook
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Thank you to GeneMax® Advantage™ for their sponsorship of this episode. 

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

We live in a day and age where slowing down isn't always an option. Whether you're away from your computer or simply prefer using an app vs. a website on your mobile device, the update Angus app may be the answer to a few of your management struggles. 

In Part Two of a two-part series focused on Angus.org and the updated Angus app, we welcome you to listen in as we visit with Andrew Swanson, American Angus Association regional manager covering Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, regarding what the Angus app has available for commercial cattlemen. 

Thank you to Superior Livestock Auctions for their sponsorship of this episode.

Additional Resources:

• Part One: Finding the Right Bull with Angus.org featuring Rachel Hunter
• Five Tips to Find a Bull
• Angus.org current sale books
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

It’s been a week since we posted Part One of the Theileria orientalis Angus at Work episode! Have you had a chance to go listen? 

If not, we welcome you to venture back in time before jumping into Part Two of our discussion with Kansas State University’s Cassandra Olds, assistant professor of veterinary entomology, and A.J. Tarpoff, associate professor and beef extension veterinarian, regarding the Asian longhorned tick and Theileria orientalis.

Additional Resources:

• Asian longhorned tick | USDA APHIS
• Story map | USDA APHIS
• Bovine Theileriosis | USDA APHIS
• Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA

Thank you to GeneMax® Advantage™ for their sponsorship of this episode. 

Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!

Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected].