With research and data top of mind for both the membership and the American Angus Association Board of Directors, the group’s June meeting was focused on topics and decisions to help keep the Angus breed progressing forward. This recap episode covers highlights from the meeting, including:  

• Questions and details about livestock efficiency research funded through the Global Methane Hub  
• Proposal of an AHIR data recognition program  
• Heart health research update 
• Success at the World Angus Forum 
• Consumer research on Certified Angus Beef 
• Upcoming business review for Angus Media regarding inflation factors  
• Declarations for the Board Treasurer position  

HOSTS: Mark McCully  

GUESTS:  

Jonathan Perry, chairman of the American Angus Association, has spent much of his life working in the purebred business. As general manager of Deer Valley, Perry developed an Angus program that balances all economically relevant traits in cattle that maintain structural soundness and phenotype. Perry and his wife established the Hickory House restaurant in 2014, and it specializes in serving 100% Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB)-branded product. 

Darrell Stevenson, White Sulphur Spring, Mont., holds strong ties to the Angus breed and a history of activity in the Montana Angus Association. In 2019 Stevenson and his wife, Sara, expanded from Hobson onto a new unit in White Sulphur Springs to establish a later-calving herd operating as Stevenson Down T. Although separated by a mountain range, Darrell continues to breed and market genetics with Stevenson Angus Ranch. 

John Dickinson is a fifth-generation Angus breeder and a former National Junior Angus Board (NJAB) chairman. A University of Illinois graduate and former regional manager for the American Angus Association, Dickinson often makes the trek between his cows in California and his home in Idaho, where he lives with his girlfriend, Katie Bishop, and their children, Blakely and Silas.  

Danny Poss is a first-generation Angus breeder from Scotia, Neb. Poss has taken on several leadership roles in the industry, including the Nebraska American Angus Association Board of Directors and the Nebraska Cattlemen Burwell Affiliate. Poss and his wife, Kristi, have four children: Nolan, Nathan, Neleigh and Natalie. They live on the operation, where they run nearly 750 registered females and farm about 2,500 acres of corn and soybeans.  

RELATED READING:   

President's Letter

Letter from the Board of Directors

Angus Joins Global Initiative to Improve Livestock Efficiency 

From Thin Air 

Breeding for a Better Future  

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