HOSTS: Mark McCully and Miranda Reiman 
GUESTS: Jerry Connealy, Connealy Angus Ranch; 
and David Dal Porto, Dal Porto Livestock 

Decisions, especially in the cattle business, have a way of sticking around for a while; their influence felt long after they’re made. 

Dining room table discussions often turn into the strategy that shape Angus herds across the United States. This episode features two well-known Angus breeders to get at how they approach the things both at home and while conducting business on behalf of the American Angus Association. 

We talk labor shortages, breeding philosophies, hard conversations and more.  

Some items mentioned in the episode:

• American Angus Association Board contact information: https://www.angus.org/assoc/board 
• Bovine Congestive Heart Failure: https://www.angusjournal.net/post/healthy-heart-starts-with-knowing-more

Guest bios:
Jerry Connealy is a fifth-generation cattleman who has operated the family ranch since 1981 with his wife, Sharon. The Connealys have three sons, Jed, Gabriel and Ben; as well as a daughter, Hannah, and can often be found with grandkids close by. Jerry focuses his cow herd base on productivity traits and manages two bull sales per year, selling 300 bulls at each.  

David Dal Porto and his wife, Jeanene, manage their registered and commercial Angus operation in California and now also in Anselmo, Neb. They have three children — Lindsey, AJ and Dawson. David has firsthand experience at every level in the evolution and application of performance information and complements that knowledge with a management background developed from experience. Dal Porto and his bull sale partner, David Medeiros, earned the 2011 Certified Angus Beef® (CAB) Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award.

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