The Angus Conversation

It’s an Industry Issue: Red Meat Yield’s Challenges and Solutions with Stika and Foraker


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Red meat yield has always mattered to the beef industry, but there have only been mediocre tools available to quantify it. This episode covers the surprising history of the subjective measurement before switching to new technology that could completely modernize the system for the better. Every breeder knows the way to drive directional change is to first start with good data, and that’s the goal of a group of ranchers, feeders, packers and academia who are all working together to tackle this issue.  

HOSTS: Miranda Reiman and Mark McCully 

GUESTS:  Blake Foraker, Texas Tech University, and John Stika, Certified Angus Beef 

Blake Foraker is an assistant professor of meat science at Texas Tech University. He grew up in Burrton, Kan., and earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from Kansas State University and his master’s degree in meat science from Colorado State. He holds a meat science doctorate from Texas Tech and worked at Washington State University before returning to his alma matter. Foraker is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, Intercollegiate Meat Coaches Association, and the American Meat Science Association. He has coached and participated on many nationally acclaimed meats and livestock judging teams and was named Texas Tech’s Department of Animal & Food Science Outstanding Graduate Student in 2022. 

John Stika, president, Certified Angus Beef (CAB), leads the American Angus Association’s consumer-facing subsidiary. The brand is owned by registered Angus breeders and operates to create pull-through demand for Angus cattle. CAB has grown to more than 1.234 billion pounds of sales annually under his leadership. Stika joined CAB in 1999 in what was the feeder-packer relations division, before working in business development and assuming the role of president in 2006. He’s a Kansas farm boy, with degrees in animal and meat science from Kansas State University and the University of Kentucky. 

 

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