The Angus Conversation
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Cowboy Up — Hinmans on 61 years of Marriage, Mentorship and Montana Angus Cattle
Get involved. That’s both sage advice from Montana Angus breeders Dave and Yvonne Hinman and also a main theme in their own story. For 61 years they’ve shared a life that included Angus every step of the way. The Hinmans share early wisdom they...
‘The Cows Will Show You’: Klint and Lori Swanson on Building Shipwheel Cattle Company
Montana’s Hi-Line country is known for its expansive landscape and sparse populations. Nestled along the Canadian border, it’s great cow country when the weather behaves. But when it doesn’t? The cattle have to be tough, and the people tougher....
What a Selection Index Is and What It Isn’t with Crowley and Spangler
The effectiveness of any tool depends on whether you’re using it for the right purpose. That’s the story of selection indexes. In this episode, geneticists John Crowley of AbacusBio and Matt Spangler of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln take a...
Board Recap: A Look Back on a Strong Year, and a Preview of Challenges and Opportunities
As the books close from one fiscal year to the next, it’s a good time to both reflect on progress and set goals for more of it. This week the American Angus Association Board of Directors met to: Detail a strong fiscal year, wi...
Herring and Allan on Real-World Feedback Informing Tools of Today, Tomorrow
Whether you’re excited about the possibility of change or are cautious about the pace, this episode will give you a lot of perspective on the way the genetic landscape is shifting in the beef industry. Bringing together two great minds with dec...
