The Angus Conversation
The Angus Conversation
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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...
More Than Meets the Menu: Inside the Foodservice Beef Business
When trying to get beef out to the masses, there’s a step in the supply chain that has a lot of influence on what beef goes where: foodservice distributors. Hear from BJ Johnson and Pat Shepherd, who represent both the buy and the sell side of ...
Junior Takeover — The Making of a Champion: Cates and Curtin on Showing Cattle
The secret to success isn’t a secret so much as it is hard work. National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members Piper Cates and Sloane Curtin both say that there’s a lot of practice put in before they ever step in the show ring. On this episo...
