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Maternal and marbling
A series on CAB's "Black Ink Blog"
(www.blackinkwithCAB.com) in October called
"Fall Back on Functional Females" made use
of comments from three commercial Angus
ranchers featured in the Angus Journal in
recent years.
The fallacy still overheard from time to time
is that "too much selection for marbling will
wreck your cow herd," but with a 2014 white
paper (www.cabpartners.com/articles/news/2681/
GEN_MaternalWP_NR_shorter.pdf) again
debunking that notion, this was an opportunity
to share comments from producers.
Take, for instance, Joe Anderjaska of Hayes
Center, Neb., who declined to sell off his life's
work represented in Angus cows and simply
buy other heifers after the drought.
"I've got a lot of years of history and
genetics that I'm not going to just haul to
the sale barn and get rid of," he said. He was
already selling replacements to others for more
than steer price, and the latter routinely made
100% Choice with more than half qualifying
for CAB.
Fellow Nebraskan Harold Johnson and
South Dakotan Dan Marrs were also featured
by noting facts from their feature stories
showing an aim for balanced excellence works
well for everyone building a herd to do it all.
To see what others had to say about the
topic, check out http://cab.info/1ec.
Touted in Taiwan
A recent trip to Asia provided members of
CAB's international team a chance to visit with
longtime distribution partner Shuh Sen Co. Ltd.
Ranked No. 6 in global markets for
the brand, Taiwan is home to the Taipai
company responsible for growing sales and,
just as importantly, brand recognition in the
Taiwanese market for the last 20 years.
Taking part in the 2014 Food Taipai, Shuh
Sen (also the owner of 200 restaurants)
participated in the food exhibition by
featuring retail outlet Rose Kitchen in addition
Digital extras
Certifed Angus Beef LLC (CAB) and the American Angus Association provide these video
segments. Readers of our digital edition can click on the photo to launch the respective
YouTube video. The url (www …) for each video is also provided for our print edition
readers.
Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax,
addresses beef industry
trends, including demand
for high-quality beef, as
producers look for direction as
they rebuild. Here's the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wVQjkeunbNg
Stocker Greg Brown, Helena,
Mont., and Daryl Tatum, Colorado
State University animal science
professor, discuss the importance
of taste and how it begins with
the selection of good genetics
in the herd. Here's the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=xxN3NSappQ8
NDSU Associate Professor Kim
Vonnahme leads research on
nutritional impacts on fetal
and placental growth. She
discusses fetal programming,
cow nutrition and the long-
term effects of proper nutrition
during gestation. Here's the
clip: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=u9vxgQKxhGI
Dee Johnson ranches near
Edgerton, Wyo., with his wife,
Gaye. He talks about building
the ranch up from desolate to
productive and taking the leap to
retained ownership on
calves in 2009. Here's the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=s_tl-CkmlGE
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Joe and Brenda Anderjaska