The Angus Journal is a monthly magazine known for in-depth coverage of American Angus Association programs and services; the Angus business; herd management techniques; and advertising reflecting genetics herd philosophies.
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January 2015 n ANGUSJournal n 23 frst two calves born into your herd in the year 2015. Using the international letter code is optional for Angus breeders. For complete information about permanent ID (Rule 105) and naming animals (rules 102 and 107), access the online Breeder's Reference Guide. To access from www.angus.org, click on "Rules and Forms" in the pull-down menu under "About." Black Books available today Place your order for the 2015 Beef Record Service (BRS)/AngusSource® black books. The pocket-sized books include a calendar, as well as space to keep management records on your cow herd. The 2015 books are available in any quantity for $3 each. To place orders, contact the AngusSource department at 816-383- 5100 or blackbooks@angus.org. Custom Cattle Tags offers affordable ID Cattle producers looking for affordable ways to identify their herd should visit www.customcattletags.com, a service provided by the American Angus Association. Anyone can order ear tags, applicators, syringes and accessories. Custom Cattle Tags provides high-quality, low- cost, customized ear tags, blank tags and prenumbered tags for cattle producers across the United States. 2014 Annual Report available upon request The 2014 American Angus Association Annual Report is now available. The report features the business, progress and activities of the Association and its entities for fscal year 2014, which ended Sept. 30, 2014. It is available online at www.angus.org. Printed reports are available upon request by contacting 816-383-5100 or lmaudlin@ angus.org. Feed intake included in $F, $B During the Association's biannual national cattle evaluation (NCE), the feedlot dollar value index ($F) included an additional update beyond the regular update of the economic assumptions. The feed intake expected progeny difference (EPD), which is calculated behind the scenes as a component of the residual average daily gain (RADG) EPD, was incorporated into $F, thereby affecting the beef value index ($B) as well. For additional information, see the "By The Numbers" column on page 82 of the December 2014 Angus Journal. Request sale-day kits When planning your production sales, don't forget to request your sale-day kit from the Association's Public Relations & Communications (PR) Department. The kits contain posters for decorating your sale facilities, as well as a sample of Association literature for you to distribute to your customers. Contact the PR Department for your kit or order it online. Please allow two weeks for delivery. Herds of the century The American Angus Association initiated the Century Award to recognize its members and their families who have been in continuous production of registered-Angus cattle for at least 100 years. Award recipients will be recognized with an engraved plaque at the Association's Annual Awards Banquet, notice will be given in the Angus Journal, and a list will be maintained on the Association's website. Contact the Events & Education Department for more information or for applications. This year's awards were presented during the Awards Recognition Breakfast in Kansas City, Mo. MaternalPlus ® sale book inserts available Producers enrolled in the MaternalPlus program can promote that fact in their sale book and other advertising using ready-to- go promotional materials available through the Angus Journal's Special Services Department. The sale book inserts and advertising materials will feature the program's new logo and a description of the program. MaternalPlus is a voluntary, inventory- based reporting system designed to capture additional reproductive trait data and, ultimately, expand reproductive and lifetime productivity tools. By using MaternalPlus, producers will receive calving ease, birth weight and weaning weight expected progeny differences (EPDs) for calves out of inventoried cows, even before they are registered. Within AAA Login, MaternalPlus enrollees will have access to herd productivity summaries, such as in-herd genetic trend, that are only available to those enrolled in the program. In addition, MaternalPlus allows producers to submit cow disposal codes and reason designations, which keeps an accurate record of why a cow left the herd. To learn more about MaternalPlus, visit www.angus.org or AAA Login. The Angus Report doubles airings each week on RFD-TV The Angus Report delivers Association and industry news each week on RFD-TV. As of Nov. 1, 2014, the news program increased its airings from two to four times per week. Since the program's launch three years ago, it has been broadcast Monday mornings at 7:30 a.m. and Saturday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. CDT. Now the program will air additionally on Wednesday evenings at 5 p.m. and Thursday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. I Am Angus airs this winter I Am Angus focuses on the heart of the Angus business — its people, its heritage and why people have chosen to be a part of it. Initiated in 2008, the Association-produced documentary series continues this fall and winter across America. The program aired Thanksgiving evening and is scheduled to air Christmas night and the evening of Jan. 5, 2015, on RFD-TV. For more information or to watch segments from past shows visit www.angus.org. Download the Angus App Angus Mobile is a free, smartphone application for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices that allows app users to update herd data no matter where they are on their farm or ranch. Download the easy- to-navigate app and gain access to the latest news, sale reports, show results, EPDs and $Values, percentiles and much more. Visit www.angus.org for more details. Lifetime membership options The American Angus Association offers producers a lifetime membership option. The $1,500 membership lasts throughout the life of the sole person named on the membership. Payments may be broken into three nonrefundable yearly installments. Lifetime memberships can be issued to one person only, and are not meant for partnerships. The membership option may be used for a farm name, provided only one person is included on the membership. z ASSOCIATION HIGHLIGHTS