Intentionally Retaining Heifers with Eric Bailey

Data can be a producer’s best friend when it comes to selecting replacement females. Whether using calving records, weaning weights or some other measure, data is a valuable asset to use alongside phenotype when choosing which females will pull their weight in your herd. Now, what if we told you there is a tool for commercial producers to look beneath the hide of those replacement females to ensure heifers with the most genetic value are those making the final cut?On this episode of Angus at Work, Kelli Retallick-Riley, president at Angus Genetics Inc., joined Angus Beef Bulletin Editor Shauna Hermel to discuss GeneMax® Advantage™ — the only commercial DNA test exclusively designed for high-percentage Angus females. Listen in as Hermel and Retallick-Riley cover what GeneMax Advantage is, how selecting heifers for genetic value can position producers for success and why recent updates will maintain GeneMax Advantage as the gold standard for improving genetics in commercial cow herds.For more information on GeneMax Advantage product features — and to learn how it helps drive your herd’s progress and profitability forward — we invite you to visit GeneMaxAngus.com as well as the links included in the show notes.Additional Resources:Selecting Replacements Via GeneMax Advantage With Decker And CourterEnhanced Genetic Merit Scorecard details'A Means to an End''Marketing heifers?'Commercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

The commentary is nearly everywhere ranchers look: Growing the U.S. cow herd means producers need to retain females. With cattle prices currently riding high, that can be easier said than done. For those cattlemen looking to retain heifers to replace their culled females, intentionally developing females is paramount. On this episode, Angus Beef Bulletin Editor Shauna Hermel visited with Eric Bailey, state beef nutrition specialist with the University of Missouri, to discuss:Bailey's presentation at the "Retain with Intention: Building a Better Missouri Cow Herd" event presented by University of Missouri ExtensionStrategies to develop commercial females effectivelyMarketing opportunities for femalesAnd more! Additional Resources:Beef Feeding Profitability TrackerA Rock-Solid Foundation: Tips to Select Females That Will Pull Their Weight in Your HerdCommercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

The cattle industry has seen its fair share of ups and downs of late, but the quality and pounds producers are bringing to the table of the U.S. consumer is one thing that can be counted on.  On this episode, our host Miranda Reiman is joined by Paul Dykstra, director of supply management and analysis with Certified Angus Beef. Take a listen as Paul and Miranda chat about recent data on CAB cattle harvested, improvements in the quality of cattle over the last decade  and the incredible job U.S. cattle producers are doing at bringing high quality cattle to market. Additional Resources:Commercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationAngusLink program informationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

Attending industry events is one way to keep our minds sharp and create meaningful connections with other cattle producers, feeders and stakeholders. In Amarillo, Texas, on August 4-5, members of the cattle industry did just that when they gathered together for Certified Angus Beef’s Feeding Quality Forum. On this episode of Angus at Work, Kara Lee with Certified Angus Beef joined our team to:Give some history on Feeding Quality ForumOffer key takeaways from sessions commercial cattlemen can use back at homeShed some light on the annual Industry Achievement AwardAnd more! Additional Resources:Feeding Quality Forum webpageFeeding Quality Forum overviewDel Miles profileCommercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationAngusLink program informationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

Our mission here at the Angus Beef Bulletin is to get practical solutions on health, nutrition, marketing, genetics and management into the hands of profit-minded cattlemen. If you’re a longtime listener, you’ve joined us for conversations in the past involving GeneMax Advantage and AngusLink marketing tools like the Genetic Merit Scorecard and AngusVerified. On this episode of Angus at Work, we would like to reintroduce you to a longtime Angus advocate who is stepping into a new role. Join us as we visit with Alex Tolbert about:Growing up within the National Junior Angus AssociationThe experiences that shaped his professional careerPrograms that improve profitability for users of registered Angus geneticsAnd more!Thank you to Custom Cattle Tags for their sponsorship of this episode.Additional Resources:Tolbert to Lead Commercial Relations and Producer EducationFinding Foundation Females with Tiner, Tolbert and TuckwillerCommercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationAngusLink program informationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

We’ve all been there: the wee hours of a morning where your breath fogs the air, watching over a cow struggling to calve or a calf that isn’t sure it wants to remain in the land of the living. Those moments can feel pretty isolating, but if you’ve got a rural large animal veterinarian a phone call away they are masters at putting fears to rest and offering a knowledgeable hand in often less-than-ideal situations. Our November print edition of the Angus Beef Bulletin focuses on relationships and we would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the relationships cattlemen maintain with their large animal veterinarians. On this episode, we’re joined by longtime rural veterinarian and Dean of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine Richard Prather to discuss how cattlemen can build a relationship grounded in trust with their veterinarian, the challenges associated with increasing the number of large animal practitioners, and more. Additional Resources:Managing the Effects of Wildlife on Livestock with Rosslyn BiggsRancher's Thursday Lunchtime SeriesOklahoma State University Names New Dean of the College of Veterinary MedicineOSU Receives Historic $250 Million Investment to Build World Class Veterinary Teaching HospitalSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

As an editorial team, the Angus Beef Bulletin staff, field editors, columnists and various other communicators conduct a bundle of interviews each year. While typically those interviews are used to craft the feature stories and columns you see as a finished product in either the Angus Beef Bulletin or the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA, on this episode we’re pulling back the curtain to share interviews from one September 2026 Angus Beef Bulletin story titled, “A Rock Solid Foundation,” as well as an additional interview from Radale Tiner.Our September print edition focuses on females and data management, includes the Female Foundations special advertising section, information on commercial programs, Angus Convention and much more. We invite you to join in the conversation as we catch American Angus Association Regional Managers Tiner, Alex Tolbert and Reese Tuckwiller on the road to explore how to select females who will pull their weight in your herd. Additional Resources:A Rock-Solid Foundation: Tips to Select Females That Will Pull Their Weight in Your HerdCommercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationAngusLink program informationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAThank you to GeneMax® Advantage™ for their sponsorship of this episode. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to marketing cattle. Whether you’re selling at your local sale barn or marketing through a video sale platform, commercial producers are quite talented at finding the best fit for their cattle and their unique program goals.As a continuation of our regular Market Update series, we invite you to join in the conversation as Kurt Kangas, American Angus Association regional manager, and Lynsey McAnally, associate editor of the Angus Beef Bulletin, chat about current trends in the cattle market, the potential for herd rebuild, news related to the U.S.-Mexico border, recent and upcoming video sales, and more.Additional Resources:Commercial Programs at the American Angus AssociationAngusLink program informationSubscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

The term 'regenerative' is popular these days and can have a wide range of definitions depending on the context. At the 2026 Hemphill Co. Beef Conference in Canadian, Texas, Tom Fanning of cattle feeding staple Pratt Feeders Group, gave a presentation titled ‘Regenerative Ag from the Ranch to the Feedyard’.On this episode of Angus at Work, we’ll explore what regenerative means relative to the cattle business, how practices implemented at Pratt Feeders Group feedyards have yielded impressive results and why implementing cattle management systems while tracking data can help make decisions that make the most of your inputs.Additional resources: Subscribe to the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRAHave questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected]. 

Freedom, being outdoors, a love of animals, family legacy and a million other things could be the reason cattle producers love the cattle business. One thing that probably didn’t tempt you into the livestock industry? Record keeping.While keeping records isn’t the most fun task on your operation, the insights gleaned from data collection and herd management could mean the difference between making it or calling it quits on your dreams of ranching.On this episode of Angus at Work, our team visited with Gabe Wight, founder of herd management platform Herd Advisor, regarding the importance of record keeping, where to start, why an easy-to-use management software is a solid investment for commercial cattlemen, and more.  Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you!Find more information to make Angus work for you in the Angus Beef Bulletin and ABB EXTRA. Make sure you're subscribed! Sign up here to the print Angus Beef Bulletin and the digital Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA. Have questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you! Contact our team at [email protected].