Angus at Work

Liver flukes have been around for a long time, but researchers and veterinarians are still learning new things about them. They've also spread from the coastal areas to most of the United States, so management and prevention are good topics for all cattlemen.

Editor Shauna Hermel sat down with Jody Wade, senior veterinary consultant at Boehringer Ingelheim, to discuss:

• The odd life cycle of liver flukes.
• The recurrence of issues they can cause.
• The ROI of managing flukes.
• Treatment and prevention options. 
• More!

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Beef Quality Assurance isn't a new program, but a new partnership with Certified Angus Beef is working to give cattle producers the credit they deserve with consumers. Miranda Reiman chats with CAB's Bruce Cobb about the ways this could help cattlemen.

They discuss: 

• The heritage of cattle care and how consumers want to know about it.
• Consumer expectations.
• They ways CAB helps bridge the gap.
• How producers can document their BQA certification.
• More

Visit cutthebull.info to share your certification to add to the story.

Thanks to this episode's sponsors Westway Feed Products.

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High-performance genetics need high-performance nutrition. Cows are the engine that drive the industry, and high-performing cows need highly tuned fuel. If you're still feeding cows the way you did 20 years ago, you're shortchanging those modern genetics, says Ted Perry with Purina Animal Nutrition. 

He and host Miranda Reiman chat about what cows need, fetal programming effects, and plenty more. 

They discuss:

• How mineral intake during the last trimester can affect up to 30-40 pounds of weaning weight in that calf. 
• How feeding a cow during drought affects a calf's entire lifetime performance.
• In utero development and minerals fed to the mama affect a heifer's future reproductive performance.
• How to tell if a cow is truly getting what she needs.
• How to maximize the use of low-quality hay.
• Much, much more!

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Any savvy cattleman or woman knows their ultimate customer is the consumer. If we don’t provide a high-quality eating experience, we are not guaranteed a customer. But you know what else goes into that consumers’ mind when they are deciding what to eat? Trust.

How do we ensure a receptive audience for telling our story? We’re talking about creating connections and building trust with Kiah Twisselman Burchett  of Climbing with Coach Kiah and Courtenay DeHoff of Fancy Lady Cowgirl, and together they are the Backroad Cowgirls. 

They discuss:

• Tips for reaching people with varying backgrounds
• Using your background to make connections
• How the best ideas can start over pasta and wine
• Opportunities for sharing agriculture's message with mainstream media
• Much more!

Resources:
Backroad Cowgirls
Instagram: @backroadcowgirls

Kiah Twisselman Burchett
Instagram: @coach_kiah
Climbing with Coach Kiah podcast

Courtenay DeHoff
Instagram: @courtdehoff

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Where’s the beef industry going? That’s a question we’d all like to answer. The closest we can get to reading the future is analyzing trends, and pairing that with historical data. Lance Zimmerman, senior beef and cattle analyst with Rabo AgriFinance, shares insights with today’s host, Miranda Reiman, from a recently published paper titled “Not So Fast. That herd rebuild will take time. “ 

They discuss: 

• How the herd contraction will affect prices for you.
• When we will start to see the national herd rebuild.
• Needed economic incentive.
• Beef demand trends and how that affects cattle producers.

This episode is sponsored by Lallemand Animal Nutrition. 

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We all know bulls have a very important job on our operations. We are starting to see some light at the end of the winter tunnel, but many states had some extreme cold this winter.  What does that mean for bull fertility? What do you need to do to make sure your bulls are ready when breeding season starts? 

Kasey sat down with Dr. Jeff Erquiaga to discuss considerations you should keep in mind during bull sale season and beyond. 

They chat about: 

• How frostbite affects bulls and for how long
• What you need to know about a breeding soundness exam, and when you should test
• Contingency plans if a bull fails an exam
• Questions you should ask your seedstock supplier
• Where a test needs to happen
• Much more

This episode is brought to you by Westway Feed Products.

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A new policy is coming into play this summer that will affect every cattle producer in America. Shauna Hermel sat down with veterinarian Eric Moore to discuss how Guidelines for Industry 263 will affect cattlemen. 

In this episode they discuss:

• Over-the-counter medication access
• What will be added to require veterinary feed directives
• How thinking ahead will be necessary for animal welfare
• Questions to ask your veterinarian
• Other benefits of a veterinary-client-patient relationship

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It would be nice to know you're making the right decisions, but there's always risk. Usually, only hindsight tells us whether it was the right decision or not. However, in making genetic selection decisions, there are tools from the American Angus Association that are designed to help. 

The Association's Performance Programs Department helps take large data sets and turn them into usable information to help move your operation forward. 

In today's episode, Kasey chats with Esther Tarpoff, director of Performance Programs, about:

• How the Performance Programs department is relevant to commercial cattlemen
• How phenotypic data adds accuracy to genetic selection tools
• How recordkeeping helps save you money
• How to find high-performing maternal genetics
• Questions you should ask your seedstock supplier 
• Much more!

More resources

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Calving season is a beautiful thing, but there's no doubt it's tiring and stressful. That can negatively affect other aspects of your operation if you're exhausted. 

Dr. Brad White, Angus Beef Bulletin Health & Husbandry column author, chats with Kasey about how to make calving season easier on everyone involved.

Listen in for considerations on:

• New items to keep in your calving kits
• A time limit to put on yourself if intervening during a calving
• How recommendations for newborn calf care have changed
• The timeline for vaccinating mamas to set up calves for success
• The importance of a veterinary-client relationship, and how it's not hard to start one
• The importance of and tips on preventing issues

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"When you buy Angus, you’re buying a lot of accuracy and a lot consistency because of our seedstock members and how committed they’ve been to data reporting."  — Kelli Retallick-Riley, Angus Genetics Inc. president. 

A lot of commercial cattlemen have told us they chose Angus because of the breed's marketability. There's more benefit to Angus than just premium prices, though — the genetic database and the multitude of tools available to seedstock and commercial cattlemen alike.

In today's episode, AGI president Kelli Retallick-Riley and Kasey chat about:

• Why using only genetics or phenotypes alone in selection is leaving money on the table. 
• How do you decide which of the many genetic tools to use?
• What questions you should ask your seedstock supplier.
• What does accuracy mean on EPDS?
• Why can full siblings differ so much?
• New tools available for commercial cattlemen.
• Why do EPD percent ranks matter?
• How do you set an optimum threshold? 

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If you've ever found yourself saying, “Stop blaming cows,” then this episode is for you! 

With all the climate discussion in the news and legislation, Kasey wanted to learn more about something touted as a way for farmers and ranchers to be an active part of the solution. So, she sat down with Ashley Bruner with Agoro Carbon Alliance to ask some questions about the carbon market. 

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We are heading into bull sale season, so today’s episode is geared to give you some bull selection criteria — but with the perspective of the end product. Miranda Reiman caught up with Brian Bertelsen, vice president of field operations at U.S. Premium Beef, at the Feeding Quality Forum. He gave some great insight into ways to make the most money off your feeder cattle, and how your bull selection plays into that. 

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Every cattleman and woman we've ever met wants to take care of their land and their cattle to the best of their ability. Effective land management saves money, retains water, produces more grass, and thus can increase stocking density. So to learn more about tips to consider for improving land management, ABB intern Lindsey Sawin and host Kasey Brown sat down with Hugh Aljoe, with the Noble Research Institute. Regenerative ranching isn’t necessarily new, but it’s certainly become a more popular topic, and as we learned, for good reason. 

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How can you get better prices for your feeder calves? Hear directly from cattle buyer Don Graham with Crossroads Cattle Co., what he looks for, what his customers need and ways you can set your calves up for success. The American Angus Association's Troy Marshall gives insight on how verification programs help give more valuable information to cattle buyers, and ways to set up your marketing plan.

Find more information to getting the best prices for your calves in the Angus Beef Bulletin's Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide.

Check out our sister podcast The Angus Conversation put on the by the Angus Journal, anywhere you like to listen to podcasts.

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There are SO many job opportunities in agriculture that it's a little mind blowing. If you've ever been a high school senior, you've been asked what you're going to do with the rest of your life. As this episode shows, you don't have to know the answer! A lot of successful folks in agriculture took interesting ways to get to their current positions. Share this episode with any young aspiring cattleman you know.

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Flexibility offers a lot of options, and today Karla Wilke, associate professor of range management and cow-calf specialist, offers options in income generation and enterprises. She also shares some really cool research about smart supplementation, and how the timing of it affects growth while saving you some money.

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Volatility just isn't going away — a theme that was emphasized at the 2023 Feeding Quality Forum. Boots on the ground host Miranda Reiman caught up with FQF speakers Dan Basse with Ag Resource Co. for a great market overview and Ryan Turner with StoneX group for tactics on how to shift volatility into opportunity.

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Just like there are lots of pieces of armor to protect different things in battle, there are many pieces to the armor in the fight against bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Check out some of these pieces that Ron Tessman, Elanco, offers.

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The cattle industry has made huge genetic progress, but has nutrition made the same progress? ADM's Brian Fieser discusses the future of nutrition, how we're getting there, and what's available now.  He says, "When forage is limiting, every bite counts."

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Cattle are amazing creatures because they can turn grass into protein, but how they get that grass varies across the country. This episode shares insight on creatively stretching grazing from both small and large operators, and from the east to the west. Tune in now to hear how Chad Woods, Firsthand Foods in North Carolina, and Rob Elder, Elder Farms in Oregon, make things work.

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