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The Angus Conversation — 105 episodes

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More Than Meets the Menu: Inside the Foodservice Beef Business

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Junior Takeover — The Making of a Champion: Cates and Curtin on Showing Cattle

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Junior Takeover — The Wood Family on Where Growing Up Angus Got Them

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Junior Takeover — Sibling Support on the Farm and In the Ring

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Board Recap: A Changing Landscape — From Industry Shifts to Market Challenges, Strategic Planning Sets Angus Up for the Future

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Raising Calves, Mentoring Kids and Coordinating Logistics — Randall Grimmius on Raising Beef and Entering the Angus Business

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Angus Women Connected — Focusing on the Future, Creating Ambassadors and Relationships That Last

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Keeping the Family AND the Ranch: Donnell and Tucker Brown Talk Genetics, Generational Transfer and Going Viral

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On a Handshake — Brent Thiel on Partnerships, Progress and Problem-Free Cattle

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From Blue Crabs to Baling: Wye Angus Intern Has a Summer of Firsts

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The Next Best Thing vs. the Long Game — Alan Miller on Making Good Genetics, Building a Brand

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Patterson, Barnard: Wrestling With the Balance of New Technology, Practical Application and Tradition

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The Crystal Ball is Broken: Why We Haven’t Built Back, Capital Concerns and the Demand-Driven Future

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Board Recap: From the Commercial Pathway and DNA Sample Storage to Member Feedback and Research Updates

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The Influence of AI — Genetic Trends, Industry Changes and Progress From the Bull Studs

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Heritage Meets the Future: Lind and Vieselmeyer on the New Look of the National Western Stock Show

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From One Dream Job to the Next — Worthington on Serving Customers, Building Demand

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Safe to Fail vs. Jumping in with Both Feet — Barb Downey Shares Approach to Business, Breeding and Life

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Those Who Gave Them a Chance — McCaleb, Williams on Starting Out in the Angus Business

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‘The Party’s Over’ — How Randy Daniel Got His Start and Built His Angus Legacy

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The Angus Advantage: Discussing the Market, Research and What's Important to Breeders

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Transforming the Beef Industry: Gary Smith on Asking the Right Questions and Solving Problems

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James Coffey: ‘Customer First’ Mentality Wins in Business and Breeding

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Always Improving: How Optimism, Connections, Faith and Family Shape Varilek Angus Ranch

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Board Recap: Strong Market, Member Feedback and Strategic Planning

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The Gamble that Worked: David and Carol Medeiros Share the Rancho Casino Story

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The Life of a Champion: Paul Hill on Raising Angus Cattle, Angus Youth and Angus Enthusiasm

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Junior Takeover — Finding Your Community with the Angus Family

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Junior Takeover — Global Experiences Shape Angus Youth

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Junior Takeover — Angus Entrepreneurs Build Relationships, Businesses and Skills

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Board Recap: Research, Strategic Planning and Data Recognition

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From the Ground Up — Musgrave Angus Built Their Operation Focusing on Function First

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Angus Across the Country — Reports from the Field, a Snapshot of Demand and Ways to Plan Ahead

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Growing Angus Youth, Beef Demand — Fosters Focus on Each Interaction

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Building It Up and Handing it Down — The Tokach Family Talks How They Got Here and What’s Next

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Capturing Angus History: A Conversation with Keith Evans

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Genetic Innovation Requires Leadership and Data — The Phenotype Paradox in the Beef Industry

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It’s an Industry Issue: Red Meat Yield’s Challenges and Solutions with Stika and Foraker

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Survival Through Growth, Page-turning Events and Ideas that Worked: The Poky Feeders Journey

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Board Recap: Improving Tools, Long-range Planning, and a Ribeye Area Adjustment

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‘One Bid Away’ — Bulls That Almost Weren’t Famous and Other Tales from the Bull Studs

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‘Let’s Do This:’ The Cattlemen’s Congress Story

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Community of Hope: Herbst, Carson on How the Angus Family Brings Blessings to Disaster

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It Wasn’t Always Easy: Boyd, Schroeder on Growing Their Businesses and Angus

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Data and Decisions, Speer and Taylor on Using Information to Make Quicker Improvement and More Profit

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Hard Work Makes Luck: McCurry and Quam on Taking a Chance and Returning Home

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When Opportunity Meets Ambition: The Sankey's 6N Ranch Story

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“Keep Doing What You’re Doing” – A Message from the Feeding Industry to Angus Breeders

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Rules of Management: Joe and Lake Elliott on Foundational Traits and Fitting Cattle to Resources

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The Data It Takes to Build a More Resilient Cow

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Board Recap: Digging in on Fertility Research, Expanding CAB Production, Enhancing Member Services

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From the Homestead to a Household Name — Gardiner Talks History and Progress, Marbling and Fertility

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The Hard Times That Made Us Better — Gary Dameron Looks Back, Ahead

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Junior Takeover — Murnin, Perrier on Fostering Connections, Advocating for the Industry

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Junior Takeover — Humpert, Lemenager Share Life Advice and Getting Involved in the NJAA

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Junior Takeover — Davis and Duckworth on Breeding Cattle for the Ranch and the Ring

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Responding to the Market, Membership: Angus Board Talks Research, Red Meat Yield, Pull-Through Premiums and Foundation Heifer Package

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Famous Bulls, an Angus Library and U.S. Presidents With Angus Connections — Tom Burke’s Top 10

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The Truth Must Be Discovered: McCulloh on Data, Validation and Authenticity

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The Pratts: One Marriage, Two Kids, Three Moves and the Cow Herd that Pays Their Way

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A Show Project Gone Right: Byrds on California Ranching, Cattle That Feed and Grade, and Hosting a Sale in the Shadow of 9/11

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Create Your Type of Angus — Gabriel and Uhrig on Breeding Strategies, New Perspectives and Having a Voice

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A 365-Day Long Sale Day — Ellingsons on Creating Cows and Customer Service to Serve Commercial Cattlemen

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In the Driver’s Seat: Schiefelbein, Leachman on Data, Game Changers and Angus Momentum

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Cattle Feeders Share Their Wishlist, Predictions — Kee Jim and Mike Thoren Discuss Future

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Board Recap: National Cattle Evaluation Improvements, Parent Protocols, the Role of Angus in Herd Rebuilding and More

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Tiedeman on Cow Type, Making Change and Having Influence

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More Than Raising a Good One: Sawyer, Stevenson, Toledo Talk Customer Interaction and the Perfect Cow

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Fish Farms, Male Fertility and Angus Cattle — Genetic Innovations of the Present and Future

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Get More Bidders: Harsh, Long Say Sale Day Prep Starts Now

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‘We’ll Figure It Out’ — Bruner, Hall Jump Headfirst Into Direct-to-Consumer Beef Marketing

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Remaining Relevant: Stucky, Yon on Access to Data, Coordination and Competition

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McDonnells on Efficiency, Innovation, Abundant Opportunities and Disagreeing Gracefully

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Separate Herds, Joint Marketing: Holt, Brown Talk Records, Goals and Service

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World Angus Evaluation Combines Growth, Carcass, Maternal Measures — What That Means to Breeders

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Bringing Bulls to the City and Buyers to the Farm: Trowbridge on Angus in the Northeast

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Board Recap: Angus Focus on the Commercial Cattleman, Research Updates, Budgets and the FDA

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The Transformation: Embryo Transfer and Late Nights Turn Knoll Herd into a First-Generation Success Story

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‘By God’s Grace’: The Sitz Family Overcomes Tragedy by Working Together, Chasing Balance

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From Heart Scores and Methane to Fertility and Big Data — Beck, Epperly Share Take-Homes from BIF

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Board Recap: A New Research EPD, Grass-Fed CAB and Gene Editing

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Running Down the Road: Jacobs, Frye Talk Seedstock Marketing Then and Now

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Starting From Scratch: The Fink Beef Genetics Story

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Bovine Congestive Heart Failure: An Angus Issue, an Industry Issue or No Issue At All?

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Kelly Schaff’s Ideal Angus Cow and the Tools That Create Her

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Corah, Nichols: Will Breed Associations, Land Grants Become Obsolete and Other Life Lessons

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The Packer or the Producer — Who Has the Power to Improve Beef Quality?

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Bennett, Henderson: Bad Water, Bad Grass and Creating Cattle that Work

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From Judge Selection to the First Gene Edit on the Table: The Angus Board Recap

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Chasing Rabbits Wasn’t Fun and Other Wisdom from Randy Blach

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The Stock Show: Krebs, Scott on Using the Ring to Build a Ranch, Relationships

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Gene Editing and Angus: A New Way to Solve Old Problems?

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Solving the Consumer Puzzle: CAB, Sysco and an Angus Producer Talk About Win-Wins

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Is Having Great Cattle Enough? How Service, Family Relationships Sell Bulls

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Keeping Cattlemen Independent: Goggins, Perrier on Securing the Future

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In Demand — Why Angus Breeders Are So Optimistic

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Eggers, Meyer: Making Progress, Carefully

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Denowh, Lowe: Keeping the Maternal Breed Maternal

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Willis, Noble: Commercial Cattlemen Want It All

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A Good Bull vs. a Great Bull and Other Insight from Jarold Callahan

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From Data Submission to Depreciation: September ’22 Board Highlights

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The Heritage of Change: Rishel and Patterson Talk the Then and Now

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From the Dining Room to the Board Room: Dal Porto and Connealy Discuss Decisions

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