Brangus® News and Information

  Tuesday, February 27 All Tuesday Events at the Royal Sonesta Hotel 10 am – 6 pm Registration, Hotel Lobby 1 pm – 8 pm Trade Show Open, Discovery Rooms A/B, Lobby Level 4 pm – 5:30 pm Federation of International Brangus Associations (FIBRA) Meeting Welcome Reception 6 pm – 8 pm Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres…

  Four stops on International Brangus® Breeders Association’s (IBBA) Torch for Beef Sustainability Tour remain. The Torch for Bull Sustainability Tour serves as a promotional opportunity for IBBA’s 2018 World Brangus Congress (WBC) event. The torch is a symbolic icon for the biennial WBC event, as it is passed from host country to host country.…

  Click here for a PDF version of the 2018 Media Guide.

Four International Brangus® Breeders Association (IBBA) members are recognized by BEEF Magazine on the 2018 BEEF Seedstock 100 list. In the official release, BEEF offers the following explanation: “BEEF assembles the annual S100 list for several reasons, which include monitoring the level of seedstock concentration and the relative market engagement of seedstock suppliers. It’s based…

The International Brangus® Breeders Association (IBBA) board election ballots are tallied. New directors will officially be inducted to serve on IBBA’s Board of Directors at IBBA’s Annual Meeting on Friday, March 2, in Houston, Texas. The election was for open positions in areas four, six, seven and eight. The deadline for ballot submission was Dec.…

The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) has announced the release of January 2018 genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs). In this round of genetic evaluation, over 1.4 million animals were considered. Of those, GE-EPDs were produced for 13,872 Brangus®, Red BrangusTM, Ultrared, and Ultrablack® animals that have either high- or low-density genomic profiles in the database.…

Allflex, International Brangus® Breeders Association (IBBA), and Neogen GeneSeek have partnered in sponsorship for a promotional Igenity® Brangus® giveaway to target commercial cattlemen who buy Brangus and Brangus-influenced bulls at selected spring sales. The Igenity Brangus Profile is a DNA evaluation tool for commercial Brangus cattle. Using the profiler, breeders are able to predict maternal,…

 The International Brangus® Breeders Association (IBBA) is proud to host guests from more than 14 countries at the 2018 World Brangus Congress (WBC) Feb. 27 – March 3, in Houston, Texas. The event will be held in conjunction with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. A full schedule of events, as well as other helpful…

  The International Brangus® Breeders Association’s (IBBA) Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet will be held March 2, at the Royal Sonesta Houston, 2222 West Loop S, Houston, TX 77027. The Annual Meeting will be at 2 p.m. and the Awards Banquet will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at the Royal Sonesta Houston.…

  2018 WORLD BRANGUS CONGRESS The following is a list of events and activities for the 2018 World Brangus Congress (WBC), Feb. 27 – March 3, in Houston, Texas, USA.   Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 Arrive in Houston Transportation from airport to Royal Sonesta Hotel Registration for World Brangus Congress (WBC) and Houston Livestock Show…