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IBBA Performance Leader Awards: Fall 2015
For more information about Performance Leader Awards (PLA), or to see the required criteria for eligibility, click here. Fall 2015 Performance Leaders Alabama SHON ROYSTER – Platinum DANIEL & CHEYENNE THOMPSON – Gold DONALD COLLINS – Gold LEVON ENZOR – Gold 4 MILE CATTLE COMPANY – Silver BEAM BRANGUS – Silver CLIFF AND/OR…
Read MoreCommercial Producers Can Use Crossbreeding to Improve Profit and Sustainability
by Kansas State University Cow-Calf Extension Specialist Bob Weaber, Ph.D. The dramatic changes and volatility cow-calf production system input costs and calf values have many producers wondering about the value of heterosis in today’s beef industry pricing structure. Many producers are seeking ways to improve cow-calf production efficiency and profitability. Profitability may be enhanced…
Read MoreThe Brangus Project
by Taylor Shackelford There is no right or wrong way to raise livestock. Many would agree, one of the best things you can do is learn from the successes of others. If that doesn’t work, if you don’t learn what you need, or if you see a trending flaw, start back at the basics. Build…
Read MoreCsonka
Csonka: His legacy continues to influence the breed, both domestically and internationally. by Martha Hollida Garrett Csonka of Brinks 30R4 was just one of many bulls born in 2005, but perhaps no other bull in the history of the breed has impacted and changed Brangus like he has in terms of producing both extremely popular…
Read MoreIBBA Introducing Commercial Cattle Genomic Service Yielding Three Selection Indexes
The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) will introduce a new DNA test for the profiling and selection of commercial replacement heifers. IBBA is rolling out the Igenity® Brangus profiler in partnership with Neogen GeneSeek Operations as part of a plan to diversify and grow its genomic services and enhance the tools available to producers. Commercial…
Read MoreBrangus Seedstock Producers Recognized Nationally
Five members of the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) were recognized by BEEF Magazine in the 2017 BEEF Seedstock 100 list. In the official article, BEEF released the following explanation: “BEEF’s Seedstock 100 list is based on the number of bulls marketed last year, not the number of cattle registered annually or the number of…
Read MoreGenomic Advancements for Brangus
by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS The cattle market continues to underwhelm most of us in the industry. It’s hard to say where we will end up in 2017, but it sure seems like we have at least hit the bottom of the price scale. All indications lead to an improved market…
Read MoreBuilding with Brangus is the Right Choice
by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS As we move into the spring calving season for 2017, cattle prices continue to be on the upside of our recent roller coaster ride. The value of every pound of weaned calf continues to have significance in the commercial cattle segment. I do not know of…
Read MoreBrangus in the High Country
by Taylor Shackelford If you’ve heard of Brangus, you know of the 3/8 Brahman influence that helps them to survive in the warm, humid climates across the southern and coastal regions of the United States and other areas like them around the world. However, Brangus are not just built for heat. These cattle are survivors.…
Read MoreNine in Five
by IBBA Communications Coordinator Peyton Waldrip IBBA member Clarence Tays is a Brangus breeder in Cookeville, Tennessee. An Ultrablack® female named MISS LOF 144, or “Lollipop,” was born into his herd on Aug. 30, 2009. After Tays’s granddaughter, Elizabeth, showed the heifer in 2010, the female was sold to a neighbor: Randy Randolph. Randolph is…
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