Breed News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the U.S. beef industry works to produce more beef with fewer resources, the American-International Charolais Association (AICA) has launched a new Power of Yield Calculator designed to put a current dollar value on one of the industry's increasingly important economic drivers: red meat yield. The interactive ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new lifecycle assessment conducted by Kansas State University (KSU) researchers demonstrates the economic advantage of Charolais genetics across commercial beef production systems, with Charolais-cross cattle generating the highest total industry value among the breed combinations modeled. The assessment, conducted by KSU researchers Dr. Logan Thompson and ...

Justin Miller, Canyon, Texas, joined the American Hereford Association (AHA) as director of commercial programs March 16. With more than 25 years of experience working in cattle procurement, feedyard marketing, carcass data analysis and branded beef programs, Miller will bring a relationship-driven and data-focused approach to his position. Miller received his ...

DENVER— The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) has named Luke Bolin as its new director of communications, bringing extensive experience in agricultural communications, creative services and team leadership to RAAA’s staff. In this role, Bolin will lead RAAA’s communications strategy across print, digital and social platforms, working closely with ...

The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) welcomes Cord Weinheimer, Taylor, Texas, to serve as the organization’s director of field staff, genetics and advertising. Weinheimer will lead efforts to strengthen membership relations, drive growth in IBBA’s genetic programs and enhance communications that promote the value of the Brangus breed nationwide. “We ...

The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA), in conjunction with the International Brangus Breeders Foundation and the IBBA  Breed Improvement Committee, recently completed the fourth year of the Brangus Value Project (BVP). Designed to benchmark the terminal performance of Brangus-influenced feeder cattle, the project continues to display how Brangus genetics deliver consistency, ...

KINGSVILLE, Texas (June 4, 2025) – Santa Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI) members gathered for the association’s annual meeting in San Marcos, Texas, May 1-3. Six members were elected to the SGBI Board of Directors, including these four new members: Cody Mattingly, Battletown, Kentucky; Larry Garza, Edinburg, Texas; Callie Strait Loden, Streetman, ...

Red Angus are above the industry average for tenderness. Since switching to Igenity Beef® as the association’s main commercial DNA panel in July 2024, almost 900 Red Angus cattle have been tested. Tenderness is an important consumer-level trait that is reported on each animal tested, and, overall, Red Angus looks ...

Jodi Jackson of Waco, Texas, was recently elected to the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Board of Directors and began serving her three-year term in March of this year. Jackson’s lifelong passion for the Brangus breed stems from her childhood growing up on a registered Brangus operation in Oklahoma. Her ...

The Brangus Value Project (BVP), launched nearly four years ago as a collaborative effort between the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Breed Improvement Committee and the International Brangus Breeders Foundation (IBBF), continues to showcase the breed’s superior economic and production advantages. This initiative was designed to benchmark the terminal value ...