News Update

January 25, 2016

‘The Angus Report’ Features the NWSS

The National Western Stock Show (NWSS) has been a tradition in Denver, Colo., for 110 years. Each January, livestock enthusiasts travel to the base of the Rocky Mountains to participate in one of the industry’s most competitive events.

The American Angus Association brings you coverage from Angus events and sales hosted at the 2016 NWSS during its weekly television program The Angus Report, which airs this week on RFD-TV. You can catch the show at 5 p.m. CST Wednesday or 1:30 CST Saturday. Featured in the episode:

National Western Angus Bull Sale — The only Association-managed sale in the country, the event brought together nearly 50 consignors from across the country, including Craig and J.J. Reinhardt of Bar R Angus, Sloughhouse, Calif. We visit with them and buyer Glen Ross, Gering, Neb., about why they attend every year.
Angus Foundation Events — Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president, reports on successful fundraising events for the organization during the NWSS.

For more information, please view the full Angus news release online.

— Adapted from a release by Jena McRell, Angus Media.

January ‘Angus Beef Bulletin’ Online

The Angus Beef Bulletin is now available — in its entirety — to cattlemen online through Angus Media’s newly launched website www.angus.media.

The website, which ties together Angus Media’s various communications and marketing platforms, now features the current issue of the Angus Beef Bulletin on its home page. Readers can click the image to access the issue in the flipbook format used to present sale books.

Explore the January issue online now. We welcome your feedback so we can tailor this feature to meet your needs. Email your comments to shermel@angus.media.

— Adapted from a release from the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA.

Association Perspective

Since 1906, the National Western Stock Show has served as the meeting place between commercial cattlemen and their Angus seedstock providers. For the American Angus Association, the celebrated weeklong event is filled with shows and sales. The week allows our members the opportunity to showcase their genetics to cattlemen across the country. I can’t think of any better place for cattlemen to philosophize about the cattle business other than Denver, Colo., in January.

After celebrating 110 years of western heritage, a new dawn is rising for the city of Denver and the National Western with a projected $1-billion project — the new National Western Complex. A majority of the funds for the project come from extending the lodging and car rental taxes in the county of Denver. The project will give exhibitors, vendors and spectators a new venue to last the next 100-150 years. The construction will happen during the next several years and will be broken into three phases.

To read more, please view the full Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA article online.

— Adapted from an article by Jay Nordhausen, American Angus Association.

ROV Winners Recognized

The American Angus Association recognized top performers in its Roll of Victory (ROV) Show Program during the Awards Recognition Breakfast hosted Nov. 5 in conjunction with the 2015 National Angus Convention & Trade Show in Overland Park, Kan. Recognized at the breakfast were:

Express Angus Ranches, Yukon, Okla., ROV Breeder of the Year;
EXAR First Advance 5702B, ROV Show Bull of the Year; and
Champion Hill Georgina 8547, ROV Show Heifer of the Year.

The ROV program recognizes the individual show-winning animals and the sires and dams of major award winners on an annual, current-year basis. Points are not accumulated from year to year. Points are awarded according to placings and are accumulated throughout the course of the show year, which for the 2014-2015 ROV show program ended May 31, 2015.

For more information, please view the full Angus Journal article online.

— Adapted from an article by Shauna Rose Hermel, Angus Media.

Wheat Grazing Webinar Planned for Jan. 28

Managing cattle on wheat pasture in the winter months can have big payoffs, but can also require attention to time and intensity.

Romulo Lollato, wheat and forage specialist for the Kansas State University (K-State) Research and Extension, will present “Managing Grazing Timing and Intensity in Dual-Purpose Wheat Systems” on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 1:30 pm (CST). The free webinar will be hosted by Great Plains Grazing, a USDA-Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Coordinated Agricultural Project grant.

The webinar is open to anyone interested in wheat grazing systems. Attendees can expect to learn about topics including wheat pasture as a forage system; management of dual-purpose wheat systems; use of mobile device to manage grazing intensity; and discussion of varieties’ characteristics for dual-purpose wheat production.

For more information, please view the Angus Journal Virtual Library calendar of upcoming events here.

— Adapted from a release by Lana Barkman, K-State Research and Extension.

— Compiled by Paige Nelson, field editor, Angus Journal.

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