The American Angus Association is the largest beef registry association in the world, with more than 34,000 active adult and junior members. This article does not have any comments associated with it. Richmond students join American Angus Association Three Richmond youths have joined the American Angus Association. Logan Apsley, Garrett Dill and Luke Laird are new junior members, who are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in National Junior Angus...

Great Dairy Adventure to provide free fun, education July 18 . Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich. Children may think that milk, cheese and yogurt magically appear in the grocery store cooler, but at the Great Dairy Adventure, they can make the connection between cows and dairy products with hands-on activities and samples of healthy, refreshing treats. Children may think that milk, cheese and yogurt magically appear in the grocery store cooler, but at...

There he and his two sons keep almost 100 dairy cows, which they milk twice a day, and raise hay, alfalfa and corn for feed. She was bent over, concentrating as she made sure Tiffany's hair was sticking straight up in a perfect line down the cow's spine. Even so, twice every day during the summer, Katlyn and her grandmother come around his farm to feed and work with his calves. In return, he teaches her what he knows about cows and cow showing. But she also stood next to teenagers in the...

With the smaller seeded acres, the market will need a perfect growing season to be adequately supplied with inventory to meet the growing world demand. With the extreme volatility in today s marketplace, producers need to use options to manage their price risk and guarantee lofty price levels when they are available. The June quarterly stocks and acreage report was a shocker for the trade industry. Demand remains near record large, estimated at over 3.03 billion each year, indicating the...

Urner Barry's Yellow Sheet at midday reported slightly firmer attitudes among beef traders, with sellers offering several cuts at slightly higher money. Brokers and analysts said cattle feeders were becoming more bullishly construed as futures prices rose Friday. However, those bids were being passed by feeders who were asking $140, the analysts and brokers said. Department of Agriculture reported choice beef prices at midday were down $0. The volume of loads sold as of midday stood at 181...

One of the things that sets him even farther apart from many other farmers is his deliberate decision not to expand his herd beyond its current count of 85 cows and 80 heifers. Seven days a week, he and his wife, Shirley, work side-by-side milking 85 cows every morning in a nine-stall flat barn parlor attached to a free-stall barn on the 270-acre farm they own east of Hesperia. Earlier this year, the Carsons were awarded national and state honors for the quality of their milk because of...