by Brianna Gwirtz | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog
A packer buyer’s favorite cross As the Brand the Barn intern, I’ve attended a lot of barn celebrations this summer (18 to be exact). Each time I’m struck by the variety of people in attendance. Sometimes, it’s a seedstock operation and bull buyers attend. Other times,...
by Brianna Gwirtz | Dec 18, 2017 | News Release
CAB Opts for USDA grading modernization by Steve Suther It’s no big deal, literally, but grading rules that applied needless discounts to a tiny fraction of carcasses are no more for most beef. As of Monday, Dec. 18, all graded beef in the U.S. can be evaluated for...
by Brianna Gwirtz | Dec 4, 2017 | News Release
From potential to profit Angus Value Discovery Contest winners named by Nicole Lane Erceg If anyone else had made the phone call to Jamie Hoffman, he’d have thought it was a mistake or joke. The manager of Hoffman Angus Farm, Otwell, Ind., was on the line with his...
by Brianna Gwirtz | Nov 29, 2017 | News Release
Excellence Keeps tables full Empty seats are greatest cost to a steakhouse by Miranda Reiman Edd Hendee watches numbers and makes smart deals—he’s a businessman after all. But the 40-year owner and operator of Taste of Texas, the largest independent restaurant in...
by Brianna Gwirtz | Nov 21, 2017 | News Release
First class feeder cattle marketing by Steve Suther Growing up on a Colorado cattle ranch, earning an animal science degree and riding for the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand for nearly 16 years, Paul Dykstra has learned a thing or two about “First class feeder...
