CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY
SEEDSTOCK AgriClear, a partnership with TMX Group and NGX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group, and North
America’s premier online transaction and payment platform for cattle buyers and sellers, is collaborat- ing with the American Akaushi Association and HeartBrand Beef. The American Akaushi Association, which represents live producers of the Akaushi (Japa- nese Red) breed of cattle, will promote the use of the AgriClear livestock platform to its members, to help them market their Akaushi full-blood seedstock and percentage-blood cattle to North American ranchers. HeartBrand will use the AgriClear platform and settle- ment services for feeder and fed cattle procurement. To learn more visit
www.agriclear.com. Ryan Ruppert is the director of regional managers for the American Angus Association®
. He will oversee
the organization’s 12 regional managers (RMs) and as- sociated territories for the nation’s largest beef breed establishment. Ruppert most recently served as na- tional sales director for Neogen GeneSeek in Lincoln, Neb. He also previously served the National Cattle- men’s Beef Association (NCBA)
for 8 years as the
executive director of producer education, where he led the development and implementation of the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program and managed the National Beef Quality Audit. His career has included leadership experience with Cargill and Red Angus As- sociation of America. The latest expected progeny differences (EPDs) for Beefmaster cattle are available from Beefmaster
Breeders United (BBU). Visit the
www.beefmaster. org, click on “Search” in the navigation tabs and select EPDs. BBU members are encouraged to research their animals and study their EPDs. Collier Diamond C Ranch, Stephenville, exhibited Crush to the title of Grand Champion Red Angus Bull
at the 2016 Fort Worth Stock Show. The bull is owned by Northline Angus of Alberta, Canada, and Collier Diamond C Ranch and Cole Goad. International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) and Zoetis have collaborated to provide the i50K™
cattle genomic test to Brangus breeders and commer- cial producers using registered Brangus genetics. i50K results enable Genomic Enhanced Expected Progeny Differences (GE-EPDs), with notable increases in ac- curacy for the full scope of traits evaluated in Brangus bulls and females. To learn more contact your Zoetis cattle genetics specialist or the IBBA.
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