STOCKTON, Mo. — The SW MO Beef Cattle Improvement Association will hold the 100th SW MO All Breeds Performance Tested Bull Sale at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center in Springfield, MO on October 31st at 7 p. m. There are 49 bulls in the sale offering and the breed makeup is as follows:  39 Angus, 2 Red […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — A team of researchers has sequenced the Honeycrisp apple genome, a boon for scientists and breeders working with this popular and economically important cultivar. Sequenced with state-of-the-art technologies, the genome – available open-sourced for anyone to access – provides a valuable resource for understanding the genetic basis of important traits in apples […]

MADISON, Wis. — Cotton is an important crop grown around the world, such as in countries like the United States and Uzbekistan. When a fungus began to harm cotton in both countries, it brought together their scientists for an innovative research collaboration. The fungus is called Fusarium wilt race 4 and it has impacted Pima cotton production, […]

ST. JOSPEH, Mo. — A good conversation is worth a lot. Light and easy, or deep and full of meaning, conversations connect people and ideas, making our own worlds a little bigger. That’s what the Angus Journal team plans to bring you every other week in their new podcast, “The Angus Conversation.” The first full episode goes […]

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — When the American Angus Association® was established in 1883, the founding fathers could have never imagined the power and impact registered Angus cattle would make by the year 2021. In the past 138 years, the Association has seen a lot of changes, but the constant that has remained the same has been […]