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What’s Your Foundation Made Of? Building Stronger Angus Operations from the Ground Up
May 14, 2025
On the surface, everything can look picture perfect—green pastures stretching across the hills, sleek black bulls standing tall, and paperwork filed neatly in the office. But looks can be deceiving. Beneath every great operation lies something more important than what meets the eye: a solid foundation.
Hitting the Wall: How Ranchers Find the Strength to Keep Going
May 1, 2025
With spring calving season wrapping up and brutal snowstorms hitting ranchers across the country, I decided to take a break from my usual How-To articles on AAA Login. This month, I’m focusing on something every cattle producer faces but rarely talks about—hitting the wall.
Understanding the Produce of Dam Report:
A Valuable Tool for Angus Producers
April 1, 2025
For cattle producers focused on building a profitable and efficient herd, data-driven decision-making is essential. One of the most valuable tools available to Angus breeders is the Produce of Dam Report, also known as the Cow Production Report. This report provides key insights into the productivity and performance of individual cows within a herd, tracking their calving history, progeny performance, and overall reproductive efficiency.
Private Treaty Bull Sales: Using Data Sheets to Attract Buyers
March 1, 2025
Not every producer has a large production sale. In fact, I would venture to guess that there are more smaller producers selling bulls through private treaty than there are production sales in any given year. Private treaty sales offer flexibility for both buyers and sellers, allowing producers to build relationships with customers while marketing their cattle directly from the ranch. Even those who hold production sales often move additional bulls through private treaty, making it a valuable sales avenue for operations of all sizes.
Lost Tags: Why DNA Testing is the Detective of the Cattle World
February 1, 2025
It’s a scenario every rancher dreads: you’re walking through your herd, checking your cattle, when you spot it—a calf or cow with no identification tag. That small, dangling piece of plastic, the lifeline of record-keeping and pedigree tracking, is nowhere to be found. Whether you're managing a handful of animals or a sprawling herd, the loss of a tag can set off a chain of uncertainty and frustration.
Simplifying Calf Registration: Registrations and DNA Status at a Glance
December 1, 2024
The American Angus Association has recently introduced some exciting new features to the AAA Login system, aimed at simplifying and enhancing the registration process for members.
With a variety of options available through Submit Data > Registrations > EZ Registration, members can tailor their approach when submitting calf registrations, whether they prefer to use a blank entry form, select by birth date ranges, or pull from predefined sets or pastures in their herd.
Efficiency and Accuracy: The Rise of Electronic ID Tags in Livestock Management
November 1, 2024
In the ever-evolving world of cattle management, staying ahead of technology is crucial for ranchers who aim to streamline operations and improve herd management. One tool that has become indispensable is the use of Electronic Identification (EID) tags. These tags have transformed how ranchers track, monitor, and manage their cattle, providing more accurate data and reducing human error. But how exactly can these tags be used, and why are they becoming the standard in livestock management?
Unlocking Efficiency: Managing Your Data Submissions and Account History with Ease
October 1, 2024
You've just submitted your registrations or transfers to the Association and made a mental note to log in the next morning, eager to see what gets approved and what might need further attention. It's almost like the anticipation of a child on Christmas morning, waiting to see what's under the tree—though perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration. Still, the process carries its own blend of hope and curiosity.
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Optimizing Your Contemporary Groups: A Timely Reminder for Fall and Spring Calvers
September 10, 2024
Now is an ideal time for both fall and spring calving operations to focus on their contemporary groups. For fall calvers, it's a chance to think about how they will set up their groups in preparation for the new calving season. For spring calvers, it’s an opportunity to review your birth groups and finalize their contemporary groups as they prepare for weaning those calves.
Ensuring that your contemporary groups are accurately established now will help streamline data management and enhance the accuracy of future evaluations.
Staying Efficient: How to Keep Your Inventory Current
September 1, 2024
The price of culled cattle has remained strong so far this year and ranchers are taking advantage of the market. Culling, the process of removing less productive or undesirable animals from a herd, plays a vital role in herd management. It not only helps in maintaining herd health and productivity but also facilitates genetic improvements.
By selectively culling, ranchers can focus on breeding cattle that exhibit superior traits such as higher fertility rates, better growth performance, and enhanced meat quality. These genetic enhancements are essential for ensuring long-term sustainability and competitiveness in the cattle industry.
Taking a Deeper Dive into Account Setting
July 1, 2024
In today's digital age, managing your online accounts goes far beyond remembering a password. Taking a deeper dive into your account settings is crucial for enhancing security, customizing user experience, and ensuring the accuracy of your personal information.
From changing passwords to updating phone numbers and tweaking other critical settings, these adjustments can provide added layers of protection and convenience. By regularly reviewing and updating your account options, you can stay ahead of potential security threats and make the most of the features and services available to you.
In this article I will highlight a few items located under the My Account section of AAA Login.
Efficient Strategies for Organizing and Managing Transfers
June 1, 2024
As the dust settles after the whirlwind of your production sale, and the echoes of enthusiastic bidding fade into memory, you find yourself facing a new challenge: navigating the transfers for your registered Angus cattle.
Here’s some insights to make it a little less daunting of a task.
Beware the Bull: Unveiling Facebook Scams Targeting Cattle Ranchers
May 1, 2024
In the vast digital pastures of social media, where communities gather and connections flourish, lies a shadowy corner frequented by devious characters: Facebook scammers targeting unsuspecting cattle owners. As the agricultural world increasingly embraces online platforms for networking and commerce, so too do opportunistic fraudsters, eager to exploit the trust and vulnerabilities of those within the cattle industry. From fraudulent sales of livestock to deceptive schemes promising unrealistically high returns, the tactics employed by these scammers are as varied as they are cunning, leaving ranchers and enthusiasts alike navigating a virtual minefield of deceit. In this article, we dive into the intricate web of deception woven by Facebook scammers, shedding light on their strategies and offering guidance on how to protect oneself in this digital frontier.
Essential Tips for Calving Record Submission
March 1, 2024
In the dynamic landscape of modern agriculture, effective record-keeping is the backbone of successful cattle management. When it comes to calving, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records is a strategic necessity for cattle producers. Timely and precise calving record submission not only ensures accurate data is being submitted to the Angus Association but also empowers you with valuable insights for making informed decisions.
Unlocking Customer Engagement: Leveraging AAA Login Tools for Lasting Connections
January 31, 2024
As the sales season gains momentum countywide, seedstock producers should prioritize cultivating strong relationships with their customers. The AAA Login platform introduces significant upgrades to its Buyer Contact Info & History feature, enhancing its capabilities to better serve your needs.
Unleash the Power of AAA Login to help Create Reports for Sale Day
January 1, 2024
As the calendar pages turn and daylight extends its grasp, the eagerly awaited spring sale season begins to stretch its wings. Peering into this moment from an outsider's perspective fails to capture the extensive investment of time and effort poured into its preparation. The journey begins two years prior with meticulous mating selections, and the ensuing tasks—ranging from the attentive care of feeding to the precision of clipping—creates a whirlwind of activity that can parallel the swift gusts of wind sweeping across the pastures.
Inventory Reporting Re-enrollment: Secure Your MaternalPlus Status
December 4, 2023
For those of you who are part of the Association’s Inventory Reporting program, it's time to begin the re-enrollment process in the coming weeks. The re-enrollment period will be open until January 15th
Navigating Inventory Reporting Enrollment
October 15, 2023
Earlier this year, I assisted my dad in the process of weaning calves. We gathered them from various pastures to wean them together. As I carefully backed up the trailer for the final load, it occurred to me how similar this was to the enrollment process for Inventory Reporting. Odd connection, I admit, but just like weaning calves, you shouldn't rush through it and with a bit of patience, everything falls into place.
Parentage Exclusions: Your Roadmap to Resolution
September 14, 2023
Let's be candid: how often have you logged in after receiving DNA Results only to find "Parent Excluded" listed for multiple calves, leaving you with a sinking feeling in your stomach? Creating a strategy to address these parentage exclusions can help alleviate your concerns and streamline the resolution process.
Tips for working with Tissue Sampling Units
August 14, 2023
Everything around us is constantly evolving. From the tractors that we drive to the equipment we pull, there seems to be new models coming out every other year. When Tissue Sampling Units, TSUs, first became available there were a lot of questions surrounding them. Is the sample just as viable as a blood card? Will the sample keep like blood cards? Are they re-useable like blood cards?
The purpose of this isn’t to advocate the use of TSUs over blood cards or hair samples, but instead give ideas to producers that are using them about ways I work with them.
Custom Animal Report, the Tractor of AAA Login
July 20, 2023
Have you ever thought about just how versatile a tractor is? In the winter it can be used to pull a grinder for feeding cows. In the summer it can be used to bale hay, and in the spring, the same tractor can be used to plant crops. It’s the same piece of equipment but depending on what is connected to it, serves a different purpose.
The Custom Animal Report (found at Reports > Interactive > Custom Animal Report) in AAA Login is the same way. At first glance, one would say, there’s a lot of data that can get returned to look at. There is a lot of truth to that, but have you thought about other ways to use the Custom Animal Report to make your processes easier?
Now is the time to take care of your calving records.
May 11, 2023
I have always loved this time of year in Missouri. The grass has greened up, leaves are back on the trees, flowers are blooming and of course, baby calves are running around in the pasture.
Life on the farm is something new each day. You get up with all the intentions of fixing the water gap or moving the cows to a new pasture, but who gets up thinking they are going to knock out their calving records for that season?
Breaking down Inventory Reporting.
May 6, 2023
Do you have a fall calving operation? If so, enrollment into Inventory Reporting is now available and could be a benefit for you.
By enrolling and submitting your entire calf crop each year, it will help your better calves stand out from their contemporaries.