Now more comprehensive profile provides additional tools for managing profitability

DULUTH, GA — July 2, 2008 — From a single DNA sample, cattle producers can now more accurately gauge feed efficiency of their animals — offering key inside information that can directly affect profitability. Multiple-marker analyses of traits related to feed efficiency are now part of the comprehensive IGENITY® profile. more

Bill Bowman has been named the American Angus Association Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Bowman has been with the Association for 16 years, and also serves in other leadership roles such as vice president of information and data programs, director of performance programs and president of Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), a subsidiary of the Association. He began his tenure at the Association as a regional manager, traveling Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma, and later became the first director of commercial programs. more