Sally Yon of Ridge Spring, S.C., was crowned Miss American Angus, Monday, Nov. 16, during the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, Ky. more

Urbandale, Iowa (AgPR) (November 19, 2009) – The Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, recently made the safety of our youth a priority by sponsoring Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK) with a $14,000 grant. more

The American Angus Association® is launching into nationwide television broadcasting with the airing of its first, hour-long program this coming January. more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ¬¬¬ Only in its first year, the Kentucky Certified Hereford Influenced Sale was a great success. October 27 sellers earned premiums of more than $8 per hundredweight (cwt.) for steers and $10 per cwt. for heifers. Those premiums were multiplied on 532 head sold at the Blue Grass Stockyards South, Stanford, Ky. more

St. Louis, Missouri, November 18, 2009 — Novus International Inc., a global leader in animal health and nutrition announces the launch of a bi-weekly podcast series titled, “What’s New with Novus”. The first podcast was made available November 18, 2009 on iTunes, Zune and www.novusint.com/podcasts for download or streaming. more

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. That likely is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A crossbreeding program can increase lifetime production by more than 20 percent if you design it to capture both direct (individual) heterosis in crossbred calves and maternal heterosis in crossbred cows. more

Hereford, TX – As the bioenergy industry is discovering, the most versatile feedstock for ethanol production is sorghum because of the crop’s unique fit and conversion value in all methods of converting biomass into fuel.

“As the world leader in sorghum, including bioenergy sorghums, Advanta is intimately involved in developing the biofuels industry worldwide,” says John Oppelt, Advanta US Manager of Business Development. “Although the starch-to-ethanol method of ethanol production using corn or grain sorghum has gained the lion’s share of agriculture’s attention to date, the sugar-to-ethanol and cellulosic ethanol methods hold the greatest advantage in conversion and green footprint.” more

The verification market may grow as premium producers and organic livestock seek or are asked to verify the life history of their product. Destron Fearing is but one player, but is considered the leader in this niche of the market. more

WAUKEE, Iowa (November 17, 2009) — Did you know SyrVet, Inc. carries a line of artificial insemination (A.I.) products for livestock? Our goal is to help ranchers and

farmers improve the breeding success and genetic traits of their herds. Also, with the use of SyrVet’s sanitary A.I. supplies, there is a reduced risk of disease transmission than if natural services are used. more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. ¬¬¬ Sherry Pope Smith, Tulsa, Okla., was chosen the 2009 American Hereford Women (AHW) Outstanding Woman.

Each year the AHW recognizes and honors one woman for her achievements and dedication to the Hereford breed. more