News & Audio
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• Mutation and Available Selection Tools, Tonya Amen, genetic services director, American Angus Association
Summary | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (14.9 MB) | Audio 2 (12.7 MB)
• Welcome, Phil Trowbridge, president and chairman of the board, American Angus Association
Speaker bio | Audio (2.3 MB)
• Striving for Quality, Executive Chef John Doherty, founder of Merchant Hospitality, New York, and consultant to Certified Angus Beef LLC
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (13.9 MB) | Audio 2 (10.8 MB)
• The Business Side of Beef, David O’Diam, assistant director of business development, Certified Angus Beef LLC
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (6.3 MB) | Audio 2 (14.2 MB)
• Telling Our Story, Debbie Lyons-Blythe, Blythe Angus Ranch, author of Life on a Kansas Cattle Ranch blog
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (14.5 MB) | Audio 2 (12.7 MB)
• Marketing Angus Genetics, Eric Grant, director of public relations and communications, American Angus Association
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio (19.5 MB)
• Marketing the End Product, Kip Palmer, CEO of Palmer Family of Companies, which includes Palmer Food Services and G&C Food Distributors
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (14 MB) | Audio 2 (12.9 MB)
• Preparing for the Future of the Industry, Scott Vernon, Vernon Communication and professor of agricultural communication, Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo
Speaker bio | Summary | PowerPoint | Audio 1 (13.8 MB) | Audio 2 (15.2 MB)
• Membership challenge, update, Bryce Schumann, CEO, American Angus Association
Speaker bio | Audio (7.4 MB)
• Angus Along the Hudson, conference recap
• American Angus Association Relocates 2014 Annual Meeting
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