Welcome
Through the years, we’ve built quite a bank of information to assist Angus producers in producing and marketing their cattle, organizing their businesses, participating in the American Angus and state Angus associations, and making the most of their Association membership. But while the information may be available at your fingertips online, sometimes it’s not easy to know where to point those fingers.
This Virtual Library is intended to provide the hub for access to many of these resources. Here’s an overview of what you’ll find under the pull-down menus above:
Meeting Sites: API provides online coverage of several industry meetings, including the National Angus Conference, the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and NCBA Trade Show, the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) annual symposium, the Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle (ARSBC) symposium, and the Range Beef Cow Symposium. Link to the current site by clicking on the event name, or link to a past meeting by clicking on the year in the submenu. Coverage includes summaries of the presentations, PowerPoints provided by speakers, proceedings and audio.
Note the “Other Industry Meetings” option. This page will host event web sites as well as pre-event and post-event coverage of other industry meetings as provided by industry sources. We may also include some API coverage of events for which we don’t host an event coverage site.
Topic Sites: API topic sites are intended to provide a one-stop resource for cattlemen or other industry representatives wanting more information about a particular topic. API staff have created regularly updated web sites to further the understanding and development of international issues, beef cow efficiency, body condition scoring, country-of-origin labeling (COOL), drought conditions, and feeding and feedstuffs.
Angus Online: From the Angus Online pull-down menu you can access daily news from API, CAB and the American Angus Association; upcoming sales and events, sale summaries; AngusSource® listings for feeders and replacement heifers; and show reports available online. You’ll also want to take advantage of learning about the Angus Beef Bulletin Extra, the electronic supplement to the magazine.
Note that Angus e-Classifieds have had a major redesign. Link to the page to review current listings of cattle, semen, embryos, real estate, equipment, horses, dogs, jobs, hay, etc. You can also price and place a listing of your own.
Angus Resources: Want an easy way to find that article you recall seeing a year or so ago? Search Angus Journal and Angus Beef Bulletin back issues from the options available under the Angus Resources pull-down menu. You can search a particular issue or search for a keyword. The American Angus Association has a host of information compiled in the Angus Education Center, which is sure to be a site you’ll want to bookmark. We’ve also compiled a list of industry and API resources that we think you’ll find useful.
Contacts: Not sure who to contact? This pull-down menu provides access to contacts at the American Angus Association and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including API, Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), the Angus Foundation, Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) and the Angus Auxiliary. You’ll also find a link to the Association’s listing of state and regional Angus associations, as well as listings for the current American Angus Association Board of Directors and a listing of regional managers.
Thank you for visiting API’s Virtual Library. If you have a suggestion for how we can make this site more useful to you, please let us know.
Editor's Note: Angus Productions Inc., or API, is a for-profit subsidiary of the American Angus Association and serves as the Association's publications arm. API Publishes the Angus Journal, the Angus Beef Bulletin, the Angus e-List, and the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA, as well as newsletters, sale books, post cards and other projects for its customers. API provides marketing and advertising assistance through its Web Services, Creative Media and Special Services departments. For more information, visit www.angusproductions.com.