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Cattlemen’s Conference is a type conference based around building and crafting
the right kind of cattle.

35 years ago, cattle industry leaders came together and held the Blue Print for
the Right Kind of Cattle Conference, focused on building cattle that fit the
industry at that given time. Today, the industry has evolved and therefore, our
cattle need to do the same.

Together, Cattlemen’s Congress, Oklahoma State University and the Noble Research
Institute have partnered together to bring you the Cattlemen’s Conference.




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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24


DR. RICHARD COFFEY, OSU

Dr. Richard Coffey is the Department Head for Animal and Food Sciences where he
provides leadership in planning, developing, integrating, and implementing
programs in the department’s trifold Land-Grant missions of teaching, research,
and Extension.

Previously, Dr. Coffey served as an Extension Swine Specialist at the University
of Kentucky (1994-2015), as Director of the University of Kentucky Research and
Education Center (2012-2015), and as Department Chair for Animal and Food
Sciences at the University of Kentucky (2015-2022). In his Extension role at the
University of Kentucky, Dr. Coffey worked extensively with pork producers and
support  industry personnel dealing with all facets of pork production,
including manure and environmental management, nutritional management,
reproductive management, swine production systems, housing systems, health and
disease prevention, and marketing alternatives. From 2003-2012 Dr. Coffey also
served as the department’s Youth Livestock Programs Coordinator where he
provided overall coordination and leadership for youth livestock programs and
projects in the state of Kentucky.

Dr. Coffey has received several professional recognitions over the course of his
career,
including the Outstanding Service Award and induction into the Hall of Fame by
the Kentucky Pork Producers Association, Honorary State FFA Degree by Kentucky
FFA, Honorary Kentucky County Ag Agent Award from the Kentucky Association of
County Agricultural Agents, Extension Award from the Southern Section American
Society of Animal Science, Fellow in the Administrative Category by the American
Society of Animal Science, President of the Midwest Section American Society of
Animal Science, Board of Directors for American Society of Animal Science, and
Advanced Degree Graduate of Distinction from the Oklahoma State University
Department of Animal and Food Sciences.

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DR. MARK JOHNSON, OSU

Dr. Mark Johnson is a Professor in the department of Animal and Food Science at
Oklahoma State University where he held the Totusek Endowed Chair of Animal
Science from 2009 to 2014. He has served as the Supervisor of the OSU Purebred
Beef Cattle Center since 1992.

Mark also coached the OSU Livestock Judging Team from 1992 to 2013. The OSU team
was highly successful during his tenure as coach, finishing as either Champion
or Reserve Champion team in 70% of their contests over 21 years. He earned the
“National Coach of the Year” award seven times, coached six teams that won the
American Royal and four National Champion teams.

Mark, his wife Brenda and two daughters Sydney and Charley, live on a ranch near
Orlando, Oklahoma where they operate J&J Cattle Company.

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MARK MCCULLY, AAA

Mark McCully, current CEO of the American Angus Association, brings 27 years of
experience to the table, most recently serving as vice president of production
for CAB. In his role, Mark drove supply chain innovation for the brand and
helped develop and implement best management practices with cattlemen to
increase brand acceptance rates. In addition, Mark led global production
initiatives, streamlining processes for improved product quality, and served in
many industry leadership positions. McCully previously served as director of
packing before developing and coordinating a regional sales team, and in 2005,
he transitioned to supply development and production. Additionally, he worked
for Southern States Cooperative where he managed the beef improvement program
and value-added feeder cattle marketing programs for cattlemen within a 22-state
region. He also served as an intercollegiate livestock judging team coach,
taught livestock evaluation classes and coordinated the animal science
department undergraduate internship program at Michigan State University before
joining Southern States.
He graduated with his Associate’s Degree from Lake Land College, Bachelor of
Science degree from Western Illinois University and conducted master’s research
in ruminant nutrition and feedlot management at Michigan State University.

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HUGH ALJOE, NRI DIRECTOR OF RANCHES, OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS

Hugh Aljoe serves as the director of ranches, outreach and partnerships for
Noble Research Institute. In this role, he oversees the 13,500 acres of Noble
ranches as well as outreach and partnership efforts with allied industries and
organizations. He also serves as a subject matter expert in the areas of pasture
and range stewardship and adaptive grazing management. Aljoe joined Noble
Research Institute in 1995.

He has spoken on topics related to the intentional management of ranches, proper
land stewardship and soil health of grazing lands, and ranch sustainability and
regenerative ranching at national, regional and state conferences, including
Cattlemen’s College at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. Aljoe
currently serves on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental
Stewardship Award Program selection committee, U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable
Beef board of directors and the goals and targets tracking working group and
outreach working group, and the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research
International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture executive
committee.

Before coming to Noble Research Institute in 1995, Aljoe was the ranch manager
for Belvedere Land & Cattle Corp., a 3,900-acre, 1,500-head purebred and
commercial cow-calf operation in East Texas that utilized adaptive multi-paddock
grazing.

Aljoe attended Texas A&M University where he received his bachelor’s degree in
animal science and master’s degree in range science with a focus on grazing
management.

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DR. JEFF GOODWIN, TAMU

Dr. Jeff Goodwin serves as Director of the Texas A&M Center for Grazinglands and
Ranch Management. The Center focuses on safeguarding the ecologic and economic
resiliency of grazingland resources and ranching operations through applied
grazingland and ranch management research, outreach, and policy engagement.
Prior to Texas A&M, he served as Senior Rangeland Consultant at Noble
Research Institute in Ardmore, Oklahoma and as the Texas State Rangeland
Management Specialist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Dr. Goodwin has over 22 years of experience working directly with producers and
grazingland managers, implementing stewardship focused management and providing
innovative solutions to grazingland issues.

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DR. GRETCHEN MAFI, OSU

Gretchen Mafi is a Professor and the Ralph & Leila Boulware Endowed Chair in
the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at Oklahoma State University, where
she conducts research and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in meat
science. Gretchen earned her bachelor’s degree in 1994, from Texas Tech
University, a Master of Science degree in 1996, from Colorado State University,
and a Ph.D. in Animal Science with emphasis in meat science in 2000, from Texas
Tech.

Gretchen teaches three to five meat science courses each semester at OSU, along
with her advising and research responsibilities. She conducts research in the
area of meat cutability and quality, with over 80 published articles in
scientific journals. Also, Gretchen coaches the
Oklahoma State Meat Judging Team. Gretchen received the USDA Excellence in
Teaching
Award in 2020, as well the American Meat Science Association Distinguished
Teaching Award in 2019 and Signal Service Award in 2021. She currently serves as
President of the American Meat Science Association.

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DR. NICK HARDCASTLE, CARGILL

Dr. Nick Hardcastle has been involved in the agriculture industry his entire
life. He grew up on a family farm in Wheeler, Texas, where his family raised
crops to support a local feed yard and ran a small commercial cow operation.
Nick attended Texas Tech University and obtained his Bachelors, Masters, and PhD
in Animal Science with a focus on Meat Science. After college, Nick began
working for Cargill supporting the beef business unit and plant operations. Nick
is currently the Business Manager of Beef Optimization. In his position, he
works to increase beef processing efficiency and yield, advise cattle
procurement on how to strategically maintain the supply chain, and helps
determine how to manage the Cargill Beef P&L. He believes that all segments of
the beef industry need to continue to work together to maximize profitability
and deliver on providing consumers the highest quality protein in the world.

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DR. JAROLD CALLAHAN, EXPRESS RANCHES

Dr. Jarold Callahan is President of Express Ranches, a large purebred and
commercial ranching operation headquartered in Yukon, Oklahoma, and
owner/operator of Callahan Cattle Company with operations in Oklahoma, Blaine,
and Craig Counties. Callahan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal
Science from Oklahoma State University in 1976 and received a Masters degree in
Agriculture (Animal Science) from the University of Arkansas in 1980. He
currently serves on the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical Colleges. Additionally, Callahan has been named the 2023 inductee of
the prestigious Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Gallery. Callahan will become the
378th member of this historic gallery and his portrait will be unveiled during
an induction banquet to be held on November 14, 2023 during the North American
Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky.

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MARK GARDINER, GARDINER ANGUS RANCH

Mark Gardiner is the president of Gardiner Angus Ranch, Inc. This family-owned,
generational beef operation is near Ashland, Kansas, and near the Oklahoma
Panhandle. Gardiner graduated with a B.S. in animal sciences and industry from
Kansas State University in 1983.

In early 2000, Mark assumed management of the day-to-day ranch operations from
his father, Henry Gardiner. Mark often remarks, “Dad created the playbook. We
just have to be disciplined enough to continue to execute the playbook he left
us.” Under Mark’s direction, the ranch has grown an embryo transfer program that
makes over 3,500 transfers a year, making it one of the largest AI/ET beef
operations in the world. By 2012, through land acquisition, Gardiner Angus Ranch
doubled in size. In the last decade, Mark has overseen the modernization of the
ranch’s infrastructure, enabling many cost effective and more efficient business
practices. Bulls are now developed on the ranch. Home raised and customer
purchased cattle destined for commercial feed yards and retained ownership
through U.S. Premium Beef are backgrounded at home on grass, wheat, or the ranch
yard.

Gardiner is a founding board member and stockholder of U.S. Premium Beef; a
fully integrated producer owned beef packing company. USPB has processed over 18
million head to date and returned over 700 million dollars in premiums to the
beef producers that marketed these cattle. Gardiner still serves on the USPB
board, currently serving as the Chairman. Mark is a former board member of the
American Angus Association, former chairman of the NCBA Seedstock Council and
former President of the Kansas Angus Association. Additionally, Gardiner is
active in the Beef Improvement Federation.

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DR. BOB WEABER, KSU

Dr. Bob Weaber currently serves as Professor and Head of the Eastern Kansas
Research and Extension Centers at Kansas State University. Weaber initially
joined the faculty of the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas
State University in August of 2011 as Cow-Calf Extension Specialist. He served
on the faculty management team for K-State’s Beef Cattle Institute and as the
faculty coordinator of K-State’s Purebred Beef Unit. Dr. Weaber serves as the
Executive Director of the Beef Improvement Federation.

The focus of his extension and research programs has been to broaden the
availability, use and understanding of genetic selection tools as well as
performance data collection schemes implemented by cattle producers.

Weaber grew up on a cow-calf operation in southern Colorado and has extensive
experience in the cow-calf and seedstock sectors. He earned a BS (Animal
Science) and Master of Agriculture degree in the Beef Industry Leadership
Program at Colorado State University and Ph.D. from Cornell University in the
Animal Breeding and Genetics.

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BILL BOWMAN, METHOD GENETICS

Bill Bowman owns and directs customer activities for Method Genetics, located in
Saint Joseph, MO. Bill’s expertise in cattle breeding, management, and genetic
improvement programs spans registered and commercial cattle production for over
forty years. Bill’s commitment to and vision for the beef industry translates to
the integration of science and technology into real world selection and
management strategies.

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SHANE BEDWELL, AHA

Shane Bedwell is the chief operating officer and director of breed improvement
at the American Hereford Association (AHA), headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.
Through his position with the AHA, Bedwell oversees the Association’s genetic
evaluation and National Reference Sire Program. He also works to promote the
breed through a variety of educational events.

Prior to joining the AHA, Shane was a professor and livestock judging coach at
Colorado State University for 8 years.

Bedwell received his associate’s degree in animal science from Butler County
Community College and his Bachelors degree in Animal Science and Industry from
Kansas State. He then went on to complete his Masters in Beef Cattle Nutrition
at the University of Illinois.

Bedwell grew up on a cow-calf and stocker ranch near Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He
spent much of his time at the sale barn in Medicine Lodge, ran by his
grandfather, where he developed the knowledge of the cattle marketing business.
He is still an active part of the family’s 350-head operation today. Bedwell
resides in Holt, Mo., with his wife, Lacey, and their two children, Cealy and
Chisum.

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JACK HOLDEN, HOLDEN HEREFORD RANCH

Jack Holden is the owner and manager of Holden Herefords in Valier, MT. He
assumed management from his grandparents, Les and Ethel Holden, in 1987. Holden
Herefords recently hosted its 57th Annual Sale. They sell 150 bulls and 100
females annually all across the US, along with Mexico and Canada. They also
export frozen genetics to South America, Europe, and Australia. Holden Herefords
is known for its line breeding program where they have been utilizing Line One
genetics for over 70 years. They have been involved in performance testing since
1956. They are recognized for having one of the top cowherds in the world and
have an extensive ET program utilizing their own elite donors, and put in over
250 embryos every year. Jack has been a strong believer in multi trait selection
using all available tools to continue to improve the quality in their herd,
combining genomics, phenotype, growth, maternal and carcass into functional
cattle that will work in all environments.

Jack served on the AHA board of directors from 2002-2006, serving as President
in 2005 and 2006. He also served on the board of Montana Stockgrowers
Association from 2013-2017. He currently sits on the Board of MT Bull LLC and
ORIgen, and is a partner in Beef Genetics International with Darrell Stevenson.

Jack and Tresha Holden have two children, Brooke Lawver and Brad Holden, and 3
grandchildren. Brad and son in law Eric Lawver are both heavily involved in
Holden Herefords.

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KELLI RETALLICK-RILEY, ANGUS GENETICS INC.

Kelli Retallick-Riley has long-admired black Angus cows. Her obsession first
formed growing up on her family’s cow/calf operation in Southwest Wisconsin
where she made her show ring debut at the ripe age of four. Over time her
interest in improving these stock stretched beyond the show ring. She switched
tactics from improving cattle from the outside in, to the inside out. Equipping
breeders with genetic tools to better select and mate their herds is her primary
focus today. As the President of AGI, a fully owned subsidiary of the American
Angus Association, she can continue to support this great industry. In her role,
she drives the mission and guides the research and application of genetic tools
for Angus breeders and users of Angus genetics. Retallick-Riley obtained a
bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a
master’s degree in Animal Breeding and Genetics at Kansas State University and
is working towards a PhD in the same field at KSU.

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DR. MATT SPANGLER, UNL

Matt Spangler grew up on a diversified crop and livestock farm in Kansas. He
received
degrees from Kansas State University (BS; 2001), Iowa State University (MS;
2003), and the University of Georgia (PhD; 2006) and is currently a Professor of
Animal Genetics and Extension Beef Genetics Specialist at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. His research work focuses on quantitative genetics and
genomics in livestock. As part of this effort, he works closely with livestock
industries, in particular beef and swine, to implement improved genetic
selection tools and methods.

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KENT ANDERSON, ZOETIS


DR. FRANK MITLOEHNER, UC-DAVIS

Dr. Frank Mitloehner is a professor and air quality specialist in cooperative
extension in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. As such, he shares
his knowledge and research, both domestically and abroad, with students,
scientists, farmers and ranchers, policy makers, and the public at large. Frank
is also director of the CLEAR Center, which has two cores – research and
communications. The CLEAR Center brings clarity to the intersection of animal
agriculture and the environment, helping our global community understand the
environmental and human health impacts of livestock, so we can make informed
decisions about the foods we eat and while reducing environmental impacts.

Frank is committed to making a difference for generations to come. As part of
his position with UC Davis and Cooperative Extension, he collaborates with the
animal agriculture sector to create better efficiencies and mitigate pollutants.
He is passionate about understanding and mitigating air emissions from livestock
operations, as well as studying the implications of these emissions on the
health of farm workers and neighboring communities. In addition, he is focusing
on the food production challenge that will become a global issue as the world’s
population grows to nearly 10 billion by 2050.

Frank received a Master of Science degree in animal science and agricultural
engineering from the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a doctoral degree in
animal science from Texas Tech University. Frank was recruited by UC Davis in
2002, to fill its first-ever position focusing on the relationship between
livestock and air quality.

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THURSDAY, MAY 25


JACK WARD, AHA

Jack started with the American Hereford Association in 2003 and currently serves
as the executive vice-president. His initial role was Chief Operations Officer
and Director of Breed Improvement.

Jack received his bachelor of science degree in Agriculture Economics from
Purdue University, and an Associates of Science degree from Black Hawk College,
East Campus. Jack and his wife Mary Ann have two grown sons and together with
their sons, they operate Ward Brothers Livestock.

Jack has served on various boards and advisory committees including the Beef
Improvement Federation board, Germ-Plasm preservation committee, Ultrasound
Guidelines Council and National Beef Cattle Evaluation advisory committee.
Additionally, he is a member of the American Royal board of directors. Ward has
traveled around the United States and into 7 foreign countries to judge
livestock shows and present lectures on beef cattle genetic improvement.

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DR. DAVID LALMAN, OSU

Dr. David Lalman is a professor and Extension Beef Cattle Specialist at Oklahoma
State University. Dr. Lalman holds the Harrington Endowed Chair with split
extension and research appointment. He works primarily in the beef cattle
industry focused on cow/calf and stocker cattle production. His extension and
applied research program includes beef cattle nutrition and management with
emphasis on beef cattle grazing and genetic by environment interactions in beef
production systems. His program goals are to provide producers with information
and decision tools to facilitate production system profitability, improve cow
herd efficiency and to improve product quality. At Oklahoma State, Dr. Lalman
serves as the Animal Science Extension Program Coordinator and the supervisor
for the Range Cow Research Center.

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att Spangler grew up on a diversified crop and livestock farm in Kansas. He
received
degrees from Kansas State University (BS; 2001), Iowa State University (MS;
2003), and the University of Georgia (PhD; 2006) and is currently a Professor of
Animal Genetics and Extension Beef Genetics Specialist at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. His research work focuses on quantitative genetics and
genomics in livestock. As part of this effort, he works closely with livestock
industries, in particular beef and swine, to implement improved genetic
selection tools and methods.

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KENT ANDERSON, ZOETIS


TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

Genetic Prediction
Showring and Marketing Ethics
Pasture and Soil Health
Trends in Beef Production






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