The success and longevity of a reliable pedigree requires two things – good cattle managed by good people. It’s always easier said than done, but John McCurry, recipient of the American Angus Association’s inaugural Young Breeder Award, might prefer the tougher more educational route.
“I can remember my dad; he was fed up.” McCurry was in college at Kansas State University a few hours away from home. “We didn’t know where we were going, who was going to do the work,” McCurry remembers. “We were fall calving, and he told me was going to turn Hereford bulls out on all those cows and just…
