{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"We Live It | LiveAg's Livestock Marketing Podcast","title":"Limousin & LimFlex Genetics Explained with NALF's Mark Anderson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ac0efde7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1259,"description":"In this episode of We Live It, Ty deCordova and Wade Leist sit down with Mark Anderson, Executive Director of the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF), live at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Mark's path to NALF ran through a cow-calf operation, a degree from Colorado State, six years at CattleFax learning risk management and market analysis, and 23 years managing feedyards — giving him a rare, full-circle view of how the cattle industry has changed from live sales to grid marketing and beyond.\nThe conversation digs into what LimFlex actually delivers: better feed conversion, cleaner yield grades, and real premiums at the packing house. Mark walks through NALF's recent study with Dr. Weber of Kansas State and South Dakota State University, comparing Angus, LimFlex, and purebred Limousin sired calves out of two Montana ranches — the results nearly cut yield grade 4s and 5s in half in the hybrid group. He also previews where red meat yield research out of Texas Tech is heading, and how NALF's genomic database (350,000+ carcass records and counting through IGS) is speeding up genetic progress.\nTopics Covered:\n- Mark Anderson's path from cow-calf ranching to CattleFax to 23 years managing feedyards\n- The industry's shift from live cattle sales to grid marketing\n- How the Limousin breed's docility reputation got fixed decades ago\n- What LimFlex (Limousin-Angus/Red Angus hybrid) brings to cost of gain and carcass results\n- Inside NALF's SDSU/Kansas State heterosis study and its yield grade findings\n- Feeding cattle to bigger outweights (1,600-1,700+ lbs) and managing yield grade tradeoffs\n- Red meat yield research at Texas Tech and where USDA grading may be headed\n- NALF's 350,000+ carcass-record genomic database through IGS\n- What traits commercial producers should look for when crossing onto Limousin/LimFlex bulls\n- Where to find NALF bulls, breeders, and study data\n🧬 Powered by BioZyme® The We Live It podcast is proudly powered by BioZyme,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SsNLQLqn7ePgfHzuUJzXQtMtFUBesC-szTPaDkxMq9k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yODFk/YzU4YmMzNjgyMjEy/OTQ1YjFlODk0NTY1/N2Q4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}