Used with permission of author of the article,  Brenda Black. First appeared in The Midwest Cattleman, Oct. 1, 2015. 

“Burning rubber on a paved county road can leave a black mark a hundred feet long as a sign of pomp and power. Bob Laughlin of Laughlin Farms prefers to make his mark with a different kind of black along DD highway, that leads through a wide spot in the road known as Foster, Mo. It’s Angus that has him driving successfully down a different route than the one he first knew as a commercial cattleman. The “Business Breed” has helped Laughlin turn a corner and his herd is markedly better.”