Editor Shauna Rose Hermel grew up in the Angus business. A native of northeastern Missouri, Shauna hails from Coon Angus Ranch, a performance-oriented registered Angus herd. In addition to 4-H and FFA, she was involved in the Missouri Junior Angus and the National Junior Angus associations.

Hermel earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master's degree in agricultural journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Before joining the Angus Journal staff in September 1997, Hermel spent eight years at Intertec Publishing, working first for both BEEF and National Hog Farmer magazines, then switching entirely to BEEF.

She brings to the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin a love of the Angus breed and its people, insight into the practical needs of commercial cattle production, an eye for cutting-edge research and technology, and a firm conviction in the role the Angus breed must assume to help the beef industry reestablish market share at the consumer level.

Hermel resides in St. Joseph, Mo., with her husband, Todd.