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General news
New Guidelines, New Format — Beef Improvement Federation
Award Finalists Named — Beef Improvement Federation
Association Launches Combined $Value Index
Jane Parish, BIF Executive Director, Retiring Remarks
A Bright Future: Young cattlewomen were honored with scholarships during BIF online symposium.
BIF Selects New Board, Officers
Tommy Clark, 2019-2020 BIF President, Retiring Remarks
Monday, June 8, 2020
What Will the Purebred Cattle Industry Look Like in 20 Years — Bill Rishel, Rishel Angus
Financial Planning for a New Generation of Producers — Adam Trott, Financial Analyst Manager, Rabo AgriFinance
BIF Board/Officer election results: Roy Wallace and Baker/Cundiff Scholarships and BIF Ambassador Award presentations
Please refer to the Awards page for news releases on this year’s scholarship and Ambassador Award recipients.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Consumer Market Research: What They Say They Need and They Want — Shawn Darcy, Director of Market Research, Director of Market Research, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Perspectives from End Users: What We Need and What We Want — Henry Zerby, Vice President of Protein Procurement and Innovation, Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Co-Op (QSCC) Inc.
Please refer to the Awards page for news releases on this year’s Commercial Producer of the Year and Pioneer Award recipients.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Global Perspectives on Beef Sustainability — Don Close, Rabo AgriFinance
Systems Approach to Beef Cattle Sustainability — Clay Mathis, King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Please refer to the Awards page for news releases on this year’s Seedstock Producer of the Year and Continuing Service Award recipients.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
• BIF 2020 Technical Breakout – Advancement in Emerging Technology — Webinar
Sources of Variation in Measurements of Beef Carcass Traits Made Using Ultrasound — Mike MacNeil, Delta G
Genetic Improvement – What does the Grid Data Show Us? – Brian Bertelsen, Vice President of Field Operations, US Premium Beef
Are alternative meats an end-product improvement? — Alison Van Eenennaam, University of California–Davis
• BIF 2020 Technical Breakout – Advancement in Emerging Technology— Webinar
Application of novel reproduction traits to genetic evaluation in tropical and temperate beef breeds — Matt Wolcott, AGBU (Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit), University of New England
ImmuneDEX: Measuring and Selecting for Immune Competence in Angus — Christian Duff, Strategic Projects Manager, Angus Australia and Brad Hine, Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
• BIF 2020 Technical Breakout – Advancement in Selection Decisions— Webinar
iGenDec: A tool for web-based sire selection — Matt Spangler, Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
An index to select Angus sires for use on Dairy cows — Stephen Miller, Genetic Research Director, Angus Genetics Inc. and Jason Archer, AbacusBio
- Summary | Webinar | Presentation slides
Breed Object: Breeding for future profitability — Brad Walmsley, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
DeSireBull — a bull selection decision support tool powered by BREEDPLAN — Laura Penrose – New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
- Summary | Webinar | Presentation slides
Friday, June 12, 2020
• BIF 2020 Technical Breakout – Advancement in Efficiency and Adaptability — Webinar
Cow Milk Production vs Calf Size — Travis Mulliniks, Univ. of Nebraska
Genetic relationships between high elevation pulmonary arterial pressure; and feedlot growth, intake and carcass traits — Emma Briggs, Colorado State University
Three critical things you need to know about calculating growth curves using partial body weights — Mark Nelson, GrowSafe
• Technical Breakout – Advancement in Producer Applications — Webinar
New Selection Tools for Indicus-Influenced Cattle — John Genho, Neogen
- Summary | Webinar | Presentation slides
BIF Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs: New, Improved and Wiki — Bruce Golden, Theta Solutions LLC and BIF Guidelines Technical Coordinator
• Technical Breakout – Genomic and Genetic Prediction — Webinar
Low-pass sequence data in genetic evaluation — Larry Kuehn, Warren Snelling and Mark Thallman, US MARC (Meat Animal Research Center) and Matt Spangler, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln
Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Predictions: From SNP Chips to Sequence Data. — Daniela Lourenco, University of Georgia
- Summary | Webinar | Presentation slides
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