The virtual event will be hosted online the week of June 8 starting at noon CDT each day. The conference will be hosted on the Zoom webinar platform.
Below is a tentative schedule (all times are CDT).
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Monday, June 8, 2020 |
| Noon |
BIF Board Meeting |
| 12:15 |
YOUNG PRODUCERS SYMPOSIUM
- 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
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| 1:45 |
- BIF Board/Officer election results
- Scholarship award presentations — Roy Wallace, Baker/Cundiff
- BIF Ambassador Award presentation
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020 |
| Noon |
Tuesday Welcome |
| 12:15 |
GENERAL SESSION 1
Consumer Market Research — What They Say They Need and They Want — Shawn Darcy, Director of Market Research, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Market Research |
| 1:15 |
BIF Awards Program:
- Commercial Producer of the Year
- Pioneer Awards
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| 1:45 |
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. |
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
| Noon |
Wednesday Welcome |
| 12:15 |
GENERAL SESSION 2
Global Perspectives on Beef Sustainability — Don Close, Rabo AgriFinance |
| 1:15 |
BIF Awards Program:
- Seedstock Producer of the Year
- Continuing Service Awards
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| 1:45 |
Systems Approach to Beef Cattle Sustainability — Clay Mathis, King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, Texas A&M University–Kingsville |
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Thursday, June 11, 2020 |
| Noon |
Technical Breakout — Advancement in End-product Improvement — Chair: Tommy Perkins, Associate Professor, Dean Hawkins, Chair for Cow-calf Management, West Texas A&M University
- Sources of Variation in Measurements of Beef Carcass Traits Made Using Ultrasound — Mike MacNeil, Delta G
- Genetic Improvement: What Does the Grid Show Us? — Brian Bertelsen, Vice President of Field Operations, U.S. Premium Beef
- Are Alternative Meats an End-product Improvement? — Alison Van Eenennaam, University of California–Davis
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| 2:00 |
Technical Breakout — Advancement in Emerging Technology — Chair: Megan Rolf, Associate Professor, Kansas State University
- Application of Novel Reproduction Traits to Genetic Evaluation in Tropical and Temperate Beef Breeds — Matt Wolcott, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
- 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
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| 4:00 |
Technical Breakout — Advancement in Selection Decisions — Chair: Bob Weaber, Professor, Kansas State University
- 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.
- BreedObject: Breeding for Future Profitability — Brad Walmsley, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, 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)
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Friday, June 12, 2020 |
| Noon |
Technical Breakout — Advancement in Efficiency and Adaptability
Chair: Mark Enns, Professor, Colorado State University
- Cow Milk Production vs. Calf Size — Travis Mulliniks, University 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
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| 2:00 |
Technical Breakout — Advancement in Producer Applications — Chair: Darrh Bullock, Professor, University of Kentucky
- New Selection Tools for Indicus-influenced Cattle —John Genho, Neogen
- BIF Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs: New, Improved and Wiki — Bruce Golden, Theta Solutions LLC and BIF Guidelines Technical Coordinator
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| 4:00 |
Technical Breakout — Genomic and Genetic Prediction — Chair: Mark Thallman, Research Geneticist, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA-ARS
- What is Low-Pass Sequencing Going to Do for Genetic Evaluation? — Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska, and Mark Thallman, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
- Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Predictions: from SNP Chips to Sequence Data — Daniela Lourenco, University of Georgia.
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