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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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| 8:00 a.m. |
BIF Board of Directors Meeting |
| Noon |
Bus departs Las Cruces Convention Center for Santa Teresa Cattle Crossing |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Bus departs El Paso airport for Santa Teresa Cattle Crossing |
Young Producer Symposium & Pre-Tour, Santa Teresa Livestock Auction
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| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch provided by Asociación Ganadera Local de Juarez and Santa Teresa Livestock Auction |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Introduction — Tito Medina, manager/auctioneer |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Breeding strategies in Mexico — Dr. Moises Montaño-Bermúde, inifap |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Tour of the Santa Teresa Border Crossing (STBC) facility — Daniel Manzanarez, manager STBC |
| 3:00 p.m. |
All buses depart for Las Cruces |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Return to Las Cruces |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Opening Reception
Remarks by Dina Chacon-Reitzel, New Mexico Beef Council
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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General Session I: Sustainability: Rhetoric vs. Reality
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening Comments and Welcome — Rolando Flores, dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), New Mexico State University (NMSU) |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Sustainability: Rhetoric vs. Reality — Ruaraidh Petre, executive director Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Fitting Environmental Impacts into Economic Selection Indexes — John Crowley, AbacusBio, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Climate Neutral Beef: Where Do We Go from Here? — Jason Sawyer, associate professor and research scientist, King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management (KRIRM) at Texas A&M University–Kingsville |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Strategies for Sustainability at the Ranch — producer panel moderated by Clay Mathis, director and endowed chair, KRIRM, Texas A&M University–Kingsville. Speakers include: TBD, CS Ranch, Cimarron, N.M.; Decky Spiller, Silver Spur LLC, Kiowa County, Colo.; Trey Patterson, CEO, Padlock Ranch, Ranchester, Wyo.; and Eric Jakobsen, vice president, Cattle for AgReserves, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 11:30 a.m. |
What I Heard — Clay Mathis |
| Noon |
Awards Luncheon: Presentation of BIF Commercial Producer, Continuing Service and Ambassador awards, and Roy Wallace Scholarship |
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in Genomics and Genetic Prediction
Chair: Warren Snelling, research geneticist, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC)
- 2:00 p.m. Sequencing as the Foundation for a Modern Agrigenomics – Jesse Hoff, agrigenomics product manager, Gencove
- 2:30 p.m. Relationship Between Mitochondrial DNA and Growth/Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle — Leticia Sanglard, postdoctoral research associate, University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL)
- 3:00 p.m. Break
- 3:20 p.m. The Bovine Pangenome Consortium: Developing Resources to Replace the Single Animal Reference Genome — Ben Rosen, research biologist, USDA-ARS Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory
- 3:50 p.m. Considerations and Strategies for Imputation Reference Panel Construction — Troy Rowan, assistant professor beef cattle genomics, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
- 4:20 p.m. Panel discussion
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in Producer Applications
Chair: Darrh Bullock, Extension beef cattle specialist, University of Kentucky
- 2 p.m. Can you Afford to Avoid Crossbreeding? — Jennifer Minick Bormann, professor, beef breeding and genetics, Kansas State University
- 2:40 p.m. Hitting the Bullseye: Factors Driving Bull Management and Bull Purchasing Decisions in the Southwest — Craig Gifford, Extension beef cattle specialist, NMSU
- 3:20 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. iGENDEC: Next Generation Decision Support — Matt Spangler, professor, beef genetics specialist, UNL
- 4:20 p.m. Targeting Bull Selection to Match Your Management, Environment and Market — Mark Enns, professor, breeding and genetics, Colorado State University (CSU)
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in Efficiency and Adaptability
Chair: Mark Enns, professor, breeding and genetics, CSU
- 2 p.m. Feedlot Heart Disease: Relationships between Heart Score and Performance — Scott E. Speidel, assistant professor, breeding and genetics, CSU
- 2:40 p.m. Impact of Arid Environments on Beef Cow Resiliency — Eric Scholljegerdes, associate professor of animal science, NMSU
- 3:20 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Assessing the use of partial body weight measures for liveweight prediction – John Crowley, geneticist, AbacusBio, New Zealand
- 4:10 p.m. Development of a Genetic Selection Program for Beef Cattle Grazing Distribution: An Update – Derek Bailey, professor of range sciences, NMSU
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5:00 p.m. |
Travel to Farm/Ranch Heritage Museum |
Friday, June 3, 2022
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General Session I: Sustainability: Rhetoric vs. Reality
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| 7:45 a.m. |
Announcements |
| 8:00 a.m. |
U.S. Genetic Exports: Where Are They Going and How Are They Doing? — Tony Clayton, president, Clayton Agri-Marketing |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Mexico’s Approach to Genetic Improvement — Billy Estrada, Tres Marias Ranch, Mexico |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Global Sourcing of Beef Genetics to Meet a Vertically Coordinated Breeding Objective — Phil George, Miratorg Agribusiness Holding production director, beef & lamb operations, Moscow, Russia |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Harnessing Genetic x Environment Interactions: Are They Important in Production? — Bob Prosser, Bar T Bar Ranch |
| 11:00 a.m. |
What I Heard: TBD |
| 11:15 a.m. |
BIF Board of Directors Caucuses and Elections |
| Noon |
Awards Luncheon: Presentation of BIF Pioneer and Seedstock Producer awards, Frank Baker & Larry Cundiff scholarships, retiring president’s comments, introduction of newly elected BIF Board of Directors and invitation to BIF 2023 |
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in Emerging Technology
Chair: Megan Rolf, associate professor, Kansas State University
- 2:30 p.m. Across-Country Genetic Evaluations — Andre Garcia, geneticist, Angus Genetics Inc.
- 3:05 p.m. Title TBD — Jason Sawyer, KRIRM, Texas A&M-Kingsville
- 3:40 p.m. Break
- 3:50 p.m. Feedlot Heart Disease: New Trait Development and Validation of Packing Plant Heart Score — Milt Thomas, professor and research coordinator, breeding and genetics, CSU Department of Animal Science
- 4:25 p.m. PrimeOne: An Animal Breeding Project That Began With The End — Ty Lawrence, professor of animal science, West Texas A&M University (WTAMU)
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in End Product Improvement
Chair: Tommy Perkins, associate professor of animal science, WTAMU
- 2 p.m. Ultrasound Guidelines Council Update — Tommy Perkins, WTAMU
- 2:30 p.m. The Effect of Growth-Promoting Implants and Feeding Duration on Growth Performance, Feeding Behavior, Carcass Yields and Empty Body Composition of Serially Harvested Charolais X Angus Steers — Ty Lawrence, WTAMU
- 3:15 p.m. Break
- 3:45 p.m. Impact of Cow Nutrition on Final Body Composition End Points in Their Calves — Eric Scholljegerdes, associate professor of animal science, New Mexico State University
- 4:15 p.m. Body Composition Impacts Due to the Transcriptome in Mature Cows and the F94l Myostatin Gene in Growing Beef Heifers — Kristin Hales, associate professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair in animal science, Texas Tech University
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2:00 p.m. |
TECHNICAL BREAKOUT: Advancements in Selection Decisions
Chair: Matt Spangler, professor, beef genetics specialist, UNL
- 2 p.m. Building Environmental Sustainability into Selection Indexes —— John Crowley, AbacusBio, New Zealand
- 2:40 p.m. Contemplating Planning Horizon Length in Economically Optimal Selection Indexes — Matt Spangler, professor, beef genetics specialist, UNL
- 3:20 p.m. Break
- 3:40 p.m. Breed Complementarity in the Context of Beef x Dairy Decisions — Bob Weaber, department head, Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University
- 4:20 p.m. Across-Breed EPD Adjustments: Progress on Missing Traits and Multi-breed Evaluations — Larry Kuehn, research geneticist, USMARC
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| 5:00 p.m. |
BIF Board of Directors Meeting |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner on your own |
