UGC Offers Framework for Consistency – Loren Jackson, International Brangus Breeders Association
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio
     Click here to visit the UGC home page
     Click here for a list of UGC-certified technicians

Ultrasound Made Easy – Andy Meadows, Springwood Livestock Management Service, Buchanan, Va.
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio

Contemporary Groups to Expected Progeny Differences – Lisa Kriese-Anderson, Auburn University
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio

Producers Share Their Experiences
     Summary
     PowerPoint by Tommy Brown
     Audio of Tommy Brown
     PowerPoint by Mark Cowan
     Audio of Mark Cowan
     Audio of Mark Gardiner

Identifying the 21st Century Beef Consumer – Kevin Murphy, Vance Publishing Corp.
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio

How to Satisfy the 21st Century Beef Consumer – Paul Heinrich, Sysco Corp.
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio

How Do I Satisfy the 21st Century Beef Consumer: A Cattle Feeder's Perspective – Tom Brink, Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Proceedings
     Audio

How Do I Satisfy the 21st Century Beef Consumer: A Cattle Marketer's Perspective – Mark Harmon, Joplin Regional Stockyards
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Audio

2005 National Beef Quality Audit Results: What are the Challenges for the Future of Beef Production? – Brad Morgan, Oklahoma State University
     Summary
     PowerPoint  
     Proceedings
     Audio

Genetic Resistance to Disease – Gary Snowder, USDA MARC
     Summary
     PowerPoint
     Proceedings

EPDs for Carcass Traits – Dan Moser, Kansas State University
     Summary
     PowerPoint

Across-Breed EPD Update – Larry V. Cundiff, USDA MARC
     Summary (to come)
     AB-EPD News Release
     PowerPoint
     Proceedings –Mean EPDs by Breed
     Proceedings – Across Breed EPD Tables for Birth Year 2006

Scrotal Circumference in Bulls: Should We Adjust for Age or for Weight? – Janice Rumph, Montana State University
     PowerPoint

Relationships Between Carcass Quality and Temperament in Beef Cattle – Rhonda Vann, Mississippi State University
     PowerPoint
     Proceedings

Effects of Two Measures of Disposition on Postweaning Gain of Beef Calves – Robert Weaber, University of Missouri
     PowerPoint

Improving the Health and Healthfulness of Beef – James Reecy, Iowa State University
     PowerPoint

How a QSA Program Works Under a Packer Umbrella – Darrell Busby, Iowa State University

Calf-AID Process Verified Program – Kris Ringwall, North Dakota State University

Applying Feed Intake Monitoring Systems into Producer Testing Programs – Daryl Strohbehn, Iowa State University
     PowerPoint

— COW HERD EFFICIENCY AND ADAPTABILITY COMMITTEE —
Committee session summary

Evaluating Longevity: 10 Years of Using Stayability EPDs – Larry Keenan, Red Angus Association of America
     Powerpoint

Experiences with Implementation of Stayability EPDs – Wade Shafer, American Simmental Association
     Proceedings
     Powerpoint

Alternative Definitions of Stayability – Brian Brigham, Colorado State University
      Proceedings

— EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE —
Committee session summary

Validation of Gene Markers – Richard Quaas, Cornell University
Click here to visit the NBCEC Commercial genetic test validations page
      Powerpoint

Future Genomic Technology from DNA Companies
     Click here for information about Merial's Igenity™ Testing Service
     PowerPoint presentation by Jim Gibb, Igentity
     Click here for information about Bovigen LLC's DNA diagnostic testing

— SELECTION DECISIONS COMMITTEE —

Marker-Assisted Selection – Allison Van Eenennaam, University of California, Davis
     Summary (to come)
     PowerPoint

Selection Indexes – Sally Northcutt, American Angus Association; Robert Williams, American International Charolais Association; and Wade Shafer, American Simmental Association
     Summary (to come)
     PowerPoint for Sally Northcutt's presentation
     American Angus Association $Values
     American Angus Association Optimal Milk Module
     Terminal Sire Index link for Robert Williams
     Understanding and Using ASA's New Economic Selection Indexes  
     Powerpoint for Wade Shafer: Economic Selection Indexes

Selection Decision Software – Dorian Garrick, Colorado State University
     Garrick provided a live demonstration of the Beef Cattle Decision Support      program.