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USMARC Symposium | General Session I: Focus on Cow Herd | Cow Herd Efficiency & Adaptability breakout | Emerging Technology breakout | Selection Decisions/Producer Application breakout | General Session II: Focus on the Feedlot | Live Animal, Carcass and End Product breakout | Genetic Prediction breakout | Speaker hotlinks

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

USMARC Symposium: 50 Years of Service to the Beef Industry
Moderator: John Pollak, director, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Neb.

• History of the Germplasm Evaluation Project: The Past, Larry Cundiff, former director, USMARC; The Present, Mark Thallman, research geneticist, USMARC
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | Cundiff PowerPoint (3.3 MB PowerPoint) | Cundiff Audio (15.6 MB mp3) | Thallman PowerPoint (2.4 MB pdf) | Thallman Audio (9.6 MB mp3) | USMARC website | GPE Progress Reports
• The Genomics Era, Steve Kappes, deputy administrator, Animal Production and Protection, Agricultural Research Service
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (2.7 MB pdf) | Audio 1 (9.7 MB) | Audio 2 (8.1 MB mp3)
• The USMARC-UNL partnership, Ronnie Green, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  
  1.     Summary | Audio (11.3 MB mp3)
• Panel Discussion: Seedstock Perspective: Bill Rishel, Rishel Angus, North Platte, Neb.; Genomics Perspective: Dave Nichols, Nichols Farms, Bridgewater, Iowa; Commercial Perspective: Burke Teichert, retired ranch manager; Feedlot Perspective: Chuck Folken, Folken Feed Yards, Leigh, Neb.
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | Nichols PowerPoint (3.3 MB pdf) | Rishel Audio (11 MB mp3) | Nichols Audio (12.2 MB mp3) | Teichert Audio (6.3 MB mp3) | Folken Audio (4.6 MB mp3)

Thursday, June 19, 2014

General Session I:

Novel Traits: Needed or Novelty — Focus on the Cow Herd

• Economic Considerations for Profitable Cow Herds, Clay Mathis, King Ranch Institute
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (2.5 MB pdf) | Proceedings (240 KB pdf) | Proceedings with tables (454 KB pdf) | Audio (17.9 MB mp3)
• Heifer Intake and Feed Efficiency as Indicators of Cow Intake and Efficiency, Dan Shike, University of Illinois
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (509 KB pdf) | Proceedings (211 KB pdf) | Audio 1 (15.4 MB mp3) | Audio 2 (7 MB mp3)
• Decreasing Costs Through Improved Heifer Development Strategies, Rick Funston, University of Nebraska
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (5.0 MB pdf) | Proceedings (436 KB pdf) | Audio (14 MB mp3)
• The Long-lasting Impact of Nutrition: Developmental Programming, Kim Vonnahme, North Dakota State University
  
  1.      Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (5.1 MB pdf) | Proceedings (180 KB pdf) | Audio (12.4 MB mp3)
     
• Panel: Merging Genetics and Management for Improved Profitability, moderated by Tom Field, University of Nebraska; Panelests: Donnell Brown, RA Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas; J.D. Radakovich, manager, Hoodoo Ranch, Cody, Wyo.; and Lorna Marshall, U.S. bee marketing manager, Genex Cooperative
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (3.6 MB pdf) | Audio 1 (12.5 MB mp3) |
     Audio 2 (12.3 MB mp3)

Technical Breakouts:

Advancements in Cow Herd Efficiency and Adaptability

• The challenge: Evaluating cow lifetime productivity and efficiency, Mike MacNeil, Delta G
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (1.5 MB pdf) | Audio (9.5 MB mp3)
• Measuring cow efficiency and productivity: What do we know from the research? Mike Davis, The Ohio State University
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (4.2 MB pdf) | Audio (18 MB mp3)
• Cow efficiency and productivity: The MARC Perspective, Larry Kuehn, USDA MARC
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (2.2 MB pdf) | Audio (19.6 MB mp3)
• National Cattle Evaluation: Approaches to cow productivity and efficiency, Scott Speidel, Colorado State University
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (1.7 MB pdf) | Audio (18 MB mp3)

Advancements in Emerging Technology

• Following the yellow brick road of beef cattle genomics — 25 years of perspective, Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska
      Audio (9.2 MB mp3)
• The evolution of commercial DNA analysis in the cattle industry, Daniel Pomp
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (4.6 MB pdf) | Audio (12.9 MB mp3)
• Accelerating Agrigenomics: The business of cattle genetics, Michael Bishop, Illumina
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (7.8 MB pdf) | Audio (14.4 MB mp3)
• Using genomics to pick high-hanging fruit: Integrated projects update, Ronnie Green/Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (9.5 MB pdf) | Audio (11.4 MB mp3)
• Molecular breeding to accelerate livestock improvement, Scott Fahrenkrug, Recombinetics
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (11.6 MB pdf) | Audio (26.1 MB mp3)
• Design and function of a genomics database for the cattle industry, Harvey Blackburn, National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (1.7 MB pdf) | Audio (5.6 MB mp3)

Advancements in Selection Decisions
and Producer Application

• Brief statement on BIF's role in standardization and what we hope to accomplish with this session
  
  1.     Summary | Audio (1.3 MB mp3)
• ERTs for the "New Beef Industry," Bruce Golden, California Polytechnic State University
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (8.7 MB pdf) | Audio (18.4 MB mp3)
• Don't blame the bull: Rethinking contemporary groups starting at or before conception, Dan Moser, Kansas State University
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (341 KB pdf) | Audio (10.8 MB mp3)
• EPD wish list and farm-level data collection challenges, Producer panel
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | Audio (18.2 MB mp3)
• Performance data wish list now and in the future response to producer panel, Breed association panel
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | Audio (10 MB mp3)

Friday, June 20, 2014

General Session II:

Novel Traits: Needed or Novelty — Focus on the Feedlot

• Selection for novel traits: An international genomics perspective, Donagh Berry, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagas, Ireland
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (1.8 MB pdf) | Proceedings (858 KB pdf) | Audio (14.5 MB mp3)
• Economic benefits of using genetic selection to reduce the prevalence of the bovine respiratory disease complex in beef feedlot cattle, Holly Neibergs, Washington State University
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (2.1 MB pdf) | Proceedings (193 KB pdf) | Audio (12.4 MB mp3)
• It is possible to genetically change the nutrient profile of beef, Raluca Mateescu, University of Florida
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (7.4 MB pdf) | Proceedings (324 KB pdf) | Audio (10.2 MB mp3)
• Changes in dietary regime impact fatty acid profile of beef, Susan Duckett, Clemson University
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (5.4 MB pdf) | Proceedings (240 MB pdf) | Audio 1 (10.2 MB) | Audio 2 (7.7 MB mp3)
• Improving feed efficiency in the feedlot: Opportunities and challenges, Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska
  
  1.     Summary for Troy Smith | PowerPoint (6.3 MB pdf) | Proceedings (588 KB pdf) | Audio (14.9 MB mp3)
• Relationship between selection for feed efficiency and methane production, Harvey Freetly, USMARC
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (1.6 MB pdf) | Proceedings (439 KB pdf) | Audio (13.2 MB mp3)

Technical Breakouts:

Advancements in Live Animal, Carcass and End Product

• Diminishing beef cow research herds: Their role in the past and their role in the future, Ken Odde, Kansas State University
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (2 MB pdf) | Audio (6.7 MB mp3)
• Meat quality research at USMARC, Tommy Wheeler, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb.
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (2.7 MB pdf) | Audio (15.4 MB mp3)
• Measuring and quantifying the role of collagen crosslinks in beef tenderness, John Gonzalez, Kansas State University
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (5.3 MB pdf) | Audio (15.3 MB mp3)
• Healthfulness of beef: A genome-wide association study using crossbred cattle, Lauren Schiermiester & Cashley Ahlberg, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (5.8 MB pdf) | Proceedings (486 KB pdf) | Audio (7.7 MB mp3)
• Breeding for reduced environmental footprint, Donagh Berry, Animal Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Ireland
  
  1.     Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (3.2 MB pdf) | Proceedings (1.1 MB pdf) | Audio (18.5 MB mp3)

Advancements in Genetic Prediction

• Opportunities and challenges for a new approach to genomic prediction, Dorian Garrick, Iowa State University
  
  1.     Summary | PowerPoint (1.3 MB pdf) | Audio (15.4 MB mp3)
• Updates on implementation of genomic-enhanced National Cattle Evaluation, Breed association representatives
  
  1.     Summary | Brangus PowerPoint (146 KB pdf) | Hereford PowerPoint | Santa Gertrudis PowerPoint (1.7 MB pdf) | Audio (16.1 MB mp3)
• Eliminating the approximation bias in NCE accuracy computations with high-performance Gibbs Sampling, Bruce Golden, California Polytechnic State University
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (437 KB pdf) | Audio (10.5 MB mp3)
• Things that annoy me about National Cattle Evaluation, Mark Thallman, USMARC
  
  1.     Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (3.8 MB pdf) | Audio (14.7 MB mp3)
• Across-breed expected progeny difference (AB-EPD) updates, Larry Kuehn, USMARC
  
  1.     USMARC news release (39 KB pdf) | 2014 AB-EPD Tables (1.2 MB pdf) | Mean EPDs Reported by breed (59 KB pdf)

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