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Tuesday June 9, 2015

Young Producers Symposium

• BIF history/vision/mission and meeting orientation, presentation by Twig Marston, Red Angus Association of America
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (3.3 MB pdf) | Audio (8.6 MB mp3)
• Current DNA technology, presentation by Bob Weaber, Kansas State University
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (914 KB pdf) | Audio (14.9 MB mp3)

• What's your motivation in the genetics business? presentation by Jane Parish, Mississippi State University
  
  1. Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (6.8 MB pdf) | Audio (9.8 MB mp3)
• Panel discussion with panelists Clint Berry, Joe Epperly and Garrett Thomas
  1. Summary by Kasey Brown | Audio (11.1 MB mp3)

National Association of Animal Breeders Symposium

• Assessing the economic impacts of estrus synchronization and fixed-time AI in beef production systems, presentation by Cliff Lamb, University of Florida Research Foundation professor, North Florida Research & Education Center, Marianna, Fla.
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (4.1 MB pdf) | Audio (17.1 MB mp3)

• The impact of temperament and acclimation to human handling on productive and reproductive efficiency in Bos indicus-influenced cattle, presentation by Reinaldo F. Cooke, associate professor/beef cattle specialist, Oregon State University, EOARC–Burns, Ore.
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (10.7 MB pdf) | Audio (14.9 MB mp3)

Wednesday June 10, 2015

General Session I: Rebuilding a Cow herd

• Setting the stage, presentation by John Paterson, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (6.5 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (13.4 MB mp3)
• Sustainability: What does it mean and why does it matter? presentation by Sara Place, Oklahoma State University
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (8.7 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (14.5 MB mp3)
• Sustainability: What does the data say about the beef industry? presentation by Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
  
  1. Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (9.3 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (13.4 MB mp3)
• How do current market incentives affect genetic selection decisions? presentation by Lee Schulz, Iowa State University
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (3.3 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (22.8 MB mp3)
• Profitability: Looking to the future of your operation, presentation by John Michael Riley, Oklahoma State University
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (7.1 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (13.2 MB mp3)

Technical Breakouts:

Selection Decisions

• Decoupling of feed intake and measures of gain efficiency trials to improve selection, presentation by Kelli Retallick, Kansas State University
  
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (1.2 MB pdf) | Audio (11.1 MB mp3)
• Improving the ability to utilize multiple breeds in beef production: Breed-specific heterosis and across-breed calving ease EPD adjustment factors, presentation by Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska
  
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (854 KB pdf) | Audio (11 MB mp3)
• Genomic discovery of bovine respiratory disease traits using commercial data and DNA pooling, presentation by Larry Kuehn, USDA-ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
  
  1. Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (778 KB pdf) | Audio (12.4 MB mp3)
• How whole-genome sequencing will impact selection decisions, presentation by Jared Decker, University of Missouri
  
  1. Summary by Kasey Brown | PowerPoint (3.5 MB pdf) | Audio (11.9 MB mp3)
     

Advancements in Emerging Technology

• National genetic and genomic evaluations: present and future, presentation by Dorian Garrick, Iowa State University
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (10.5 MB pdf) | Audio (22.9 MB mp3)
• Updates on feed efficiency, heifer fertility and whole-genome sequencing, presentation by Jerry Taylor, University of Missouri
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint | Audio (25.1 MB mp3)

Producer Applications

• eBEEF: A new educational website on beef cattle genetics, presentation by Alison Van Eenennaam, University of California–Davis, and Darrh Bullock, University of Kentucky
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (678 KB pdf) | Audio (7 MB mp3)
• Phenotypic data collection for reproductive traits in heifers, presentation by David Patterson and Jared Decker, University of Missouri
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (4.1 MB pdf) | Proceedings | Audio 1 (19 MB mp3) | Audio 2 (2.9 MB mp3)
• Phenotypic data collection for bovine respiratory disease, presentation by Mark Enns, Colorado State University
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | PowerPoint (2.0 MB pdf) | Audio (16.8 MB mp3)

Thursday June 11, 2015

General Session II: Focused on Female Selection

• Balancing novel and proven applications for female selection, presentation by Ken Stewart of Rollins Ranches and C.J. Blew of Blew Partnership
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | Ken Stewart PowerPoint (59 KB pdf) | C.J. Blew PowerPoint (2.5 MB pdf) | Audio 1 (4.9 MB mp3) | Audio 2 (5.4 MB mp3)
• Cow lifetime productivity task force, presentation by Michael MacNeil, Delta G
  
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (6.8 MB pdf) | Proceedings (pdf) | Audio (24.7 MB mp3)
• Adaptability panel moderated by Trent Smith, Mississippi State University; panelist John Raftopoulos, Diamond Peak Ranch, Colorado; Ron Melancon, MG Farms, Mississippi; Jimmy Holliman, Blackbelt Research and Extension Center, Alabama
  
  1. Summary by Raney Lovorn | Audio (21.1 MB mp3)

Technical Breakouts:

Cow Herd Efficiency and Adaptability and Live Animal, Carcass and End Product joint session

• BIF feed intake guidelines revision, presentation by Mark Enns, Colorado State University
  
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint | Audio (4.7 MB mp3)
• BIF feed intake guidellines revision — challenges, presentation by Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska, and Bob Weaber, Kansas State University
  
  1. Summary by Nicole Lane | PowerPoint (956 KB pdf) | Audio (10.3 MB mp3)
• Water intake in beef cattle, presentation by Megan Rolf, Oklahoma State University
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (4.4 MB pdf) | Audio (9.9 MB mp3)
• Commercial phenotyping, presentation by Alison Sunstrum, GrowSafe Systems
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint | Audio (15.7 MB mp3)
• Heterosis effects on stayability, presentation by Scott Speidel, Colorado State University
  
  1. Summary by Troy Smith | PowerPoint (1.4 MB pdf) | Audio (15.4 MB mp3)

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