Genetic Prediction Committee Agenda

The Genetic Prediction Committee, chaired by Mark Thallman of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, will meet for a technical session Friday, June 3, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

 

The agenda includes the following presentations:

 

• Improving Our Genetic Prediction of Female Reproduction, David Johnston, University of New England, NSW, Australia

 

• Challenges and Opportunities in Genetic Evaluations Incorporating Genomics, Steve Kachman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

 

• How Should We be Predicting Breed Differences in Multibreed Genetic Evaluation? Larry Kuehn, USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb.

 

• The New Infrastructure for Beef Cattle Breeding in Ireland, Brian Wickham, ICBF and Sheep Ireland Highfield House, Shinagh, Bandon Co. Cork

 

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