New @eBEEForg newsletter posted today welcoming
@TroyNRowan to the team and announcing two new fact sheets and discussing @BeefImproveFed
meeting @pop_gen_JED @BeefUSA @calcattlemen
@beef @DroversCTN @BEEFMagazine @ucdavis @ucanr ebeef.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/fi…
Two new fact sheets by @TroyNRowan published on eBEEF.org one on Total Herd Reporting:
Unlocking Opportunities for Female Selection Tools & More Accurate EPDs @BeefImproveFed @BioBeef @BEEFMagazine @beef2live @pop_gen_JED @AngusAssoc 1/2 ebeef.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/fi…
And the second on Foot and Leg Trait EPDs:
New tools for selecting structurally sound cattle @BeefImproveFed @BioBeef @BEEFMagazine @beef2live @pop_gen_JED @AngusAssoc 2/2 ebeef.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/fi…
"Making the Best Use of Current Genetic Selection Tools" Thursday February 27 @ 7pm Central. Bull buying time is here @BeefUSA webinar overview of how to understand changes in genetic evaluations & $indexes from major breeds @BeefImproveFed @pop_gen_JED ncba.org/cattlemenswebinarse…
eBEEF retweeted
Don't miss this spring's NCBA webinar series! First up "Moving Forward With Superior Genetic Selection Tools" held this Thursday February 21. blog.steakgenomics.org/2019/…
Speakers from @AngusAssoc, @americanherf, @ASASimmental, and @GoBrangus
#cattle
Please come to eBEEF beef genetics sessions at #CattleCon19!
convention.beefusa.org/event…
#ranchlife #Farm365
2018 Brown Bagger Session 4 Decision Support Tools
Index 101 and beyond – Dr. Matt Spangler (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
2019 BIF Annual Meeting Invite – South Dakota Jun 18, 2019 - Jun 21, 2019 youtu.be/ZGXYCYPEAFk via @YouTube @BeefImproveFed @pop_gen_JED
See the 2018 NBCEC Brownbagger recordings now available on the eBEEF videos youtube.com/channel/UCw8zZL_…
2018 Brown Bagger Session 3
Encouraging Data Collection & Correct Breed Utilization
Incentives to Garner Addtn'l phenotypes & genotypes
Kelli Retallick, Angus
Shane Bedwell, Hereford
Jackie Atkins, Simmental youtu.be/SoZJ6YL9w6Q via @YouTube @BeefImproveFed @pop_gen_JED
2018 Brown Bagger Session 2 Novel Trait Development
Genetic evaluation for PAP, Dr. Scott Speidel, Colorado State University
Water Intake: testing period and animal variation, Dr. Megan Rolf, Kansas State youtu.be/8zTgeCbLYdc via @YouTube @BeefImproveFed @pop_gen_JED
NBCEC BrownBagger 1 Recent Changes to Genetic Evaluations
Host, Dr. Bob Weaber
Single Step Implementation using marker effects models
Stayability and sustained cow fertility
Dr. Bruce Golden, Theta Solutions, LLC youtu.be/b-Dn9oM98Cg via @YouTube @BeefImproveFed @pop_gen_JED
Which is better: collecting phenotypes or getting genomic information on an animal?
youtu.be/LP4pexWkIOM
Should commercial cattlemen select bulls with high scrotal circumference EPDs?
youtu.be/YJ4sKFyOd20
#cattle
Are there different types of heterosis and do they have the same value to a beef producer?
youtu.be/uV3uRRuPW-M
#beef
April 19 Webinar by Genetics Experts to Give Cattlemen Guidance on Creating the Best Herd
blog.steakgenomics.org/2018/…
Register tomorrow for the next @BeefUSA @eBEEForg webinar "The 4 S's of Crossbreeding: Simple, Structured, Successful, and Sustainable".
beefusa.org/cattlemenswebina…
Economic selection indexes are profit motivated.
Cattlemen realize that Profit = Income - Cost.
Economic selection indexes can help us meet our breeding objects. Indexes also helps us avoid single-trait selection.





