PROCEEDINGS
National Beef Cattle Conference
Blue Print for the Right Kind
May 24-25, 1988
Why Are We Here? Conference Purpose
Robert Totusek, Oklahoma State University
The Retail Product – Meeting Consumer Demands
Darrell Wilkes, National Cattlemen’s Association, and John Francis, National Livestock and Meat Board
Excel – Trends in the Beef Industry
Dell Allen, Excel, Inc.
Iowa Beef Producers – Supplying Consumer Demand
Charles Mostek, Iowa Beef Packers
The Commercial Product – Feeder and Slaughter Cattle Grades
Fred Williams, U.S.D.A.
Muscle – How Much Do We Need to Optimize Carcass and Meat Characteristics
Larry Cundiff, Meat Animal Research Center, U.S.D.A
Muscle – How Much Do We Need? Effects on Growth, Reproduction and Maternal Ability
David Buchanan, Oklahoma State University
The Basic Resource – The National Cow Herd
University of Georgia
Michigan State University
Southwest – Dr. Randall Grooms
Texas A&M University
University of Wyoming
“Bull Power” – Purebred Bull Specifications to Meet Industry Needs
Carcass and Retail Product – Dr. Gary Smith, Texas A&M University
Stocker and Feedlot – Dr. Bill Mies, Texas A&M University
Commercial Cow-Calf – John Merrill, Crowley, Texas
Purebred – Martin Jorgensen, Ideal, South Dakota
Role of the Purebred Industry in the Beef Chain
Bill Pope, Texas A&M University
Purebred Cattle – A Historical Overview
David Hawkins and Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University
Do Breeding Programs Exist or Is It Simply Frame?
Burke Healey, Flying L Herefords
Live Animal Evaluation for the Determination of Carcass Traits
R.A. Long, Texas Tech University
Performance Programs –s What Do We Know About Cattle Today?
Larry Benyshek, University of Georgia
Expected Progeny Difference – Fact or Fiction
Roy Wallace, Select Sires, Inc.
To EPD or Not to EPD. That is the Questions. (The Answer: To Be, Or Not to Be)
Henry Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch
“Back to the Basics” – Emphasizing The Economically Important Traits
Bill Turner, Texas A&M University
Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University
National Beef Cattle Conference Summary
Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University
National Beef Cattle Conference
Opinion Survey Results