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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

Southeast – Dr. Curly Cook

University of Georgia

Northeast – Dr. David Hawkins

Michigan State University

Southwest – Dr. Randall Grooms

Texas A&M University

Northwest – Dr. Doug Hixon

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

 

Where Do We Go From Here?

 Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University

 

National Beef Cattle Conference Summary

Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University

                 

National Beef Cattle Conference

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