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A group of New Mexico bull producers is optimistic a new marketing program will add more value to New Mexico calves as premiums paid for calves has become increasingly competitive in the market from ranch to the retailers....
Time does not allow us to absorb everything in one setting. For example, it often is best to read one chapter at a time in a book so one can absorb as much as possible. Bull buying is like reading a good book....
DNA. DNA. DNA. Everywhere you turn these days talk in the beef industry is about DNA. The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) centered its annual convention this past summer on the role of genomics in improving selection tools....
In a long-term study, Oklahoma State Univ. researchers bred crossbred cows to Angus or Hereford bulls that were either very high or very low for milk expected progeny differences (EPDs). The difference in High and Low Milk EPDs for Angus sires was 27....
With the help of retired Texas A&M University Economist, Dr. Jim McGrann, Sexing Technologies (ST) is now offering an Economic Decision Aid for cattle producers interested in using sexed semen. This decision aid is the first of its kind in evaluating the expected return on investment that cattle producers could see when utilizing sexed semen in their AI programs....
Pfizer Animal Genetics will launch in January a new genomic test that is expected to greatly expand the way cattle are evaluated — increasing the chances for ranchers and others to improve the quality and value of beef that is ultimately produced....
DNA. DNA. DNA. Everywhere you turn these days talk in the beef industry is about DNA. The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) centered its annual convention this past summer on the role of genomics in improving selection tools....
Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation's cow herd becomes more straightbred. That likely is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis)....
US - Bull breeders have been anxious to use gene markers to spring their breeding programs forward at a faster pace since these tools were released a few years ago. But does the technology live up to the hype it’s received? This question and topics closely tied to SNP panels will be addressed at an upcoming Iowa Beef Center seedstock conference in Ames, Iowa, on 10 December....
Cattle producers looking to purchase elite Hereford genetics have a new option for sourcing genetics. The American Hereford Association (AHA) has launched a new online auction Web site — BuyHereford....
Cattle producers will soon have access to a powerful new suite of traits from Pfizer Animal Genetics that uses significantly more information to generate genomic predictions. The result, which will lead to a set of traits that exhibit the highest level of accuracy to date, will emerge with the launch of the company’s first commercial genomic predictions based directly on the high-density BovineSNP50 chip....
Unless you have been hiding under a rock lately,you are well aware of the publicity surrounding “new” genetic defects that are significantly affecting both the commercial cattle business and the business of several breed organizations....
Angus Genetics Inc.® (AGI) and Merial have entered into an exclusive agreement to provide American Angus Association® breeders with genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (EPDs) powered by IGENITY®....
Neurophathic Hydrocephalus is a lethal genetic defect that affects Angus and Angus-influenced cattle. Calves carrying two recessive genes—resulting from the mating of two carrier animals—are born dead with an extremely large cranium with little or no brain matter or spinal cord....
DNA data and genomewide selection were hot topics at the 2009 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) annual meeting and research symposium, April 30–May 3 in Sacramento, Calif. Kent Andersen, Ph.D., executive vice president for the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF), addressed the conference’s “Is There Gold in Those Genomes?” general session....
Scientists from Texas AgriLife Research and Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences are part of a consortium of researchers who've developed a "first draft" sequence of the cattle genome....
Historically, in addition to recording pedigree and performance information and providing genetic predictions, the performance programs at cattle breed associations have monitored and managed genetic abnormalities....
The value of heterosis in a structured crossbreeding program has been well documented throughout the beef industry. However, most of the emphasis has been placed on added performance and longevity of offspring....
With help from a new genetic device recently unveiled by a team of animal science researchers, animal breeders may soon be building betters cows that produce more and better beef and tastier profits. The new genetic tool is called the SNP Chip (pronounced snip chip)....
The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) Board of Directors recently approved an aggressive plan and policy to eliminate the Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM) gene from the Gelbvieh herdbook....
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