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Add Your Input On DNA Technology
The Beef Improvement Federation’s (BIF) Commission on DNA Markers has established a blog to gather input on DNA technology and beef cattle improvement...
EPDs provide genetic insight
The beef cattle industry has been using Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as a selection tool in improving calf productivity for nearly two decades....
Fast-Forward Genetics
When it comes to genomics and genetic evaluation, the sum is more powerful than the parts, at least for now, apparently. It's called whole-gnome selection...
Passing The EPD Torch
Each day he goes to work, beef geneticist John Pollak crosses his fingers. Why? The Cornell University professor and head of the National Beef Cattle...
Multi-Breed Genetic Evaluation
Imagine being able to directly compare the genetic merit of seedstock, no matter what breed or breed combination. It would be the pinnacle of genetic-evaluation...
DNA testing in range settings
DNA paternity identification (ID) and progeny testing may be profitable for open-range beef cattle operations with bull-culling rates of 20% or greater,...
Reaction To Cloned Animal Announcement
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said, "Milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring will enter the food supply. They can do so immediately. The products will not be labeled as such and American consumers will have no way to avoid consuming them." ...
Clones Are Halfway To Approval -- Consumers Are Next
The biggest news of the week was the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that clones from cattle, swine and goats are safe for human consumption. ...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
