CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION

• Dr. Bill Beal, Reproductive Physiologist, Virgina Tech.- "Understanding the Estrous Cycle and Fundamentals of AI"
• Herb Hozapfel, CA Producer- "The Best-Kept Secret in the Commercial Cattle Business"
  

• Dr. Mary Delany, Chair, Animal Science Department, UC Davis- Welcome
  
• Dr. Mike Goddard, Chief Scientist of the Beef CRC, Australia- "How can we best use DNA data in selection of cattle?"
• Dr. Jerry Taylor, Wurdack Chair in Animal Sciences, University of Missouri- "Prospects for Genome Wide Selection in Beef Cattle"
• Dr. Dorrian Garrick, Lush Chair in Animal Breeding & Genetics, Iowa State University- "The Nature and Scope of Some Whole Genome Wide Selection in Beef Cattle"

• Bill Kolath, Cargill Meat Solutions- "Feedlot marker assisted management"
• Kent Andersen, US Beef Breeds Council- " Breed and Breeder Adaptation to Genome- Enhanced/Enabled Selection Information"

• Goddard, Taylor, Garrick, Kolath, Andersen

• Dr. Dorian Garrick, Wrap-up

• Dr. Mike Goddard, Professorial Fellow in Animal Genetics, University of Melbourne- "Implementation of Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection in the Dairy Industry"

• Dr. Mark Thallman, Research Geneticist, USDA-MARC- "Proposed Strategy for Selection Against Recessive Genetic Defects through a Combination of Inbreeding and DNA Markers"

• Dr. Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska- "Real-time Ultrasound: What Does Image Quality Mean to Genetic Evaluations?"
  

• Dr. Dan Drake and Kristina Weber, University of California, Davis- "Developing carcass trait EPDs for commercial bulls using on-ranch genetic evaluations."
  

• Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, NBCEC and University of California, Davis- "DNA Marker Panel Validation Update by National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium"

• Panel Discussion with DNA service providers: "DNA Genotyping Companies Vision for Implementation of Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection in the Beef Industry"

• MMI - Dr. Sue DeNise
  
• Pfizer - Dr. Mark Allan
  
• Igenity - Dr. Brent Woodward
  

• Dr. Janice M. Rumph, Michigan State University- "Correlation of Docility and Exit Velocity with Economically Relevant Traits"

• Dr. Mohammad Koohmaraie, CEO, Meat Division, IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group, Lake Forest, WA- "Beef Tenderness: Determination, Regulation and Prediction"

• Dr. Mike Engler - "Title TBA - (Leptin Test)"
  

• Dr. John Lawrence, Ag economist, Iowa State- "Beef Production in the New Era of Higher Prices and Higher Costs, Do the Old Rules Apply?"

• Dr. Harvey Freetley, USDA-MARC- "Fitting cows to your operation"

• Dr. Gordon Carstens, TAMU- "Is there a biological basis for genetic variation in feed efficiency?"
  

• Dr. Dave Daley, California State University, Chico-  "Crossbreeding - Back to the Future"
  

• Feedlot: Mike Smith, Harris Ranch
• Ranch System: Chip Ramsey, Rex Ranch

• Dr. Rod A. Hill, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho- "Evaluating the feed efficiency and end-product quality relationship in the progeny of Red Angus sires divergent for Maintenance Energy EPD: A project overview"
  

• Dr. Jason K. Ahola, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho- "A nationwide survey of beef producers about feed efficiency - motivating factors for the implementation of selection practices"
  

• Dr. Mark Thallman, USDA-MARC- "Whole Genome Selection Project Involving 2,000 Industry AI Sires"

• Dr. John Pollak, Cornell University- "Collaborative Development and Implementation of DNA Tests for Weight Traits"

• Tommy Brown, President BIF Board of Directors- "Marketing Cattle during Challenging Economic Times: A State BCIA Perspective"
  

• Dr. Jonathan Beever, University of Illinois- Title TBA (Curly Calf)

• Dr. Michael D. MacNeil, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Ft. Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT - "Opportunities for genetic evaluation of longevity."
  

• Dr. Dan Moser - "Proposed  BIF Guidelines for Performance Data and EPDs on Clones" (15 min)
• Dr. Larry Kuehn - "2009 Across-Breed EPD Adjustment Factors" (30 min)
• Dr. Richard Quaas - "Estimation of the Proportion of Genetic Variation Accounted for by DNA Tests" (15 min)
• Dr. Gary Bennet - "International Collaboration on Genomics of Economically Relevant Traits" (15 min)

• Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, UC Davis and Dr. Darrh Bullock, University of Kentucky - "There will be a quiz! - Fun wrap-up of BIF 2009 with 'clickers' for audience input"