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BPI OffICeRS and BOaRd Of dIReCtORSChairman : Angelo Zottarelli (254.471.5675)President : Dr. Joseph Massey (210.696.8321 x212)Secretary/Treasurer : Bill Davis (336.210.1222)Director : R.L. Robbs (520.384.2478)Director: Don Cox (281.395.1277)

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OffICeRSPresident: Don Cox (281.395.1277)1st Vice President: Angelo Zottarelli (512.422.3123)2nd Vice President: R.L. Robbs (520.384.2478)Secretary/Treasurer : Bill Davis (336.210.1222)Member At Large : Dale Kirkham (620.583.5247)Executive Vice President : Dr. Joseph Massey (210.696.8231)

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8IBBA Continues To Develop International Markets With The Help Of Its Membersby Dr. Joseph M. Massey

10Looking to the Future, Brangus Growth, Branded Beef, and Data Collection through DNAby Don Cox

13An International Perspective on Genetic Improvementby Mark Enns, PhD

35Cost Effective Genetic Improvement

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4. New Members14. DNA Markers - Revolution or Evolution18. IJBBA: You Will Notice Me20. Building an Improved Bran-gus Lineup22. Sale Results25. IBA: It’s Time for Jr Nationals32. News & Noteworth

42. Show Results51. State Directory56. Services59. Advertiser’s Index59. Calendar of Events

On the Cover:Scene from the World Brangus Congress in Para-guay. Cowboy and bulls on the Chaco.

World Brangus Congress in Paraguay - Cowboy on the Chaco


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Total Herd Reporting (THR) is rapidly becoming the industry standard for reporting beef seedstock perfor-mance information, and the IBBA is emerging as a leader in THR.

IBBA membership provides flexibility.

IBBA membership includes a subscription to the Brangus Journal, the official publication of the IBBA, and to the FRONTLINE Beef Producer, the IBBA's commercially-focused publication.

IBBA members receive a complimentary copy of the IBBA Breeder Handbook. Brangus®, Red Brangus, Ultrablack® or Ultrared, it’s your choice. You choose the genetics that best fit your custom-ers’ needs.IBBA membership is full featured, not complex. The Brangus Automated Registry Network (BARN) is the most advanced and user friendly registry system in the industry. In fact, for most breeders the BARN can eliminate the need for other herd management software.IBBA membership provides access. The IBBA is an active participant in the development of Multi-Breed EPD, and participates in the Beef Cattle Deci-sion Support web-based software developed by Colorado State University and the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium. Sorting and selecting genetics based on real economics positions IBBA members and their customers for increased profitability.IBBA membership is global. IBBA is an active member of US Livestock Genetics Export, Inc., allowing members to leverage their ability to market IBBA genetics worldwide. IBBA currently provides services to breeders in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico.IBBA membership creates opportunity. The IBBA Business Plan adopted January 8, 2006 in-cludes the following purpose statement:

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Performance Genetics. Trusted Cattlemen.GENETRUST


GENETRUST was founded on the guiding principle that trust was the central pillar of any business relationship. We believe that providing cattlemen with the genetic tools they need to advance their individual program can only be achieved if trust is established first.

The GENETRUST partners know that with trust comes a responsibility to produce a product for their customers based not on quantity or hype but a consistent and reliable end product.

The herd sire battery represented by GENETRUST is a tribute to our commitment to providing our customer the genetics needed to enhance their profitability and sustainability. The first step to the genetic strength of our product starts with the herd sires represented. The semen directory speaks for itself in that our sires represent the best and most proven the breed has to offer.

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La edición de junio del Brangus Journal de IBBA, ha pasado a ser una edición interna-cional significativa para nuestra asocia-ción. En los últimos años, esa edición ha

ido desde sólo unos avisos publicitarios sobre nuestro ganado dirigidos a nuestros visitantes internacionales hasta ahora donde presentamos los programas, miembros y la genética de IBBA a nuestros presuntos clientes internacionales. Esa edición ha asumido una vida independiente este año, con el inicio del Directorio de Semen de IBBA. El propósito de este edición internacional del Journal y del Directorio es facilitar la búsque-da de nuestros clientes internacionales cuando necesitan obtener ganado, embriones y semen.

Al desarrollar mejor comunicación con los com-pañeros criadores de Brangus del mundo, IBBA se ha visto forzada a definir mejores programas y servicios internacionales. Uno de estos ejemplos es la International Global Roundup que se celebra todos los años durante la Exposición Ganadera y Rodeo de Houston. Este año tuvimos más de 250 personas que asistieron a ese programa, donde los miembros de IBBA exhibieron sus toros y ani-males jóvenes. IBBA espera que más de nuestros miembros tengan la oportunidad de exhibir su ganado antes un grupo de visitantes internacio-nales, y a su vez, darles la oportunidad de ver una

mayor var-iedad de g a n a d o y toros, junto con la opor-t u n i d a d de llegar a conocer más mi-embros de la IBBA. La exhibición de ganado

delante de nuestros visitantes internacionales no sólo les da la oportunidad de conocer a nuestros miembros, sino de hablar de los méritos genéticos de los animales que se están observando y seleccionando para los hatos en otros países.

Esta exhibición, junto con las giras de las operaciones ganaderas de los miembros de IBBA han conducido a un au-mento de actividad entre IBBA, los miembros de IBBA y los visitantes internacionales de Centro y Sud América. Este año pasado, un gran número de Directores y miembros de IBBA viajaron por las Américas a exposiciones y haciendas ganad-eras en Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, México y Par-aguay. También tuvimos el honor de recibir a grupos grandes de visitantes internacionales en las haciendas de miembros de IBBA en Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Luisiana y Texas.


The June issue of the IBBA Brangus Journal has become a significant International Issue for our association. Over the last several years the issue has gone from just

advertising our cattle to our international guests to now introducing IBBA programs, members, and their genetics to potential international custom-ers. The issue has taken on a life of its own this year with the introduction of the IBBA Semen Di-rectory. The purpose of this International Journal and Directory is to make it easier for our interna-tional customers to know where they may obtain cattle, embryos and semen.

As we have developed better communication with fellow Brangus breeders throughout the world, it has forced IBBA to define better programs and international services. One such example is the International Global Roundup held each year during the Houston Livestock and Rodeo. This year we had over 250 people attend the IBBA In-ternational Global Roundup program where IBBA members displayed their bulls and young cattle. The hopes of the IBBA is that more of our mem-bers have an opportunity to display their cattle in front of a group of international guests and in turn give them the opportunity to see a larger variety of cattle and bulls along with the oppor-tunity to meet IBBA members. The display and show of cattle in front of our international guests not only gives them the opportunity to meet our members, but to discuss the genetic merits of the animals being screened for international herds.

These shows along with the touring of IBBA members’ ranches have lead to an increase of ac-tivity between IBBA, IBBA members and potential international guests from Central America to South America. This past year a large number of IBBA Directors and members traveled to South Amer-ica to cattle ranches and to shows in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Paraguay. We also had large contingencies of international guests visit IBBA members’ ranches in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 2009 and 2010, IBBA members have also judged a number of international shows in Mexico and they continue to participate in cattle demonstrations and presentations on IBBA and our cattle. There is no doubt that it takes a great

ibba continues to developinternational markets with the

help of its membersby DR. JOSEPH MaSSeY

about the authorDr. massey has served as Ex-ecutive Vice president of the iBBa since 2004. in 2007, he started genetic performance solutions, llc, a breed registry services and per-formance analysis company serving the cattle and breed association industry— an iBBa owned company. gps manages online registry pro-grams for breed associations and the data base manage-ment of performance data like multi-breed EpDs.

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ibba continúa desarrollando los mercados internacionales con la ayuda de sus miembros

Al sentarme a escribir esta carta, quiero decir primero que es maravilloso ver las posibilidades que existen para el constante mejoramiento de la industria del ganado bovino. El pasto está creciendo, tenemos

lluvia después de dos años de sequía, y los precios del gana-do están más altos hoy que el año pasado. El mundo parece que está recobrando las ganas de comer carne de res esta-dounidense. Estaba leyendo un artículo interesante escrito por Dan Piller, en el DesMoines Register, y encontré estas cifras importantes que están ayudando los precios que se pagan por nuestro ganado.

La U.S. Meat Export Federation (US MEF – Federación para la Exportación de Carnes de EE.UU.) informa que durante el primer trimestre de este año, las exportaciones de carnes subi-eron un 22% en volumen, logrando 157 millones de kg (346 millones de libras), en comparación con el mismo periodo del año pasado.

Este año, el aumento en exportaciones está ayudando a in-crementar los precios para los productores de ganado entre un 10% y 15%, un aumento que se espera será visto por los consumidores en el supermercado.

Las exportaciones de carne de res aumentaron a 10.6% de la producción total de carne de res en marzo, en comparación con 9.4% durante el mismo mes del año anterior.

“Las exportaciones agregan un promedio de US$127 en el valor de cada novillo o novillona,” dice Nancy Degner, Direc-tora Ejecutiva del Iowa Beef Industry Council (Consejo de la Industria de Carne de Res de Iowa). Los precios del ganado varían mucho de acuerdo con la edad y la clasificación de calidad de la canal, pero generalmente, se encuentran entre

US$900 y US$1,500.Al ir a las subastas y hablar con los criadores de Brangus y los productores

que usan genética Brangus, es obvio que algunos de los ganaderos más grandes del mundo están usando nuestro ganado Brangus, y debido a que nosotros, como raza, debemos de seguir en la vanguardia de la industria, suministrándoles datos para que puedan hacer una mejor selección para la reproducción de sus hatos y para darle apoyo a nuestro futuro producto de marca. El consumidor ya está comprando nuestro producto Brangus, y necesitamos desarrollar una marca y mercadearla para darle apoyo al pro-ducto final. Durante la sesión de la Junta Directiva en San Antonio del 8 de mayo, aprobamos el nombramiento de un comité que seguirá adelante con el programa de marcas y los mantendremos informados con el progreso del mismo.

Acerca del ADN y la recopilación de datos, también aprobamos un comité que se nombrará para repasar y proponer alguna dirección para que la Junta Directiva la apruebe. La misión de este comité será investigar y revisar la di-rección en que la raza Brangus debería encaminarse para que sigamos al fr-ente de lo que está aconteciendo en la tecnología del ADN y de la genómica. Ya existen varias asociaciones de cría y empresas de colección de semen muy grandes en Estados Unidos que están usando datos de la tecnología de la genómica para ampliar sus mercados. Para que el Brangus siga disemi-nándose cada vez más, tendremos que estar al tanto de la tecnología de la genómica. Los mantendremos informados con el progreso de este comité.La raza Brangus tiene un futuro magnífico en todo el mundo. Las decisiones y los planes que hacemos ahora nos ayudarán a diseminar la raza aún más y posicionar al Brangus como una potencia a tener en cuenta en la industria de la carne de res.


PeRsOntOPeRsOn by DON COX, IBBA PRESIDENT

looking to the future, brangus Growth, branded beef, and datacollection through dna

As I sit down to write this letter, I first want to say it’s great to see the prospects for the cattle industry continuing to improve. Grass is growing, we have moisture where the last

two years we had none, and cattle prices are higher to-day than they were last year. The world appears to be regaining its taste for American beef. As I read an in-teresting article by Dan Piller in the DesMoines Register I found these important numbers that are helping our cattle prices.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation reports that dur-ing the first quarter of this year, beef exports were up 22 percent in volume, to 346 million pounds, from the same period last year.

Those increased exports are helping boost prices for cattle producers 10 to 15 percent this year, an increase that is expected to reach consumers in the supermar-ket.

Beef exports amounted to 10.6 percent of overall beef production in March, compared with 9.4 percent in the same month a year earlier.

Exports add an average of $127 in value per steer or heifer,” said Nancy Degner, executive director of the Iowa Beef Industry Council. Prices for cattle vary widely according to age and grade but generally range from $900 to $1,500.

As I go to sales and talk with Brangus Breeders and cattleman who use Brangus genetics it is clear that our Brangus cattle are being used by some of the largest cattleman in the world and we as a Breed have to stay on the leading edge of the industry to supply them with the Data to make better selections for breeding and to support our Branded Product. The consumer is already buying our Brangus product, we need to develop the brand and marketing to support the end product. At our May 8th Board meeting in San Antonio, we approved the appointment of a commit-tee to go forward with the Branded Program and we will keep you informed of the progress as we go forward.

On the DNA and Data Colletion, we also approved a committee to be appointed to review and propose some direction to the Board for approval. The mission of this committee will be to research and review the direction the Brangus Breed should take to keep us on the leading edge of what’s going on in the DNA-Genomic technology. There are already several of the largest Semen Collection Companies and Breed in the United States that are using Genomic technology data to advance their markets. To continue to grow Brangus we will need to be on the leading edge and keep up with Genomic technol-ogy. We will keep you informed of the progress.

The Brangus Breed has a Great future around the world. Our deci-sions and planning now will help grow the Breed and position Bran-gus as a strong force in the Beef Industry.

about the authorDon cox has a true and dedicated interest in the breed and association. he spent two years as a transi-tion board member, and in 2008 was elected for area 7. he has served on the Breed improvement, member-ship and Education, show advisory, and Finance com-mittees. he is on the board of the tBBa and an ncBa member. Domestically he has been involved with the breed for 27 years and first marketed internationally in 1988.

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Con esta edición internacional anual del Brangus Journal, parece especialmente apropiado comentar sobre las implica-ciones del intercambio internacional de

material genético. Existen muchas razones por las cuales este intercambio puede ser de gran ventaja para criadores dispuestos a tomarse el tiempo de identificar la mejor genética para sus programas de cría.

El comercio internacional de plasma germinal entre criadores – sea de animales vivos, semen o embriones – puede ser de enorme beneficio para los que participan. Obviamente, ese comercio ex-tiende los mercados para los criadores de pie de cría y puede resultar en una mayor demanda para varios linajes genéticos. Sin embargo, el compra-dor de dicha genética también se beneficiará. Quizá la mayor ventaja hacia la cooperación inter-nacional es que extiende el fondo común genético del cual se puede seleccionar. Al poder seleccionar de un fondo común más grande de animales, los criadores serán más selectivos con respecto a los animales que compran, aumentando así la inten-sidad de selección. La intensidad de selección es uno de los cuatro factores que determina la tasa del mejoramiento genético de cualquier caracterís-tica, con los otros tres factores siendo: (1) intervalo entre generaciones o la tasa a la cual los animales jóvenes entran al programa de cría; (2) la exactitud con la cual un criador toma decisiones de selec-ción (cuando se encuentran disponibles, las DEP (diferencias esperadas en la progenie) típicamente proporcionan la mejor exactitud); y (3) la variabili-

dad genética sobre la cual los criadores tienen poco control. En pocas palabras, un fondo común más grande del cual se puede seleccionar llevará a mayores tasas de mejoramiento genético.

Con el comercio internacional, la expansión del fondo común de animales del cual se puede seleccionar con frecuencia, sig-nifica que hay disponibilidad de linajes adicionales dentro de una raza. Esto ayuda a compensar los efectos de la cría al linaje. Criadores usan la cría al linaje con frecuencia para maxi-mizar el parentesco de los animales a un ancestro de calidad superior. No obstante, la cría al linaje es una forma “leve” de la endocría o endogamia y puede resultar en una depresión endogámica – básicamente, lo contrario del vigor híbrido o heterosis – donde el vigor híbrido es una de los puntos fuertes de toda raza compuesta de ganado vacuno o programa de cru-zamientos. La depresión endogámica típicamente resulta en fertilidad y supervivencia reducidas – con ambos siendo clas-es de características de importancia económica. Al incorporar nuevos linajes de Brangus en su programa de cría que no son emparentados con los animales que ahora tiene, se compensa un poco el efecto de la depresión endogámica.

Desde el punto de vista del comercio internacional, la única inqui-

With this being the annual internation-al edition of the Brangus Journal, it seems especially appropriate to com-ment on the implications of the inter-

national exchange of genetics. There are a number of reasons that this exchange can be particularly advantageous for breeders willing to spend the time identifying the best genetics to use in their breeding programs.

International trade of germ plasm between breed-ers; whether it be live animals, semen, or embryos; can prove greatly beneficial for those involved. Obviously, such trade expands the markets for seedstock producers and can result in increased demand for various genetic lines. However, the purchaser of those genetics benefits as well. Per-haps the biggest advantage to international coop-eration is that it expands the pool of genetics from which to select. By selecting from a larger pool of animals, breeders can be more selective of the ani-mals they purchase thereby increasing selection intensity. Selection intensity is one of the four factors that determine the rate of genetic improve-ment in any trait with the other three factors being 1) generation interval or the rate at which young animals are put into the breeding program, 2) the accuracy with which the breeder makes selection decisions (when available, EPD typically provide the most accuracy), and 3) the genetic variability over which breeders have little control. Simply put, a larger pool of animals from which to select can lead to greater rates of genetic improvement.

With international trade, the expansion of the pool of ani-mals one is able select from often means additional lines within a breed are available. This can often help to offset the effects of linebreeding. Often breeders use linebreeding to maximize the relationship of animals to some superior ances-tor. However, linebreeding is a “mild” form of inbreeding and can result in inbreeding depression—essentially the opposite of hybrid vigor (i.e. heterosis)—where hybrid vigor is one of the strengths of any composite cattle breed or crossbreeding program. Inbreeding depression typically results in reduced fertility and survivability—both classes of traits that are eco-nomically important. By bringing in new lines of Brangus into your breeding program that are unrelated to your current ani-mals, the effects of inbreeding depression can be somewhat offset.

From an international trade perspective, the only slight wor-ry for breeders is the potential for genotype by environment interactions. There is the potential for this interaction when making selection and/or purchase decisions on animals com-ing from vastly different environments than where they (or their progeny) are expected to perform. In genotype by en-vironment interactions, animals that are genetically superior

about the authorDr. Enns’ research focuses on methods to genetically evaluate and select animals that fit their production environment both biologically and economically. These efforts include development of new methods for evaluating and improving cow and heifer fertility, cow maintenance requirements, time to finish in the feedlot; and development of methods to better use economic information in selection decisions for increased profitability of beef production.

an international perspective onGenetic improvement

genetic stRategies by MARK ennS, PhD

una perspectiva internacional del mejora-miento genético



DNA markers and their use for genetic advancement has been a hot topic lately, we have asked some of the leading people in the industry for their thoughts on the role of DNA markers in genetic evaluations.

dr. denny funk, Group Chief Scientist, aBS Global Inc. and Ge-nus, plc.How are genomics being used in the dairy industry?

Genome-enhanced predicted transmitting abilities (ge-PTAs) are now routinely calculated by USDA for dairy cattle in the United States. All young bulls that are being progeny tested by the major A.I. organizations are now genotyped using the Illumina 50k SNP chip, and the genotypes are sent to USDA for inclusion into ge-PTA calculations. All traditional traits, such as milk yield, protein yield, conformation traits, and health traits are “topped off” with genom-ic results, and ge-PTAs have essentially replaced traditional PTAs. Similar to traditional PTAs, the ge-PTAs include pedigree and perfor-mance information on the individual plus its relaties, but now also include genomic results from the individual trait-SNP association research undertaken by USDA for each trait summarized.

Although ge-PTAs are now routine, the amount of information that genomics adds to the accuracy of the breeding values is equiv-alent to about 10-20 progeny. In dairy cattle, a traditional progeny test would include information from about 100 offspring. Therefore, almost all young bulls are still progeny tested by the A.I. companies to obtain a higher accuracy PTA than can be achieved from pedi-gree and genomics alone. Results from the three USDA evaluations in 2009 (January, April, and August) clearly show that ge-PTAs can still change a great deal as progeny information is added into the genetic evaluations.

Having ge-PTAs for young bulls has allowed the dairy industry to more intensely screen which bulls are the best candidate bulls to progeny test, but it has not replaced progeny test. Results to date indicate that ge-PTAs for young sires are much closer to traditional parent average PTAs than they are to ge-PTAs that include progeny information.

Traits with lower heritability estimates, such are fertility traits and fitness traits, are traits where higher accuracy breeding values would be most beneficial, and in theory , genomics could help increase the accuracies for these low heritability traits substantially, But it also takes much more data to get accurate genomic estimates for these low heritability traits than for higher heritability traits, and having lots of performance data for these low heritability traits will be es-sential to achieve accurate genomic estimates. We face the same challenge with traditional breeding values, where it always has been difficult to obtain the volume of data necessary to achieve high ac-curacy breeding values for these low heritability traits.

Los marcadores de ADN y sus usos para el avance genético es un tema de plena actualidad. Le hemos pedido a algunos líderes de la industria lo que piensan del rol de los marcadores de ADN en las evaluaciones genéticas.

dr. denny funk, Científico Jefe de Grupo, aBS Global Inc. y Ge-nus, plc.¿Cómo se usa la genómica en la industria lechera?

Hoy en día, el USDA rutinariamente calcula las capacidades de transmisión pronosticadas y mejoradas con genomas (CTPmg, o ge-PTA en inglés) para el ganado lechero de Estados Unidos. Todos los toros jóvenes cuya progenie se está probando por las organiza-ciones principales de inseminación artificial (IA) también se genotip-ifican usando el microchip/genochip Illumina 50K PNS (polimorfis-mos de nucleótido simple) y se envían los genotipos al USDA para inclusión en los cálculos de CTPmg. Todas las características tradi-cionales, como el rendimiento de leche, rendimiento de proteína, características de conformación y de salud se “afinan” con los resul-tados genómicos, y las CTPmg ya prácticamente han reemplazado a las CTP tradicionales. Al igual que las CTP tradicionales, las CTPmg incluyen la genealogía y la información de desempeño de cada ani-mal individual así como sus antecesores, y ahora también incluye los resultados genómicos de las características individuales-asociación PNS de la investigación asumida por el USDA para el resumen de cada característica.

Aunque las CTPmg ya son rutinarias, la cantidad de información que la genómica agrega a la exactitud de los valores de cría es equivalente a 10 a 20 crías. En el ganado lechero, una prueba de progenie tradicional incluye información de unas 100 crías. Por lo tanto, casi todos los toros jóvenes todavía pasan por una prueba de progenie realizada por las empresas de IA para obtener una ex-actitud CTP mayor de la que se puede lograr sólo con la genealogía y la genómica. Los resultados de las tres evaluaciones realizadas por el USDA en 2009 (en enero, abril y agosto), claramente demuestran que las CTPmg todavía pueden cambiar mucho a medida que se agrega la información de la progenie a las evaluaciones genéticas.

Al tener las CTPmg para los toros jóvenes, la industria lechera ha podido realizar pruebas de detección sistemática más intensivas con respecto a qué toros son los mejores candidatos para las pruebas de progenie, pero éstas no han reemplazado a las pruebas de progenie. Los resultados hasta la fecha indican que las CTPmg para los semen-tales jóvenes se acercan más a las CTP tradicionales del promedio de los padres que a las CTPmg que incluyen la información de la progenie.

Las características que tienen estimativos de baja heredabilidad, como las de fertilidad y buen estado físico, son características donde

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Continued from page 14Lastly, we must remember that mother nature is constantly re-

shuffling the genetic “deck of cards” via chromosome crossover and other wonderfully complex genetic mysteries that we don’t fully understand, and therefore we must re-estimate the genomic effects every couple of generations to ensure that the genomic re-sults observed in previous generations are still applicable to current generations. That will require a diligent commitment to collect per-formance information on lots of individuals moving forward. This continual collection of large volume of performance data is crucial to making genomics applicable both today and in the future.

How are genomics being used for genetic selection in the pig industry?

Unlike the dairy industry where USDA calculates breeding values in the U.S., all genetic evaluations for pigs are done by the individual breeding companied, PIC, (the pig breeding company owned by Ge-nus) has been incorporating genomics into their breeding values for over 15 years, but it is only recently with the development of the 60k pig SNP chip in 2009 that genomics have started to have any appre-ciable impact on the accuracy of estimated breeding values (EBVs). Prior to the dense 60k chip, PIC had upwards of 50 significant mark-ers for some traits, but the increase in EBV accuracy from this small number of markers was small.

Similar to dairy cattle, PIC is now adding the genomic results from the 60k SNP chip to the traditional breeding value information (pedigree and performance data) to arrive at ge-EBVs for each trait summarized. Hence these ge-EBVs replace traditional EBVs, and se-lection of individuals to use as parents remains the same as before: Rank the animals based on ge-EBV, and use the accuracy of the ge-EBV to determine how heavily to use that individual in the breeding program.

Bill Bowman, Chief Operating Officer and director of Perfor-mance programs, american angus association:explain the vision that aGI has for incorporating genomics in the genetic evaluation process?

We have continued to follow the development of DNA technol-ogy and how that technology could ultimately be used in genetic improvement. Historically incorporating the use of science and technology to provide the beef industry with reliable information characterizing Angus genetic has remained the focus. The scientific community’s thought process has moved from developing indepen-dent selection tools and using the genomic information to incorpo-rating the genomic information into national cattle evaluation pro-cedures and EPDs. The Beef Improvement Federation has provided some guiding philosophy on the use of genomic information…

“BIF believes that information from DNA tests only has value in selection when incorporated with all other available forms of per-formance information for economically important traits in NCE, and when communicated in the form of an EPD with a corresponding BIF accuracy. For some economically important traits, information other than DNA test may not be available. Selection tools based on these tests should still be expressed an EPD within the normal parameters of NCE.”

We are following this approach as we move forward with the im-plementation of genomic enhanced EPDs.

How would you advise breeders to use the new genomics pan-els in their programs?

We encourage the breeders to use genomic enhanced EPDs from our National Cattle Evaluations as a part of their selection strategies. Genomic enhanced carcass EPDs are the first traits to be released. In a timely fashion, genomic, carcass and ultrasound databases can be used to produce these carcass EPDs. We wtill encourage breeders

los valores de cría de mayor exactitud serían de mayor beneficio, y en teoría, la genómica podría ayudar a aumentar significativamente las exactitudes de dichas características de baja heredabilidad. Pero, también se necesitan muchos más datos para obtener estimativos genómicos exactos para esas características de baja heredabilidad que para las de heredabilidad más alta, y el tener gran cantidad de datos de desempeño para estas características de baja heredabili-dad será esencial para lograr estimativos genómicos exactos. En-frentamos el mismo reto con los valores de cría tradicionales, donde siempre fue difícil obtener el volumen de datos necesario para lograr una alta exactitud en los valores de cría de esas características de baja heredabilidad.

Por último, debemos recordar que la naturaleza está constante-mente revolviendo el “mazo” genético vía el cruce de cromosomas y otros misterios genéticos, maravillosamente complejos que no en-tendemos bien, y por lo tanto, debemos volver a estimar los efectos genómicos cada dos generaciones para asegurar que los resultados genómicos que observamos en generaciones anteriores todavía se aplican a las generaciones corrientes. Eso requerirá un compromiso diligente para recolectar datos de desempeño sobre muchos ani-males individuales al avanzar. Esa recolección continua de grandes volúmenes de datos de desempeño es indispensable para que la genómica sea aplicable tanto hoy como en el futuro.

¿Cómo se usa la genómica en la selección genética de la indus-tria porcina?

A diferencia de la industria lechera donde el USDA calcula los va-lores de cría en Estados Unidos, todas las evaluaciones genéticas para cerdos se realizan por las empresas de cría. PIC (la empresa de cría de cerdos de propiedad de Genus) ha estado incorporando la genómica en sus valores de cría por más de 15 años, pero es sólo recientemente, con el desarrollo del microchip/genochip 60k PNS (polimorfismos de nucleótido simple) para cerdos en 2009, que la genómica ha empezado a tener cierto impacto apreciable sobre la exactitud de los valores de cría estimados (VCE, o EBV en inglés). Antes del microchip denso 60k, PIC tenía más de 50 marcadores sig-nificativos para algunas características, pero hubo poco aumento en la exactitud de los VCE con este número pequeño de marcadores.

Al igual que con el ganado lechero, PIC ahora está agregando los resultados genómicos del microchip 60k PNS a la información tradi-cional de los valores de cría (genealogía y datos de desempeño) para lograr los VCEmg (mejorados por genomas) para cada característica resumida. Por lo tanto, estos VCEmg reemplazan a los VCE tradicio-nales, y la selección de animales individuales que se usará para la reproducción quedará igual que antes: clasificar los animales con-forme a los VCEmg, y usar la exactitud de los VCEmg para determinar cuánto se usará ese animal individual en el programa de cría.

Bill Bowman, funcionario Principal de Operaciones y director de Programas de desempeño, asociación del angus americano:¿Pudiera explicar la visión que aGI tiene para incorporar la genómica en el proceso de la evaluación genética?

Seguimos siguiendo el desarrollo de la tecnología del ADN y cómo esa tecnología pudiera finalmente ser usada en el mejoramiento genético. Seguimos con el enfoque de la incorporación histórica del uso de la ciencia y la tecnología para proporcionarle a la industria del ganado de carne con información confiable que caracteriza la genética Angus. El proceso mental de la comunidad científica ha cambiado de desarrollar métodos de selección independientes y usar la información genómica a incorporar la información genómica en los procedimientos nacionales de evaluación de ganado y las DEP (diferencias esperadas en la progenie)...

“BIF (Beef Improvement Federation – Federación para el mejora-


to measure phenotypic traits as much as possible because these re-cords have great long term value in the evaluation of economically relevant traits.

dr. Wade Shafer, director of Performance Programs, american Simmental asociation:How much benefit or accuracy from current dna markers should producers expect when selecting yearling bulls, replacement and donor females or a.I. sire?

First, genomic test results should only be used if: 1) estimates from traditional genetic evaluation (EPDs) are not available for the trait of interest or 2) the genomic data are incorporated into tradi-tional genetic evaluation.

For traits where EPDs are not available, most current genomic panels will produce genetic predictions with BIF accuracies equiva-lent to the low end of pedigree estimated EPDs (less that .10). For traits where they are available, genomic data will provide a slight in-crease in accuracy when included in the evaluation of low accuracy animals (e.g., non parents). They will not enhance the accuracy of evaluation for mid- to high-accuracy animals.

The industry is rapidly moving toward an infrastructure capable of incorporating genomic data into National Cattle Evaluation (NCE). Also, several entities are feverishly working on genomic panels that will provide more information to NCE.

If you were king for a day what traits would you like to be able to use dna markers to select for and why?

I would like to see DNA markers used in the evaluation of all traits.

Though currently available genomic panels do not provide a great deal of value, as the technology evolves genomic data will be-come an integral component in genetic prediction. The value of the technology will only be fully harnessed when genomic panels and the NCE infrastructure capable of utilizing them are developed for all economically relevant traits.

alison Van eenennaam, animal Genomics and Biotechnology extension Specialist, University of California, davis:Can you help put dna markers and progeny testing in perspec-tive – how many progeny would a dna marker test be equal to?

That depends on how accurate the test is, and also on the herita-bility of the trait. Accuracy is defined as the correlation between the estimated breeding value (e.g. EPD) and the true value. Note the BIF accuracies that are listed in U.S. sire catalogs are more conservative than this definition and tend to be lower for a given amount of in-formation. In a perfect world the accuracy value would be 1, and it does in fact approach that for well-proven sires with many progeny records. However, on young animals there is less information avail-able upon which to estimate genetic merit.

Progeny testing provides a way to obtain this information, al-

miento de la carne de res) cree que la información de las pruebas de ADN sólo tiene valor en la selección cuando se incorpora con todos los demás datos de desempeño para las características de impor-tancia económica en la NCE (National Cattle Evaluation – Evaluación nacional del ganado), y cuando se comunica en la forma de una DEP con una exactitud correspondiente de la BIF. Para algunas de las características de importancia económica, es posible que no se disponga de datos que no fueran las pruebas de ADN. Los métodos de selección basados en estas pruebas, deberían expresarse en las DEP dentro de los parámetros normales de la NCE.”Estamos siguiendo este enfoque al avanzar con la implementación de las DEP mejoradas con genomas (mg).

¿Cómo le aconsejaría usted a los criadores usar las nuevas tablas de genómica en sus programas? Animamos a los criadores usar las DEPmg de la NCE como parte de sus estrategias de selección. Las DEPmg de la canal son las primeras características que se han divulgado. Usadas oportu-namente, las bases de datos genómicos, de canal y de ecografías/ultrasonidos sirven para producir estas DEP de canal. Seguimos ani-mando a los criadores medir las características fenotípicas dentro de lo posible porque estos registros tienen enorme valor a largo plazo en la evaluación de las características de importancia económica.

dr. Wade Shafer, director de Programas de desempeño, asocia-ción del Simental americano:¿Cuánto beneficio o exactitud deberían esperar los productores de los marcadores de adn actuales al seleccionar toros añales, hembras de reemplazo o donadoras o sementales para la Ia?

Primero, los resultados de pruebas genómicas sólo se deben usar si: (1) no se disponen estimativos de la evaluación genética tradicio-nal (las DEP) para la característica de interés; o (2) los datos genómi-cos se incorporan en la evaluación genética tradicional.

Para las características donde no existen las DEP, las tablas genómi-cas más actualizadas, producirán pronósticos genéticos con exacti-tudes BIF equivalentes al extremo inferior de las DEP estimadas de la genealogía (menos del 0.10). Para las características donde sí existen las DEP, los datos genómicos proporcionarán un ligero aumento en la exactitud cuando se incluyen en la evaluación de animales de baja exactitud (p.ej., los no padres/madres). No mejorarán la exactitud de la evaluación para animales de mediana a alta exactitud.

La industria se está moviendo rápidamente a una infraestructura capaz de incorporar los datos genómicos a la NCE. Además, varias entidades están febrilmente trabajando en tablas genómicas que proporcionarán más datos a la NCE.

Si usted fuera rey por un día ¿para qué características quisiera poder usar los marcadores de adn y por qué?

Me gustaría ver el uso de los marcadores de ADN en la evaluación de todas las características.

Aunque las tablas genómicas actualmente disponibles no propor-cionan gran cantidad de valor, a medida que la tecnología evolucio-na, los datos genómicos pasarán a ser un componente integral del pronóstico genético. El valor de la tecnología sólo se aprovechará al máximo cuando se desarrollan las tablas genómicas y la infraestruc-tura de la NCE capaz de utilizarlas para todas las características de importancia económica.

alison Van eenennaam, especialista en Genómica animal y Bio-tecnología de extensión, Universidad de California en davis:¿Pudiera ayudarnos a poner los marcadores de adn y las prue-bas de progenie en perspectiva – un marcador de adn sería ig-ual a cuántas crías? Eso depende de la exactitud de la prueba y también a la



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“You will notice me, I’ll be leaving my mark like initials carved in an old oak tree, you wait and see…. For I know in my heart, I wanna do something that matters, say something different - something that sets the whole world on it’s ear, I wanna do something better with the time I been given, and I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life and leave nothing less than something that says…..I was here.” “I Was Here” is not only a top new country hit for the band Lady Antebellum and my favorite song but also very motivational words that any Brangus member should take advice from.

In this changing American society, it is no secret that agricul-ture is becoming a smaller and smaller percentage in the coun-try. The average American is over three generations removed from agriculture—this is scary news!!! So what can we as Brangus breeders do about this? The National Junior Brangus directors re-cently traveled to Bloomington, Minnesota, to learn all about ag-riculture’s shrinking population, and what we as producers can do about it! The first step is to address the public. Say you were to hear someone in the airport talking about the abuse of animals on today’s pork operations. Although we are not pork producers, we do know that that fact is not true, we as agriculture producers should feel obligated to go talk to the misinformed group. Many of today’s public simply do not know any better than to believe what they hear, and unfortunately much of their information comes from activist groups such as PETA and the US Humane Society. The second step is to educate. Because these people are so ill-informed, it is your duty to educate them about the truths in agriculture. Many Americans do not realize the extent of the time, patience and passion put into agricultural opera-tions today. Our operations are our livelihood, so it makes no sense for us to abuse or mistreat our animals, when for many producers, that is their main source of income. The next step, give them resources to go to for more information. There are several websites people can visit that tell about the truths in agriculture, such as animalagalliance.org or beef.org. More often than not, Americans have no idea that the informa-tion they are being fed from PETA and the HSUS are lies to cover a hidden agenda and put agriculture out of business. So take a step and help aid your livelihood, your passion – agriculture.

Also, I would like to invite you all to the National Junior Brangus Show in West Monroe, Louisiana, July 12th through 17th. It is a great op-portunity for fellow Brangus exhibitors to get together, meet new people from all over the country, and of course exhibit beautiful Brangus cattle!! July may seem far away, however entries are due May 15th and late entries will only be accepted until June 1st, so I encourage you to get a head start and get entered now so you do not miss out on the fun! As part of the National Board, I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Mr. Mike Weathers of Genesis Ranch for donating our foundation heifer who sold for $17,500 at the Houston Junior Livestock Show in March.

“I know it’s my destiny to leave more than a trace of myself in this place…And I know that I, I will do more than just pass through this life, I’ll leave nothing less than something that says I was here” Brangus exhibitors, I dare you to go out and leave your mark! Good luck, have a wonderful week, can’t wait to see you all at Nationals!

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The IJBBA is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Source of Cham-pions Sale. All heifer nominations will be accepted and there will be a selection process when the heifers arrive to West Monroe to determine the 10 heifers that will sell. Nominations will be accepted until June 15, 2010. Contact a junior board member or Tyler Dean to get more information or your nomination form.

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ABS Global’s Brangus initiative is to supply environmentally adapted genetics for both registered and commercial cattlemen across the U.S. and the world. Over the past several years, we have built a Brangus lineup that combines some of the breed’s most proven cow families with performance oriented and calving ease genetics.

Brangus cattle are 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman, Angus genetics provide maternal and carcass value while Brahman genetics add environmental adaptability and insect resistance. Over the past ten years, seedstock Bran-gus breeders have methodically and selectively added muscle and intra-muscular fat while moderating mature size and cleaning sheath designs. Today’s progressive Brangus genetics have the ability to exceed the needs of producers in a wide array of environments while meeting feedlot and packer challenges.

At ABS, we recognize the value of the Brangus breed in challenging environments. In the hot, humid areas of the Southeastern tier of the U.S. Brangus cattle are able to maintain/improve performance and fertility. In more arid climates in the Southwest and Western states, Brangus cattle have the ability to travel, forage and survive on the toughest ranges. Not limited to these areas, Brangus cattle are found from border to border and coast to coast.

In areas where breeders have utilized English breeds for several genera-tions, there is often a need to interject heterosis through planned crossbreed-ing. Brangus cattle can do this without losing maternal or carcass value. At the same time, Brangus genetics can be combined in an Exotic rotational system to provide this same maternal advantage. Longevity, “do ability” and foraging ability all come as additive advantages in each of these scenarios.

As we began to build our Brangus lineup, we established criteria that most

cattlemen can relate to. Beginning at the ground and working upward, all of the sires have been evaluated for correct feet, joints and skeletal design. We understand the environments the Brangus progeny will be expected to survive in, so soundness is of the utmost priority. Equally as important, are fertility, fleshing ability and docility. Once we have identified these traits in a bull, it has been important to recognize the value of his dam and sire’s prog-eny performance, correct maturity patterns and desirable sheaths.

As with our other breeds, ABS believes providing calving ease genetics is critical. In our Brangus lineup we have done this while maintaining muscle and performance in the bulls. For you, as a cattleman, these calving ease genetics must be backed by generations of known low birth weights. Rest assured, we have found Brangus genetics that will allow you to breed your heifers with confidence.

If you are searching for a heterosis advantage from an environmentally adapted breed or heat tolerant breed, consider the ABS Brangus lineup. Our Brangus lineup is now featured in our Fall 2009 Sire Directory which is avail-able from your local ABS Representative or by calling 1-800-ABS-STUD.

La iniciativa de ABS Global es proveer genética Brangus ambien-talmente adaptada para los criadores de ganado de registro así como para productores de ganado comercial en todo Estados Unidos de América y en el mundo. A través de los últimos años, hemos armado mejores grupos de toros Brangus que combinan algunas de las fa-milias de hembras más comprobadas de la raza con la genética para la facilidad de parto y orientada hacia el desempeño.

El ganado Brangus es 5/8 Angus y 3/8 Brahman. La genética Angus proporciona el valor maternal y el valor de la canal, mientras que la genética Brahman agrega adaptabilidad del medio ambiente y re-sistencia a los insectos. Durante los últimos diez años, los criadores de pie de cría Brangus han metódica y selectivamente añadido más musculatura y grasa intramuscular al moderar el tamaño adulto y afi-nar el diseño del prepucio/vaina. La genética progresista del Brangus moderno tiene la capacidad de exceder los requisitos de los produc-tores en una amplia gama de ambientes mientras que satisface los desafíos del corral de engorda y de las empacadoras.

En ABS, reconocemos el valor de la raza Brangus en ambientes de-safiantes. En las zonas cálidas y húmedas del sureste de Estados Uni-dos, el ganado Brangus puede mantener o mejorar su desempeño y su fertilidad. En los climas más áridos de los estados del suroeste y oeste del país, el ganado Brangus tiene la capacidad de recorrer grandes distancias, forrajear y sobrevivir en las praderas más arduas. El ganado Brangus no se limita a este tipo de zonas, sino que se en-cuentra en todos lados entre las fronteras norte y sur y los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico.

En zonas donde los criadores han utilizado razas inglesas por varias generaciones, con frecuencia existe la necesidad de intercalar la heterosis a través de una cruza planificada.

El ganado Brangus puede contribuir a esto sin perder valor mater-

nal ni valor de canal. Al mismo tiempo, la genética Brangus se puede combinar en un sistema de rotación con razas exóticas para propor-cionar esta misma ventaja maternal. La longevidad, el desempeño y la capacidad de forrajear son ventajas adicionales en cada uno de estos panoramas.

Al iniciar el armado de los grupos de toros Brangus, establecimos criterios con los cuales casi todo ganadero se puede relacionar. Em-pezando desde abajo y subiendo, todos los sementales fueron evalu-ados por lo correcto de sus piernas, articulaciones y esqueleto. Enten-demos los ambientes en que la progenie de los Brangus tendrá que sobrevivir, de modo que la solidez ósea es de primordial importancia. Igualmente importante es la fertilidad, la docilidad y la capacidad de tener una buena musculatura. Una vez que se habían identificado esas características en un toro, fue importante reconocer el valor de su madre y el desempeño de la progenie del toro, las pautas correc-tas al ser adulto y los prepucios/vainas deseables.

Como con las demás razas que tenemos, ABS está convencida que la genética para la facilidad de parto es crítica. En nuestro grupo mejorado de toros Brangus lo hemos logrado al mismo tiempo en que mantuvimos la musculatura y el desempeño de los toros. Para ustedes ganaderos, esta genética para la facilidad de parto debe ser respaldada por generaciones conocidas de pesos bajos al nacer. Tengan por seguro que hemos encontrado la genética Brangus que permitirá el apareo de sus vaquillonas con confianza.

Si ustedes buscan la ventaja de la heterosis de una raza adaptada al medio ambiente o de una raza que tolera el calor, consid-ere el grupo mejorado de toros Brangus de ABS. Este grupo mejorado de toros Brangus se encuentra en nuestro Directorio de Sementales, edición de otoño de 2009, que puede solicitar a su representante lo-cal de ABS o llame al 1-800-ABS-STUD (1-800-227-7883).

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Brangus, Ultrablack and Angus

Following a weekend snowstorm the weather turned warm on Tuesday, March 23 and enthusiastic cattlemen packed the Suhn Cattle Company sales facility for the 17th Annual Suhn Cattle Company Bull Sale. This marked the first year

that this event was held under the GENETRUST banner—a mar-keting alliance Suhn Cattle Co. entered into along with nine other progressive breeders from throughout the US.

Highlighting this year’s sale offering was Lot 32, Suhn’s Step Ahead 918W2 a calving ease, high maternal son of Suhn’s Next Step 331R7 with loads of eye appeal. He was purchased by Joe Caven-der, Cavender Ranches, Bullard, TX for $20,000. Lot 33, a Lambert of Brinks 317R3 son, Suhn’s Patriot 440W, posted impressive car-cass and growth data and commanded a selling price of $18,000 from Jack Moore, TJM Ranch, Kerrville, TX. Another crowd pleaser with excellent eye appeal and performance data was Lot 34, TJM Steadfast 361W, bred by Jack Moore and sold to David Wood, Dou-ble W Ranch, Houston, TX for $14,500. Lot 35, Suhn’s Dedication 919W2, was purchased by Mike Weathers, Genesis Ranch, Colum-bus, TX for $9000. This young herd sire prospect is a solid calving ease prospect and son of Suhn’s Northern Dancer. Drawing a lot of interest was the Lot 29 bull, Suhn’s Garrett 894U18, an amazing deep ribbed, high volume son of Garrett of Brinks 789P purchased for $8750 from Mike Vorel, Luther, OK.

The enthusiasm for the Ultrablack bulls was again strong this year. Lot 43, a son of the prepotent Angus sire, Cooley Menard 326S topped the Ultrablack offering. Lot 43’s dam, Suhn’s Ms Duke 30M, is in the donor program at Suhn’s. This lot brought $5500 from Zach O’Brien, South Coffeyville, OK. Two other lots brought $5000 each: Lot 95 another Menard son purchased by Austin Win-ter, Holton, KS and Lot 93, a Suhn’s Northern Dancer son out of an Ultrablack female, found a new home at Donnohue Farms, Apple-ton City, MO.

Headlining the Angus offering was Lot 147, Valley View Answer 8565, sired by SAV Final Answer 0035 and purchased by David Wade, Mapleton, KS for $6300. Lot 148, Valley View Lad 8629, a son of Dr J Analyst M250 also bred by Valley View Angus, Repub-lic MO and purchased by the Thornberry Family Partnership, New

Waverly, TX. They also took home Lot 150, Valley View Focus 9389 a Mytty In Fo-cus son for $3500.

Comments from new and repeat customers were most favorable with many noting the consistency and uniformity both phe-notypically and also upon evaluation of data and per-formance.

Bulls sold into thirteen states and Mexico from this offering. Volume buy-ers included Frosty Tipton, Winnemucca, NV; Circle 7 Ranch, Westphalia, MO and Treetop Ranches, Parma, ID.

168 BULLS AVERAGED $330527 Fall Brangus averaged: $314486 Spring Brangus aver-aged: $371913 Ultrablack averaged: $354614 Fall Angus: $295028 Spring Angus: $2252


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effort to develop these relationships and that continuing ef-forts help these relationships to grow.

I would like to strongly suggest to IBBA members and our fellow international breeders to share with the IBBA office the experience, observations and information of their in-ternational travel. Information and ideas on activities you might be involved with could potentially allow us to appro-priately promote IBBA, our members and our Brangus breed through literature or other suitable means. The continuing effort of IBBA members in our international cause is the one crucial endeavor that will produce mutual benefits reaching from North America to South America. We all can be winners. Contact the IBBA office for additional information.

En 2009 y 2010, miembros de IBBA también juzgaron vari-os juzgamientos en México y siguen participando en dem-ostraciones ganaderas y presentaciones sobre IBBA y nuestro ganado. Es indudable que el desarrollo de estas relaciones han necesitado grandes esfuerzos y que éstos continuarán para ayudar a aumentar las relaciones.

Quisiera rogarles que los miembros de IBBA y nuestros com-pañeros criadores en el exterior compartan con la oficina de IBBA sus experiencias, observaciones e información sobre sus viajes internacionales. También, datos e ideas sobre las ac-tividades en que están involucrados y que posiblemente nos permitiría promover apropiadamente a IBBA, sus miembros y a la raza Brangus a través de materiales impresos y otros medios apropiados. El esfuerzo constante de los miembros de IBBA en nuestra causa internacional es uno de los empren-dimientos decisivos que producirán beneficios mutuos por todas las Américas. Todos saldremos ganando. Comuníquese con la oficina de IBBA para obtener información adicional.

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though it involves waiting for an animal to reproduce prior to ob-taining an accurate genetic merit estimate. For traits that are highly heritable, offspring strongly resemble their parents and so only a few progeny are needed to give an accurate indication of genetic merit. Simply put the higher the heritability, the more the trait is influenced by genetics. The figure on the previous page shows how progeny test information influences the accuracy of genetic merit estimates for traits of different heritability.

So, now to answer the ques-tion that was asked – and that is – how many prog-eny would a DNA marker test be equal to? That d e p e n d on the ac-curacy of the DNA marker test and the heritability of the trait it is pre-dicting. If a DNA test has an accuracy of 0.5 for a trait with a heritability of 0.25, then from the graph above that test would be equivalent to having 5 progeny records from the animal that was DNA tested, or to having the animal’s own record for that trait. A DNA like this would be very useful for traits that are hard to measure (e.g. carcass traits).

So, what is the accuracy of tests that are currently on the market for beef cattle? The only independent source of that data is at the Australian beef CRC website (http://www.beefcrc.com.au/Aus-Beef-DNA-resuts) where the relevant value is the rg (genetic correlation). At the current time, tests on the market have variable accuracies ranging from 0 to 0.25, with the notable exception of meat tender-ness tests which have consistently been shown to have higher ac-curacies (0.13-0.55). Tenderness has a heritability of ~ 0.3.

as dna technology advances how do you see the tests benefit-ing commercial and purebred cattle producers?

The hope is that as the technology advances, the tests are going to become more accurate, and also encompass a range of difficult to measure traits (e.g. female fertility). Ideally tests will be for traits for which data are hard to get or expensive to measure, and which con-tribute greatly to the bottom line. Feed efficiency would be a good example of such a trait. This will give producers a way to obtain ge-netic merit estimates for these otherwise difficult traits. There are a number of issue that need to be resolved before the power of DNA tests will be useful for the beef industry. It is not clear how well tests work in different breeds, and therefore effects need to be examined in a range of breeds. This is not something that is easily done, and many breeds do not have data to determine if DNA tests work in their populations. Additionally it seems that discovery populations might need to be very large (thousands of animals) to increase the accuracy of tests and it is an expensive proposition to develop large populations of animals with thousands of measurements on difficult or expensive to measure traits! Although current tests do not have

heredabilidad de la característica. La exactitud se define como la correlación entre el valor de cría estimado (p.ej., una DEP) y el valor verdadero. Nótese que las exactitudes BIF que se listan en los catálo-gos de sementales de Estados Unidos son más conservadoras que esta definición y tienden a ser más bajas para una cantidad dada de datos. En un mundo perfecto, el valor de la exactitud sería uno (1), y de hecho, se aproxima a esa cifra para los sementales bien compro-bados con los registros de muchas crías. No obstante, para animales jóvenes hay menos información disponible para poder estimar el mérito genético.

Las pruebas de progenie proporcionan una manera de obtener esta información, aunque habrá que esperar para que un animal se reproduzca antes de obtener un estimativo exacto del mérito gené-tico. Para características que son de alta heredabilidad, las crías se parecerán mucho a los padres y por lo tanto, se necesitan sólo unas pocas crías para dar una indicación exacta del mérito genético. En pocas palabras, cuanto más alta es la heredabilidad, tanto más influen-

cia tiene la g e n é t i c a sobre la caracterís-tica. La grá-fica anteri-or muestra cómo la in-formación de la prue-ba de prog-enie influye la exactitud de los es-t i m a t i v o s del mérito g e n é t i c o para car-a c t e r í s -ticas de diferentes heredabili-dades.

De modo que ahora contestaré la pregunta que se hizo: “un mar-cador de ADN sería igual a cuántas crías?” Eso depende de la exacti-tud de la prueba de marcadores de ADN (ácido deoxirribonucleico) y la heredabilidad de la característica que se desea pronosticar. Si una prueba de ADN tiene una exactitud de 0.5 para una caracterís-tica con heredabilidad de 0.25, entonces, de la gráfica anterior, esa prueba sería equivalente a los registros de cinco (5) crías del animal al que se le hizo la prueba de ADN, o al registro para esa caracterís-



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It’s summertime! Pool parties, cookouts, and of course, the National Junior Bran-gus Show. The once-a-year reunion of all our Brangus friends will take us back to West Monroe, Louisiana. This is the seventh year, we’ve been to West Monroe, which has some perks. For one, I know where all the good restaurants are, where

is the cheapest place to get ice is (because I also know, I will need it-it gets hot!), and I know I can expect to smell the paper mill in the evenings as we go to tie-outs.

Other things that I know I can expect at the Junior Show, are I’ll get to see friends that I grew up showing cattle with, and my children will reunite with Brangus bud-dies like they never spent a day apart. There will be lots of competitions. - and I’ll see older kids helping the younger ones, and pats on the back when disappoint-ment comes, and high-fives for those that did a good job. I’ll get to see the Barnyard Olympians get so nasty that they have to hit the wash rack before their parents will let them in their truck.

And let’s not forget the cattle. Each year, the competition gets tougher and I think to myself, there couldn’t be any other breed that brings the depth of quality and the kind of exhibitors that the Brangus breed does.

As our economy gets tough and expenses add up, I am still amazed to see so many return each year for what is certainly more costly than a trip to the Bahamas. Yet, we do return to the NJBS, and then return the next year. It’s because of our kids and who they are growing up to be, and the friends they’re making, and the work they’ve learned to do, and because if I wasn’t heading to Louisiana that second week of July, it just wouldn’t be summer.

Come out and support the Juniors in West Monroe, July 12-16. You might just find your new vacation spot.

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and produce progeny who perform well in one environment, may not rank as well in other environments. From a North American standpoint, these interactions have been typically shown to be relatively minor, but can be more serious when going from relatively temperate climates to tropical climates where disease and parasite loads may be more severe.

In summary, with appropriate selection of animals, interna-tional exchange of genetics has the potential to increase the genetic merit of your herd at a more rapid pace than otherwise possible.

etud para los criadores es el potencial de un genotipo dado debido a las interacciones del medio ambiente. Existe el potencial de esta interacción cuando se toman decisiones de selección o se compran animales que vienen de ambientes enormemente diferentes al am-biente en que se les exige desempeñarse e ellos (y a su progenie). En los genotipos debido a las interacciones ambientales, los animales que son genéticamente superiores y que producen progenie que se desempeña bien en cierto ambiente, quizá no se desempeñe tan bien en otros ambientes. Desde el punto de vista de Norteamérica, esas interacciones, típicamente, han resultado ser relativamente mínimas, pero éstas pueden resultar más graves cuando se trasla-dan animales de climas relativamente templados a climas tropicales donde las cargas de enfermedad y parásitos pueden ser más sev-eras.

En resumen, con la selección apropiada de animales, el intercam-bio internacional del material genético tiene el potencial de aumen-tar el mérito genético de su hato más rápidamente de lo que sería posible de otro modo.


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very high accuracies, it is hoped that this will increase in the future with the development of new markers. For the seedstock producer DNA tests offer the opportunity to increase the accuracy of selection and hence increase their rate of genetic gain. This means they can sell better bulls (i.e. more valuable bulls) to commercial cattle pro-ducers. Higher accuracies on yearling bulls will also provide some peace of mind to bull buyers, because accurate EPDs change little over time compared to low accuracy EPDs where there is great po-tential for the values to change as more data becomes available.

doug frank, aBS Global Beef Product ManagerWhat role do dna markers play in the current selection of bulls entering the aBS Beef program? In the next 3 to 5 years?

To this point, DNA markers have played very little role in the selec-tion of young bulls entering the ABS lineup. We’ve agreed with the Beef Improvement Federation stance that the genomics piece need-ed to be included as part of the overall genetic prediction through EPDs to be truly effective.

With improving chips and the advent of genomic enhanced EPDs we would expect this technology to play a larger role in what we do in coming years. As part of an EPD, genomic information will become another tool in the toolbox allowing us to have better and more accurate predictions on the young bulls that we sort through each year.

Just as we do with individual performance data, we will have to be careful to not get too hung up on one component and risk overvaluing it in the process. That’s where the inclusion of genomic information as part of the EPD and corresponding accuracy will be extremely helpful.

Depending on the trait and markers that have been identified, we would initially expect the genomic component to contribute a mod-est amount to overall accuracy depending on the trait – somewhere in the range of what individual performance measures contribute or up to the accuracy value of 5-10 progeny records.

aBS has always held fast to the principles of progeny testing, do you see the role of progeny testing diminishing in the future? How will dna markers fit into the progeny testing scheme?

We still see progeny testing as the key component of delivering high accuracy, fully proven bulls. That proving process is similar to a long journey. DNA technology holds the potential of fine tuning the direction that we take and speeding up the start of that trip. How-ever, it is very unlikely that it will provide a short cut or eliminate the journey. It will still take a lot of miles or evaluated progeny to fully understand a bull’s true transmitting ability.

ABS will certainly use DNA technology to fine tune our selection process to get a better handle on the young bulls we evaluate and the cows behind them. At the same time we think it is imperative “to

tica del animal mismo. Un ADN como éste sería muy útil para las características que son difíciles de medir (p.ej., características de la canal).

Así que ¿cuál es la exactitud de las pruebas que existen actual-mente en el mercado para ganado de carne? La única fuente inde-pendiente de esos datos se encuentra en la página Web de la CRC australiana para carne de res (http://www.beefcrc.com.au/Aus-Beef-DNA-results) donde el valor pertinente es la rg (correlación gené-tica). En la actualidad, las pruebas comerciales tienen exactitudes variables entre 0 y 0.25, con la notable excepción de las pruebas para suavidad de la carne que han demostrado consecuentemente tener exactitudes más altas (de 0.13 a 0.55). La suavidad de la carne tiene una heredabilidad aproximada de 0.3.

a medida que avanza la tecnología del adn ¿cómo ve usted los beneficios que las pruebas pudieran traer para los criadores de ganado tanto puro como comercial? La esperanza es que, a medida que avanza la tecnología, las pruebas pasarán a ser más exactas y también abarcarán más car-acterísticas difíciles de medir (p.ej., fertilidad de la hembra). Ideal-mente, las pruebas serán de características para las cuales es difícil conseguir datos o es caro medirlas, y que contribuyen mucho a lo esencial. La eficiencia en la conversión de alimentos sería un buen ejemplo de eso. Esto le permitirá a los productores obtener estima-tivos del mérito genético para características que son difíciles de cuantificar. Existe una variedad de tópicos que se tendrán que re-solver antes de que el poder de las pruebas de ADN sea útil para la industria de la carne. No se sabe lo bien que las pruebas funcionan con diferentes razas, y por lo tanto, se necesitan examinar los efectos en una amplia gama de razas. Esto es algo que no se logrará con facilidad y muchas razas no tienen los datos para determinar si las pruebas de ADN funcionan en sus poblaciones. Además, parece ser que las poblaciones de descubrimiento necesitan ser muy grandes (miles de animales) para aumentar la exactitud de las pruebas, y es una proposición cara desarrollar grandes poblaciones de animales con miles de mediciones ¡para características difíciles o caras de medir! Aunque las pruebas actuales no tienen exactitudes muy al-tas, se espera que éstas aumentarán en el futuro con el desarrollo de nuevos marcadores. Para el criador de pie de cría, las pruebas de ADN ofrecen una oportunidad para aumentar la exactitud de la selección y por lo tanto, aumentar su tasa de ganancia genética. Eso significa que se pueden vender mejores toros (es decir, toros más valiosos) a los productores de ganado comercial. Exactitudes altas para toros añales también le darán tranquilidad a los compradores de esos toros, porque las DEP exactas cambian poco con el tiempo en comparación con las DEP de baja exactitud, en las que existe mayor probabilidad que los valores cambien a medida que se di-sponen de más datos.

doug frank, Gerente de Producción de Carne de Res, aBS Glob-al¿Qué papel desempeñan los marcadores de adn en la selección actual de toros que entran al Programa de Carne de Res de aBS? ¿Y en los próximos 3 a 5 años?

Hasta ahora, los marcadores de ADN han desempeñado un papel mínimo en la selección de toros jóvenes que entran a los grupos de ABS. Estamos de acuerdo con la postura de la BIF de que la parte genómica debe incluirse como parte del pronóstico genético total, a través de las DEP, para que sea realmente eficaz.

Con el mejoramiento de los microchips y el advenimiento de las DEPmg, anticipamos que esta tecnología desempeñará un papel mayor en lo que haremos en los años venideros. Como parte de una DEP, la información genómica pasará a ser otro método que tene-mos que nos permitirá pronosticar mejor y más exactamente a los



put in the miles” to progeny test and validate the complete genetic profiles of our bulls in real world environments. And, today it re-mains the only way to deliver the high accuracy Rock Solid sires that our customers have come to expect.

Also, as it relates to DNA technology, progeny testing will continue to be critical to providing the largest and most up to date datasets for training and validation of future genomic developments.

ABS continue to be committed to real world progeny testing of our bulls even for traits that are expensive and difficult to measure like feed efficiency and tenderness. The Angus Sire Alliance pro-gram is one of the key components of that commitment along with relationships with groups like Power Genetics and breed association programs like the American Simmental Association Carcass merit project.

toros jóvenes que seleccionamos todos los años.Tal como lo hacemos con los datos de desempeño individuales,

tendremos que tener cuidado para no darle demasiada importan-cia a un componente del proceso y arriesgar darle demasiado valor. Aquí es donde la inclusión de la información genómica como parte de las DEP y la exactitud correspondiente será extremadamente práctica.

Dependiendo de la característica y los marcadores que se han identificado, nosotros inicialmente esperamos que el componente genómico contribuya una cantidad modesta de la exactitud total, dependiendo de la característica – en algún punto del ámbito que contribuyen las medidas de desempeño individual o hasta un valor de exactitud igual al registro de 5 a 10 crías.

aBS siempre se ha fiado de los principios de la prueba de prog-enie ¿usted cree que disminuirá el papel desempeñado por la prueba de progenie en el futuro? ¿Cómo encajarán los marcado-res de adn en el plan de la prueba de la progenie?

Seguimos considerando la prueba de progenie como el compo-nente clave de la entrega de toros totalmente comprobados y de alta exactitud. Ese proceso de comprobación es igual a un viaje largo. La tecnología del ADN contiene el potencial de ajustar pre-cisamente la dirección que tomemos y apresurar el comienzo de ese viaje. Sin embargo, es improbable que provea un atajo o que elim-ine el viaje. Todavía se necesitarán muchos kilómetros o progenie evaluada para entender completamente la verdadera capacidad de transmisión de un toro.

ABS ciertamente usará la tecnología del ADN para ajustar precisa-mente su proceso de selección para encontrarle la vuelta a los toros jóvenes que evaluamos y a las madres detrás de ellos. Al mismo tiempo, estamos convencidos que es de gran importancia “recor-rer los kilómetros” para la prueba de progenie y validar los perfiles genéticos completos de nuestros toros en los ambientes del mundo real. Y hoy en día, sigue siendo la única manera de entregar los se-mentales de alta exactitud y sólidamente comprobados que nues-tros clientes ya esperan.

Además, al relacionarse con la tecnología del ADN, la prueba de progenie continuará siendo crítica para proporcionar los grupos de datos más grandes y más actualizados para la capacitación y vali-dación de los futuros desarrollos genómicos.

ABS continúa su compromiso al mundo real y la prueba de prog-enie para nuestros toros, aún para las características que son caras y difíciles de medir, como la eficiencia de conversión alimenticia y la suavidad de la carne. El programa de la Alianza de Sementales An-gus es uno de los componentes claves de ese compromiso, junto con relaciones con grupos como Power Genetics y programas de las asociaciones de ganado como el proyecto de mérito de la canal de la Asociación del Simental Americano.

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Al nacer A 1 año de edad A 3 años de edad Al ser adultoLos datos genómicos y de la genealogía tienen su impacto relativo más grande con animales jóvenes. A medida que se agregan componentes sucesivos, la exactitud total aumenta, pero la contribución de cada componente individual disminuye. Los datos de la progenie son los componentes clave de las pruebas de gran exactitud y cuando los números llegan a ciertos niveles abruman la genealogía, el desempeño individual y la información genómica.*Las contribuciones verdaderas dependen de la heredabilidad de la característica, la información genealógica disponible y la correlación genética de los marcadores de ADN que se usaron.

take home points for producers on the evolving use of dna markers in genetic selection

The most effective use of DNA marker data is through genomic-enhanced EPDs

Genomic data needs to be combined with traditional pedigree infor-•mation, individual performance and progeny performance data.Genomics will increase EPD accuracies the most for young cattle or ani-•mals with few progeny records.Progeny proven sires remain the best source of high accuracy genet-•ics.

Don’t stop progeny testing and measuring phenotypic traitsIndividual phenotypes will continue to have significant impact on in-•dividual EPDs.Progeny testing will continue to be the biggest accuracy driver for •heavily used sires and donor dams.Expanding the use of DNA technology to new (and more difficult) traits •will require large volumes of phenotypic data for these traits.Phenotypes will be needed on an ongoing basis to update and “retain” •existing marker effects.

There will be multiple sources of genomic informationThe most effective genomic data will be breed specific with training •data sets very similar to the target populations.It will be difficult to obtain accurate genomic results for small breeds •with limited data sets.Challenges remain in providing effective across-breed marker panels.•

Puntos para los productores sobre la evolución del uso demarcadores de adn en la selección genética

El uso más efectivo de los datos de marcadores de ADN es a través de los DEPmg.

Los datos genómicos deben combinarse con la información tradicional •de la genealogía, del desempeño individual y de los datos del desem-peño de la progenie.La genómica aumentará más las exactitudes de los DEP para el ganado •joven o los animales con pocos registros de su crías.Los sementales cuya progenie se ha comprobado sigue siendo la mejor •fuente para la genética de gran exactitud.

No deje de usar las pruebas de progenie ni la medición de las características fenotípicas.

Los fenotipos individuales seguirán teniendo un impacto importante •sobre los DEP individuales.Las pruebas de progenie seguirán siendo el ímpetu de mayor exacti-•tud para los sementales y las hembras donadores que más se usan.La expansión del uso de la tecnología del ADN para características nue-•vas (y más difíciles) requerirá grandes volúmenes de datos fenotípicos para estas características.Se necesitarán los fenotipos constantemente para actualizar y “reca-•pacitar” los efectos de los marcadores existentes.

Habrá múltiples fuentes de información genómica.Los datos genómicos más eficaces serán específicos por raza con gru-•pos de datos para capacitación muy similares a las poblaciones meta.Será difícil obtener resultados genómicos exactos para las razas de •menor difusión con grupos de datos limitados.Continuarán los desafíos en el suministro efectivo de tablas de marca-•dores para varias razas.

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A Full House and Good Demand

The Quail Creek “Cut Above” Sale took place on March 13, 2010

in Cullman , Alabama. There was a full house and good demand for the cattle offered by Quail Creek and guest consignors. Consign-ors included L&W Cattle Company, E.C. Farms, CI Brangus, and McCreary Farms.

High selling lots included:* QCB Ms 27U5: A Garrett of Brinks 789P daughter, bred to Patton of Brinks, she sold to Burke Brangus Farm, Mike and Susan Burke of Waynesboro, GA for $10,000.

* QCB Ms 27U4: Another Garrett of Brinks 789P daughter, also bred to Patton of Brinks, she sold to Mike and Susan Burke of Waynesboro, GA as well for $10,000.

* QCB Ms 27U3: Once again, a tremendous daughter of Garrett of Brinks 789P, bred to Patton of Brinks. She sold for $9,000.

* QCB BBf Chattoga 289U2: This Garrett of Brinks 789P son was the high selling bull at $20,500. He was purchased by Mike and Susan Burke of Waynesboro, GA.

Sale Breakdown3 Donors grossed $20,000 to average $6,666.6716 Bred heifers grossed $65,300 to average $4,081.2528 Cow-calf pairs grossed $69,800 to average $2,492.8635 Bulls grossed $88,150 to average $2,518.573 Bred cows grossed $5,350 to average $1,783.33

85 Lots grossed $248,600 to average $2,924.71Sale Management: Doug Williams and Patrick W. SimmonsAuctioneer: Lakin Oakley

New Mexico State University Horse Farm - Mesilla Park, NM

CCattle buyers from New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, California, and Mexico gathered to purchase rangeland seed stock from students, staff, and faculty of NMSU April 24, 2010. Six two year old Brangus bulls sold for an average

of $2,460 and a two year old Angus bull sold for $2,500. Yearling An-gus and Brangus bulls averaged $2,210 and 2,355, respectively. Nine yearling Angus and Brangus heifers sold for an average of $977. Two yearling Brahman bulls sold for $800 each.

The initial marketing of semen from the 2010 American Brahman Breeders Premier Show Bull (i.e., NMSU Garrett Manso 7057) was pur-chased by Lee McKellar of Mt. Pleasant TX ($36.25/dose). Calving ease Angus bulls bred for semi-arid rangeland were in high demand. The

Jornada Experimental Range purchased NMSU 9007 for $3,200 and Swenson Cattle Company purchased NMSU 9120 for $3,100. Adjust-ed birth weight for these two bulls was 69 lbs. A balanced and rug-ged yearling Brangus bull (NMSU 9052) topped the Brangus offering at $3,200. He is a grandson of NMSU 652, which ranks number 15 in the Brangus breed for the trait of total maternal. Bull was purchased by Stuart Taylor of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station.

Conniff F Cross Farms of Las Cruces, NM purchased the high selling Angus heifer ($1,600 for Miss NMSU 9012). She’s an AI progeny of SS Decatur 55H. Robbs Brangus of Wilcox, AZ purchased the high sell-ing Brangus heifer for $1,500 (Miss NMSU News Man 9085). Her dam and maternal grand-dam are both Summit Award Winners. Volume buyers were: Swenson Cattle Company, Stanford TX, Stuart Taylor of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, George Rauch of Carlsbad, NM, and Buckhorn Ranch of Cliff, NM. Catalogue and vid-eo of the animals can be viewed at: http://aces.nmsu.edu/academ-ics/anrs/annual-cattle--horse-sal.htm

May 1, 2010 - Devine, TX

The JLS Winning Tradition VIII Sale was once again well attend-ed. Cattle sold into four states including Texas, Louisiana, Mis-sissippi, and Missouri. Volume buyers included Wayne Knox of Hempstead, TX; Dillard Cattle Company of Katy, TX; Bill Kal-

lup of Houston, TX; and High Lonesome Ranch of San Antonio, TX.

High selling lots included:* Ms JLS Kelly 915t47: A Bright Side of Brinks 789G5 daughter with a Suhn’s Affirmed 416N4 heifer calf at side, sold to Santa Rosa Ranch of Navasota, TX for $25,000.

* Ms JLS Rose 915S2: A Mr. Townsed-Lucky 13/7 daughter with a bull calf by IH Bart 535S16 at side. Mark Kidd of Lytle, TX had the winning bid at $13,500.

* High Selling Open Heifer: She is a daughter of Skyhawks Presidente and was purchased by Katie Knox of Hempstead, TX for $13,500.

* Mr JLS affirmed 915U72: Tommy Ladewig of Brenham, TX had the winning bid of $9,250 on this Suhn’s Affirmed 416N4 son.

* Mr JLS 269 - 734U: A son of Mr DDR 269, Keller Ranch of Junc-tion, TX took him home with a bid of $8,000.

* Mr JLS Link 915U36: The Branch Ranch of Mansfield, LA took home this CNF Link-H 457L son with a bid of $6,250.

Sale Breakdown6 Open heifers grossed $45,700 to average $7,61716 Bred females grossed $48,450 to average $3,02950 Cow-calf pairs grossed $186,300 to average $3,726

72 Female lots grossed $280,450 to average $3,8967 Bull lots grossed $39,100 to average $5,586Sale Management: Bruns Sales CompanyAuctioneer: Lakin Oakley

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May 8, 2010 - Raymond, MS

The Stars and Stripes Sale sold into nine states that were repre-sented by 39 buyers. Volume buyers were: The Eagles Ranch of Evergreen, LA; Poplar Springs Ranch of Poplarville, MS; and Trey Cuevas of Purvis, MS.

High selling lots included:* d Bar d Ms fancy 37W: Stacy Kean of Lake Wales, FL outlasted all bidders on this open heifer at $32,500. She is a daughter of Brinks Tracker 392R26.

* Ms 38 Center Ranch 820M8: A first generation daughter of OCC Anchor 771A, this bred cow was purchased by The Eagles Ranch of Evergreen, LA for $10,000.

* Brinks tracker 392R26: The Eagles Ranch of Evergreen, LA pur-chased half semen interest on this Sundance of Brinks 392G9 son for $9,500

* d Bar d Mr amos Moses 23t1: A son of the high selling Brinks Tracker 392R26, he was purchased for $6,000 by Skyhawk Brangus of Tyler, TX.

Sale Breakdown12 Open heifers grossed $65,100 to average $5,42513 Bred females grossed $40,000 to average $3,07727 Cow-calf pairs grossed $75,150 to average $2,7837 Open commercial heifers grossed $5,940 to average $848

13 Bred commercial females grossed $16,750 to average $1,288

52 Female lots grossed $180,250 to average $3,4666 Bull lots grossed $22,350 to average $3,72520 Commercial female lots grossed $22,720 to average $1,136Sale Management: Bruns Sales CompanySale Consultant: Chris SankeyAuctioneer: Lakin Oakley

March 13, 2010 - Ada, OK

The Indian Nations/Oklahoma Brangus Association Sale sent cattle into three states. Ninety buyers purchased cattle in-cluding volume buyers Tommy Craighead of Ardmore, OK; Rafter B Livestock of Stratford, OK; Mark Rollins of Davis, OK;

Wing-N-On of Asher, OK; and Fuller Brangus of Moyals, OK.

High selling lots included:* JG Miss 136U tank: A daughter of JG Mr 314 Houston Tank 61, she sold as a bred heifer to 5K Brangus of Purcell, OK for $1,750. She was consigned by Gorzyca and Sons of Harrah, OK.

* High Selling Open Heifer: Consigned by 4H Brangus of Fredrick, OK, this Brinks Sundance 75P8 daughter was purchased by Wheat Belt Farms of Enid, OK for $1,200.

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* JG Mr 793 Unheard Of 314C: MK Ranch of Era, TX purchased this JG Mr Unheard Of 314 Hawk son for $3,850. He was consigned by Gorzyca and Son of Harrah, OK.

* Brinks CeO 415U2: Consigned by Kirbyrosa Cattle Company of Wanette, OK, this Brinks CEO 468N17 son was purchased by Chris Miesner of Charleston, AR for $3,500.

* Mr L Pay day 324U: Purchased by Boeckman Farms of Nashville, AR for $2,900. This son of Brinks Sonar 302P58 was consigned by Labrada Brangus of Boswell, OK.

Sale Breakdown44 Open heifers grossed $36,860 to average $83815 Bred females grossed $17,225 to average $1,149100 Open commercial heifers grossed $75,185 to average $75228 Bred commercial females grossed $30,470 to average $1,0882 Commercial cow-calf pairs grossed $2,650 to average $1,325

59 Female lots grossed $54,085 to average $91762 Bull lots grossed $112,325 to average $1,812130 Commercial female lots grossed $108,305 to average $833Sale Management: Dotson and DeanAuctioneer: Wes Dotson

nEWs&notEWorthYkyle devOll jOins sOutheRn cattle cOmPany

Southern Cattle Company is pleased to announce the addition of Kyle Devoll to their staff. Kyle will join the ranch as Director of Mar-keting. In this position he will be able to put to use his years of experi-ence in marketing seedstock cattle.

Kyle is a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M and holds a BS in Animal Sci-ence. Shortly after graduation Kyle married Crystal they have resided in Giddings, TX ever since. Both have always been extremely active in the cattle business and in 1997 they formed a cattle consulting/ sale management company and worked in the Limousin breed until 2005. While in the Limousin breed they consulted privately for nu-merous herds in the United States in such areas as genetics, nutrition, herd health, and marketing. They also managed registered Limousin sales as well.

In 2005 an opportunity arose that allowed Kyle and Crystal to start working with Brangus breeders. This is the breed that Crystal grew up in, so it was nice to, in a way, come home. For the last 5 years Kyle has worked with registered Brangus breeders across the United States in a private herd consultant capacity. He has also worked on most of the major Brangus sales for the last several years in a capacity of market-ing cattle.

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yOuth beef leadeRs maP theiR glObal futuRe at ybicYoung cattle producers focused on “Mapping Our Global Future”

by attending the 2010 Youth Beef Industry Congress (YBIC), March 25-28, in Bloomington, Minn. The biennial event gathered 118 young leaders of junior beef breed and state junior cattlemen organizations to interact with one another while exploring their futures.

Designed for youth leaders in the beef industry, the 2010 YBIC was sponsored by the U. S. Beef Breeds Council, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Land O’ Lakes Purina Feeds, Igenity, Drovers, Trans Ova Genetics and BEEF magazine. The focus of “Mapping Our Global Fu-ture” featured genetics and the use of DNA technology in the beef industry, as well as the use of social networking to spread positive beef industry mes-sages to consumers worldwide.

“Life is like an auction, and we must recognize opportunities, make good decisions and be motivated to make the best of the sale,” sug-gested Kevin Ochsner, the keynote speaker for YBIC. Ochsner, a for-mer YBIC participant and co-partner in Adayana, told attendees to grasp their leadership roles and to develop their potential as mouth-pieces for the beef industry.

Kim Anderson, University of Georgia Fanning Institute, discussed developing and capitalizing on personal leadership skills. “Working together is key,” Anderson reminded all YBIC participants. “We must band together to take full advantage of each individual’s skills in be-ing one voice for the beef industry, instead of competing only for our

individual organizations.”

Friday morning the group toured the University of Minnesota (U of M) UMORE Park Beef Cattle Research Center under the coordination of the Minnesota Beef Team. YBIC attendees toured the research facility, the U of M Animal Science and Meat Science de-partments, harvest facility and meat lab, as well as Digital Angel, a division of Destron-Fearing specializing in electronic identification for the live-stock, pet and salmon/fish industries.

YBIC presentations featured a variety of topics, including genetic factors and their effect on feedlot performance, carcass quality and reproduction; the implications of U.S. genetics in other countries; ed-ucating consumers about the beef industry; beef carcass fabrication; and alternative beef marketing and cookery.

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about the authorclifford mitchell is a second generation cattleman who currently owns and operates Elkhorn creek, a freelance communications business in guthrie, oklahoma. upon graduation from oklahoma state university he began a career in communications, starting as a field reporter. mitchell currently writes for a wide range of beef publications.

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The statement “I have a ranch to run”, has rarely had as diverse of a meaning as it does today. These success-ful businessmen probably would give Donald Trump a run for his money (if they had his resources). Keeping track of all the daily activities leads to an organized op-erator looking to generate profit or cut expenses with every decision.

On the ranch, keeping the delicate balance of a profit loss statement or cash flow must correspond with mak-ing correct decisions from a genetic improvement standpoint. Genetically superior animals never go out of style. Many ranchers today manage data with a com-puter program or use the internet to communicate with customers and purchase goods or services. Advanced reproductive technology (ART), like artificial insemina-tion, compared to some technology, has been around for a long time. Even though only a small percentage of cattlemen take advantage of AI, the ones who believe in it will tell you it is a great tool for genetic improvement.

“Only three to seven percent of beef producers take advantage of AI. Most of them are probably purebred breeders. Most who aren’t doing some use cost or level of management as an excuse not to AI,” says Dr. Joe Paschal, Texas AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, Texas.

“I have been AIing cows since 1979 or ’80. If I make the right mat-ing decisions, it allows me to reach performance goals, tighten calv-ing interval and produce cattle that have the body style and look that I want,” says Steve Emmons, Emmons Ranch, Fairfield, Texas.

“I can use the best bulls in the breed at a fraction of what it would cost to own them. There are a lot of really good bulls out there that money can’t buy or if it did, I don’t have enough of it. I can afford to buy a straw of semen on the better bulls in the breed based on what-ever criteria I am selecting for,” says Davin Vaughn, Vaughn Family Farms, Mt. Vernon, Missouri.

The “tools of the trade” baffle some cattlemen because they do not know where to start. Most will know what goal they are trying to reach, but cannot draw the map to get there. Defining the end-point could help producers decide what steps to take.

“Producers have to decide where they want to be and what they can market. If a producer sells all calves at weaning then select easy calving bulls with as much growth as you can get. If you want to keep some heifers, easy calving should still be on the list, but then moder-ate growth and look for some maternal. Selecting for high growth in this situation could eventually have a negative affect on mature cow

Decir “tengo que administrar una operación ganadera,” jamás ha tenido un significado tan diverso como hoy en día. Estos empresarios probablemente le podrían hacer sudar tinta a Donald Trump (si tuvieran los recursos de él). Darle seguimiento a todas las actividades cotidianas pro-duce un operador organizado que trata de generar utili-dades o reducir gastos con cada decisión que toma.

En la hacienda/finca, el mantenimiento de un equilibrio delicado en el estado de pérdidas y ganancias debe corre-sponder con la toma de buenas decisiones desde el punto de vista del mejoramiento genético. Animales genética-mente superiores nunca pasan de moda. Muchos ganade-ros manejan sus datos con programas de computación o usan la internet para comunicarse con clientes y comprar bienes o servicios. En comparación con otras tecnologías, las tecnologías avanzadas para la reproducción (TAR), tal como la inseminación artificial (IA), han existido por mucho tiempo. Aunque sólo un pequeño porcentaje de ganade-ros aprovechan el uso de la IA, los que creen en ella le dirán que es un maravilloso método para mejorar la genética.

“Sólo de tres a siete por ciento de los productores de ganado de carne aprovechan el uso de la IA. La mayoría de éstos probablemente son criadores de ganado puro.

La mayoría de los que no la usan, dicen que el costo o el nivel de manejo es una excusa para no usarla,” dice el Dr. Joe Paschal, de Tex-as AgriLife Extension en Corpus Christi, Texas.

“He estado inseminando artificialmente a vacas desde 1979 ó 1980. Si tomo buenas decisiones de apareamiento, puedo lograr las metas de desempeño, acortando el intervalo entre pariciones y pro-duciendo ganado que tiene el estilo de cuerpo y el aspecto que yo quiero,” dice Steve Emmons, de Emmons Ranch en Fairfield, Texas.

“Puedo usar los mejores toros de la raza a una fracción de lo que me costaría ser dueño de uno de ellos. Realmente hay muchos toros muy buenos ahí afuera que el dinero no puede comprar, o si se vendieran, yo no tengo suficiente dinero como para comprarlos. Pero sí puedo comprar un popote/pajilla de semen de los mejores toros de la raza y conforme a mis criterios de selección,” dice Davin Vaughn, de Vaughn Family Farms en Mt. Vernon, Missouri.

Las “herramientas del oficio” confunden a algunos ganaderos porque no saben por dónde empezar. La mayoría sí sabe la meta que están tratando de lograr, pero no pueden dibujar el mapa para llegar a esa meta. Si se definiera el punto final del proceso sería más fácil ayudar a los productores decidir los pasos que deben tomar.

“Los productores deben decidir adónde quieren llegar y lo que pueden mercadear. Si un productor vende todos los becerros al destete, entonces debe seleccionar toros con la característica de fa-cilidad de parto y con todo el crecimiento que se pueda conseguir. Si un productor quiere guardar algunas vaquillonas, la facilidad de




size,” Paschal says. “No matter what the end product goal is anybody can synchronize and breed to average bulls, those days are over. AI allows you to select bulls that will add profitability. There is a lot of profit potential if you can market the end product correctly.”

“I don’t think anything adds more value to your herd than the bull you breed to. A cow has one calf per year, she affects one percent of the calf crop,” Vaughn says. “That bull is going to positively or nega-tively affect at least 30 or 40 percent, maybe even 100 percent of the calf crop.”

Finding value in AI can come through many forms of genetic man-agement. Creating marketable offspring through mating superior genetics is an obvious offshoot of AI.

“I have to take advantage of all the tools I can to add value to my calf crop. AI helps me increase value because I can use highly promoted bulls and people buy on known pedigree,” Emmons says. “Before synchronization, people had bad experiences because they didn’t heat check properly or it was more work than initially thought. Heat synchronization programs are so good today anyone can AI.”

“If I own a really good bull, even if I use him twice a year, 80 calves would be the most I am going to get,” Vaughn says. “With AI and natural service I can breed every cow on the place to that bull if I want to. I like the consistency AI brings to the calf crop, especially, my terminal calves. If there’s only a 25 pound difference in that load of calves, usually I am going to get paid a premium.”

“Even though AI is thought to be expensive, it allows producers to use a couple really good bulls and still sample another through AI,” Paschal says. “Most of the time a producer can afford only one really good bull. Look for AI sires that fit your program and will add profitability to their offspring. Stacking proven pedigrees is another way to create value.”

Sire selection is done in many ways. People look at the goals of the operation, while others look at the semen cost as a factor in which bulls they use. Proven bulls are often at the top of the list, but some producers will chance the “young guns” to help take the next step.

“AI is a relatively cheap way for producers to experiment with some new genetics. Many producers will see a young bull and like his performance and phenotype,” Paschal says. “It’s worth trying this bull and once we get calves on the ground it will tell us how he’s go-ing to fit in our breeding program. A lot of these young bulls develop into really good sires and if you sample them, usually you have a leg up.”

parto debería seguir en la lista, pero con un crecimiento más mod-erado del becerro y agregando la característica maternal. Si se se-lecciona el crecimiento grande en esta situación, a la larga se verá un efecto negativo sobre el tamaño de la vaca adulta,” dice Paschal. No importa cuál es la meta del producto final, cualquiera puede sin-cronizar y aparear usando toros normales, esos días ya no existen. La IA permite seleccionar toros que agregan la rentabilidad. Existe gran potencial de utilidades si uno sabe mercadear el producto final correctamente.”

“Yo no creo que nada agrega más valor al hato que el toro que se usa. Una vaca tiene un becerro por año, ella afecta un por ciento (1%) de la cosecha de becerros,” dice Vaughn. “Ese toro va a afectar, positiva o negativamente, a por lo menos 30 ó 40 por ciento, quizá 100% de la cosecha de becerros.”

Encontrarle el valor en la IA puede surgir a través de varias formas del manejo genético. La creación de crías mercadeables a través del apareamiento con genética de calidad superior es una rama obvia de la IA.

“Tengo que aprovechar todos los métodos que puedo para agre-garle valor a mi cosecha de becerros. La IA me ayuda a aumentar el valor porque puedo usar toros de gran promoción y mis clientes compran conforme a la genealogía conocida,” dice Emmons. “Antes de la sincronización, muchos tuvieron malas experiencias porque no sabían chequear bien los celos o porque era más trabajo de lo que originalmente habían pensado. Los programas de sincronización de celos son tan buenos hoy en día, que cualquier puede usar la IA.”

“Si yo soy dueño de un toro verdaderamente bueno, aún si lo uso dos veces por año en la monta natural, yo puedo obtener un máximo de 80 becerros,” dice Vaughn. “Con la IA y la monta natural, yo puedo aparear a todas las vacas que tengo con ese toro, si quisiera hacerlo. Me gusta la constancia que aporta la IA a la cosecha de becerros, es-pecialmente, los becerros que estaré vendiendo. Si existe una difer-encia de sólo 25 libras en ese camión de becerros, generalmente se me pagará una bonificación.”

“Aunque se cree que la IA es cara, le permite a los productores usar un par de toros realmente buenos y encima, probar a otro toro mediante la IA,” dice Paschal. La mayoría del tiempo, el productor sólo puede comprar un toro realmente bueno. Busque sementales de IA que encajan en su programa y que agregarán rentabilidad a sus crías. Otra manera de crear valor es apilar más de una geneal-ogía comprobada.”

La selección de sementales se hace de muchas maneras. Algunos se fijan en las metas de la operación; otros se fijan en el costo del semen para decidir qué toros usarán. Los toros comprobados casi siempre son los más caros, pero algunos productores deciden ar-riesgarse con los “toros jóvenes venideros” para ayudar a tomar el próximo paso.

“La IA es una manera relativamente barata para el productor que desea experimentar con genética nueva. Muchos productores verán a un toro joven y les gustará su desempeño y su fenotipo,” dice Pas-chal. “Vale la pena experimentar con este toro y cuando nacen los becerros, sabremos mejor cómo este toro encajará en nuestro pro-grama de cría. Muchos de estos toros jóvenes venideros pasan a ser sementales realmente buenos y si experimenta un poco, por lo gen-eral, tendrá una pequeña ventaja.”

“Me gusta utilizar un toro comprobado con gran cantidad de progenie. Si voy a experimentar con un toro joven, su madre ten-drá que ser una vaca realmente de gran calidad,” dice Emmons. “Sin embargo, algunas veces cuando apareamos una vaca normal con un toro normal, aparece una progenie de calidad superior. Yo quiero saber todo lo que puedo acerca de esa madre. Si ella es del tipo de vaca que me gusta, usaré el toro.”

Algunas operaciones ganaderas usan la tecnología para formar grupos grandes de genética de parentesco estrecho. Ese ganado no sólo aumenta el valor para los clientes presuntos, sino que también agrega coherencia al hato.

“Se tendrá un hato de vacas más coherentes si se crea un hato de medias hermanas y hermanas con tres cuarta consanguinidad. Una vez que se cree la coherencia, se creará mayor valor,” dice Vaughn.


“I like to use a proven bull with a lot of progeny. If I am going to sample a young bull his mother better be a really top cow,” Emmons says. “Sometimes when we mate an average cow with an average bull, we’ll get a superior individual. I want to know as much about his mother that I can. If she’s the kind of cow I like, I’ll use him.”

Some outfits look to the technology to make large groups of closely related genetics. These cattle can not only increase value from potential customers, but also add consistency to the herd.

“You will have a more consistent cow herd if you create a herd of half and three quarter sisters. Once you create some consistency, it will create value,” Vaughn says. “You can also get really consistent carcass data with half and three quarter brothers. You have a more accurate comparison between contemporaries when cattle are closely related.”

“Closely related genetics adds tremendous value to my herd. Through the use of AI and embryo transfer, I can make some fast genetic improvement,” Emmons says. “If you want to make some progress breed 20 half or three quarter sisters and you’ll get a really consistent calf crop. This is a big part of what I am trying to do and where we make a lot of improvement.”

Creating groups of closely related genetics could help fast track genetic improvement. AI also allows operations to create custom or specialized products for a certain purpose.

‘Sire groups will perform a certain way. We can create sire lines that emphasize particular traits, for instance a terminal group or maternal cattle,” Paschal says. “I am not sure sexed semen works for everybody due to extra the cost, but it has its place where producers know it adds value. In some cases a heifer is worth $500 more than her steer mate. I think it works well if you want to create a maternal line of genetics and females are important. If you’re concentrating on carcass and retain those calves through the feedyard, there could be an opportunity. I think the jury is still out due to the extra costs.”

“Sexed semen allows producers to dictate the sex of the majority of his calf crop,” Emmons says. “Depending on how you market your calves, this could be a significant premium.”

“I use sexed semen in combination with in vitro fertilization (IVF). I can use some really high cost semen and keep my costs per live calf at a reasonable level,” Vaughn says. “It’s worth it to me because I can get all heifer calves. I am trying to build my seedstock operation and I can do it with great females.”

A big debate among cattlemen is where the real dollars attached to the AI program are spent or made. Some feel the synchronization process is as much a part of the profit equation as producing geneti-cally superior animals.

“I can calve in a tight time period. When I synchronize and AI all the females in a couple days, I can walk the bull out to clean up the following cycle,” Vaughn says. “I think it reduces labor costs in the long run. We can calve 170 cows in a week to 10 days rather than checking them for 60.”

“With the new protocols we can group cattle to calve in a short time frame. We don’t have to check them for as long of duration,” Emmons says. “Before they came out with improved synchroniza-tion programs, AI was time consuming because to me heat detec-tion is the most important part of an AI program.”

“To get those calves born in a week to 10 days a lot of times we are only talking about maybe 48 hours worth of additional labor,” Paschal says. “For that extra labor, there is a lot of profit potential.”

It is no secret synchronization and AI call for a higher degree of management. When producers decide to AI cows most of the time the dominant part of their expectations come with what that cow is going to produce. When in all fairness, just increasing the level of management is going to pay huge dividends.

“If your cows aren’t cycling, you can’t AI. They will cycle if you have good enough nutrition,” Emmons says. “In this system, you are going

“También se puede obtener datos de canal realmente constantes con medios hermanos y hermanos con tres cuarta consanguinidad. Se logra una comparación más exacta entre contemporáneos cuan-do el ganado es de parentesco estrecho.”

“La genética de parentesco estrecho agrega muchísimo valor a mi hato. A través del uso de la IA y la transferencia de embriones, yo puedo mejorar la genética rápidamente,” dice Emmons. “Si qui-ero avanzar, apareo unas 20 medias hermanas y hermanas con tres cuarta consanguinidad para obtener una cosecha de becerros de gran coherencia. Esto es lo que estoy tratando de hacer y el método que usamos para lograr gran mejoramiento.”

La creación de grupos cuya genética es de parentesco estrecho puede ayudar a mejor la genética rápidamente. La IA también le permite a los operaciones ganaderas crear productos a pedido o es-pecializado para ciertos fines.

“Grupos de sementales se desempeñarán de cierta manera. No-sotros podemos crear linajes de sementales que enfatizan ciertas características en particular, por ejemplo, para un grupo final de venta o para ganado maternal,” dice Paschal. “No sé si el semen sexado funcione para todos debido al costo adicional, pero sí tiene lugar en situaciones donde los productores saben que les agregará valor. En algunos casos, una vaquillona vale $500 más que un novillo contemporáneo. Creo que el sexado funciona si se quiere crear un linaje genético maternal donde las hembras son importantes. Si usted prefiere concentrarse en la canal y mantener propiedad de los becerros hasta que salen del corral de engorda, podría haber una oportunidad. Sin embargo, todavía falta consenso debido a los cos-tos adicionales.”

“El semen sexado le permite a los productores dictar el sexo de la mayoría de su cosecha de becerros,” dice Emmons. “Dependiendo de la manera en que se mercadean los becerros, eso podría repre-sentar una bonificación importante.”

“Yo uso semen sexado en combinación con la fecundación in vitro (FIV). Puedo usar semen de costo muy alto y al mismo tiempo, man-tener mis costos por becerro vivo a un nivel razonable,” dice Vaughn. “A mi me conviene porque consigo casi todas becerras hembras. Es-toy tratando de aumentar mi operación de pie de cría y lo puedo hacer con hembras de gran calidad.”

Una gran polémica entre los ganaderos es dónde se gastan o gan-an los dólares verdaderos cuando se usa un programa de IA. Algu-nos están convencidos de que el proceso de sincronización es tanto parte de la ecuación de utilidades como la producción de animales de genética superior.

“Puedo logar que todos los partos ocurran en poco tiempo. Pue-do sincronizar y usar la IA con todas las hembras en un par de días, luego les pongo el toro para que termine de aparearlas durante el próximo ciclo de celos,” dice Vaughn. “Creo que a la larga, eso reduce los costos de mano de obra. Podemos hacer parir a 170 vacas en una semana ó 10 días, en vez de estar chequeándolas por 60 días.”

“Con los nuevos protocolos podemos agrupar las vacas para parir en poco tiempo. No las tenemos que andar chequeando por semanas y semanas,” dice Emmons. “Antes de que hubiera acceso a programas de sincronización mejorada, la IA tardaba mucho tiempo porque para mi, la detección del celo es la parte más importante de cualquier programa de IA.”

“Para que dichos becerros nazcan en una semana ó 10 días, es-tamos básicamente hablando de quizás 48 horas de mano de obra adicional,” dice Paschal. “Con sólo esa mano de obra adicional, existe el potencial de buenas utilidades.”

No es ningún secreto que la sincronización de celos y la IA requi-eren un alto nivel de manejo. Cuando los productores deciden usar la IA con sus vacas, la mayor parte del tiempo lo que más domina sus expectativas viene de lo que producirá la vaca. Pero para ser justo, con sólo aumentar el nivel de manejo, ya se verán grandes benefi-cios.

“Si sus vacas no entran en celo, usted no las puede inseminar arti-ficialmente. Ellas entrarán en celo si usted tiene suficiente nutrición,” dice Emmons. “Con este sistema, usted podrá identificar las que se desempeñan bien y las que vienen arrastrando. Usted también iden-



to identify hard doers and poor performers. You’ll also identify cows that AI easily and figure out their daughters will do the same. We AI’d 35 heifers and in 60 days 33 of them were pregnant. AI forces you to select for fertility and it shows. You also find out interesting things about individual cows, like some cows will be in standing heat six to eight hours and others just for one.”

“With all this work management has increased. We have to have good herd health and nutrition. Good heat detection and insemi-nation technique are also important,” Paschal says. “As we work to improve all these things we are going to make more efficient use of time, labor and dollars because we can concentrate on making ge-netic improvement. We can create offspring that fit whatever mar-keting system we have and do it in the most cost effective manner.”

“When I ask my cows to perform a certain way it makes my selec-tion and culling decisions easier. You find out a lot of things when you start AIing a cow herd,” Vaughn says. “When you get those cows up and palpate them, especially heifers, sometimes you realize something isn’t right, cull her right then and not waste any more resources on her. Fertility is another trait you learn a great deal about and sometimes figure out that cow doesn’t belong in your herd.”

In these times of economic recession, value is sometimes hard to discover. Making genetic improvement should speak loud and clear from one generation to the next; however, does this always create value or add profitability. Using ART to fine tune the system and pro-duce genetically superior animals is no guarantee.

Successful operations will tweak this system to fit the marketing plan. Overall goals will be met from a cost, profit and genetic im-provement standpoint. Using ART and synchronization programs to streamline the assembly line may be the quickest way for producers to lock in profit.

“A lot of people look at the high cost of semen and say how does AI save any money. My AI sired calves have an automatically per-ceived higher value,” Vaughn. “If I have a lot of calves out of one bull, I know if he works in my herd or not and if his calves add value. AI and synchronization help us keep costs in check and add value to the calf crop.”

“AI makes you a better cow man. You are a lot more in tune with your cattle because you spend more time with them,” Emmons says. “I have been doing this a long time and you can learn a whole lot about your cow herd. I still have to make the right mating decisions to see added value, but we control our costs and use resources ef-ficiently when we manage them better.”

“There are a lot of costs that get piled onto AI, when they should go to herd improvement. When we fine tune our management for AI we aren’t going to do it with half the herd, we’re going to apply it to the entire herd. Once the cost of AI is paid for the rest is genetic improvement,” Paschal says. “If you tighten your calving season 30 days that’s a savings of roughly $2/day; if we save one or two percent more calves due to better herd health; if we get five percent more cows bred in the desired time frame because of better nutrition: these are savings people don’t even realize and they add up quickly. People are too wrapped up in what’s going to pay, when there is a lot of value created through better management.”

tificará a vacas que son fáciles de inseminar artificialmente y podrá calcular si sus hijas van a ser iguales o no. Nosotros usamos la IA con 35 vaquillonas y en 60 días, 33 de ellas estaban preñadas. La IA forzará la selección según la fertilidad y le dará mejores resultados. Además, se enterará de otras cosas interesantes con cada vaca indi-vidual, por ejemplo, algunas vacas estarán en celo receptivo o franco de seis a ocho horas, otras por sólo una hora.”

“Con todo este trabajo, claro que ha aumentado el manejo. Debe-mos tener buena salud en todo el hato y también buena nutrición. La buena detección del celo y la técnica usada en la IA también son de importancia,” dice Paschal. Al tratar de mejorar todas estas cosas, estaremos usando el tiempo, la mano de obra y el dinero de modo más eficiente, porque nos podemos concentrar en mejorar la gené-tica. Podemos crear progenie que encaja en el sistema de mercadeo que tenemos y hacerlo de la manera más económica posible.”

“Cuando les pido a mis vacas que se desempeñen de cierta man-era, se facilita la toma de decisiones de tanto la selección como el desecho de las vacas. Uno se entera de muchas cosas cuando se em-pieza a usar la IA en un hato de vacas,” dice Vaughn. “Cuando esté palpando a las hembras, especialmente las vaquillonas, a veces uno se da cuenta de algo está mal, deséchela en ese momento y no der-roche más recursos en ella. La fertilidad es otra característica sobre la cual uno aprende mucho y a veces uno se da cuenta que una vaca realmente no pertenece en el hato.”

En estos tiempo de recesión económica, es a veces, difícil descu-brir el valor. El mejoramiento genético debería ser obvio de una gen-eración a la próxima, pero ¿será que esto siempre crea valor o agrega utilidades? Al usar la TRA para ajustar precisamente el sistema y pro-ducir animales de genética superior no es una garantía.

Las operaciones que tienen éxito, afinarán este sistema para que encaje en el plan de mercadeo. El total de las metas se satisfará desde el punto de vista de costos, utilidades y mejoramiento gené-tico. El uso de las tecnologías avanzadas para la reproducción y los programas de sincronización de celo para poder aerodinamizar la línea de ensamblaje, bien pudiera ser la manera más rápida para que un productor realice utilidades.

“Mucha gente mira al alto costo del semen y pregunta ¿cómo me ahorra dinero la IA? Mis becerros padreados por IA automáti-camente tienen un valor percibido más alto,” dice Vaughn. “Si pro-duzco muchos becerros de un toro, sé si él funciona con mi hato o no y si sus becerros agregan valor o no. La IA y la sincronización nos ayudan a poner los costos en jaque y agregar valor a la cosecha de becerros.”

“La IA lo hará mejor ganadero. Estará mucho más sinton-izado con su hato porque se pasa más tiempo con él,” dice Emmons. “Yo he estado haciendo esto por mucho tiempo y he aprendido muchísimo sobre mi hato de vacas. Aún así, tengo que tomar bue-nas decisiones de apareamiento para agregarle valor, pero controlo los costos y uso los recursos con mayor eficiencia cuando mejoro el manejo.”

“Hay muchos costos que se consideran ser de la IA, cuan-do se deberían atribuir al mejoramiento del hato. Cuando afinamos nuestro manejo para la IA, no lo aplicamos a la mitad del hato, sino al hato entero. Una vez que se ha pagado el costo de la IA, todo lo demás pasa a mejoramiento genético,” dice Paschal. “Si se acorta la temporada de partos a 30 días, es un ahorro de aproximadamente $2 por día; o si salvamos a 1% ó 2% más de los becerros nacidos debido a un mejor programa de salud en el hato; o si conseguimos preñar 5% más vacas dentro del período dado debido a una mejor nutrición: esos son ahorros de los cuales la mayoría ni se da cuenta y se suman rápidamente. La gente se preocupa demasiado sobre lo que quizá les rinda cuando se crea mucho valor a través del manejo mejorado.”

BJ

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Doug Williams came to be an influential figure in the cattle indus-try while upholding a diligent yet celebrated career. This success for Doug did not come overnight, however.

Growing up as a cattleman in Clarkesville Georgia, he followed the footsteps of his family always knowing his path ahead with vigor and passion. He grew up in a small community in North East Georgia. He worked with his uncle and cousin at Lovanna Farms; a Black Angus Cattle business. Williams moved on and managed a Charolais ranch from 1985-1988, Windy Hill Charolais, in Commerce Georgia. From 1988 until 1994 he held invaluable positions wearing many hats in sales, marketing and the managing show cattle for Cow Creek Ranch in Mocksville, NC. Doug then went on to manage Whipowill Land and cattle in 1994 until July 2009.

In 1990, while still at Cow Creek Ranch, he met his business part-ner, Jim Latham, and together they formed a grass routes company raising Brangus Cattle, called L&W Cattle. Today these business part-ners are highly regarded as great contributors in genetics, breeding, marketing, sales and the showing of Brangus Cattle.

In July of 2009, L&W Cattle acquired Whip-O- Will Brangus Cattle and currently lease the ranch. Doug is also the Southeast Brangus Breeders Association President and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Brangus Breeders Association. In April of 2010, he joined the Southern Cattle Company as a cattle market-ing specialist.

Williams’ efforts do not go unnoticed. As a highly decorated pro-fessional, Williams is most fond of two awards: “Herdsman of the

Year” by the International Brangus Breeders Association in 1993; and “Award of Excellence” by the Southeast Brangus Breeders Association in 2008.

Today, he and his wife, Glenda Williams, still reside in Mocksville, NC admiring the beautiful country side.


nEWs&notEWorthY Continued from page 32.


Daren Williams, NCBA director of communications, encouraged youth to spread the positive message about the beef industry and agriculture. All YBIC participants had the opportunity to complete the NCBA’s Master of Beef Advocacy (MBA) program before arriving at the YBIC conference. Amanda Nolz, freelance writer and editor of BEEF magazine’s Daily Blog, provided information on utilizing social network opportunities. Through her personal experiences, Nolz chal-lenged YBIC participants to speak out in favor of the beef industry.

Lori Maude, senior public relations manager for the Boehringer-Ingelheim account, Broadhead and Company, Minneapolis, Minn., brought ideas to the group on the importance and impact of market-ing and advertising for the beef industry. Through a group activity, Maude demonstrated three steps of producing a logo, tagline and communications for a particular product.

Youth then listened to a panel addressing the uses of DNA in the beef industry. Ron Eustice, MN Beef Council, included an overview of his research in using DNA to ascertain human inheritance. Other pan-el members included: Dr. Jon Beever, molecular genetist, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; Calvin Gunter, Pfizer Animal Genetics; and Dr. Jim Gibb, Merial-Igenity.

A past participant in the Charolais junior association and YBIC, Chad Zehnder, Land O’ Lakes Purina Feeds, urged attendees to con-tinue their development of their leadership potential, to take advan-tage of opportunities and to spread the beef industry message.

Jared Knock, Trans Ova Genetics, served as the keynote speaker for the Sunday morning breakfast that concluded YBIC. Knock en-couraged attendees to educate themselves and stay fully informed

of beef industry issues, to take full advantage of travel opportunities, read as much as possible and to build personal leadership skills and abilities.

During the conference YBIC attendees also networked, participated in a Beef Quiz Bowl and enjoyed an evening at the Mall of America.

The following organizations participated in YBIC. Please contact them to get a list of their youth participants and a group photo.

American Gelbvieh Junior Association, [email protected] Junior Chianina Association, [email protected] Junior Maine-Anjou Association, [email protected] Junior Shorthorn Association, [email protected] Junior Simmental Association, Simmental@simmgene.

comAmerican-International Charolais Association, mmader@charo-

laisusa.comIndiana Junior Cattlemen’s Association, [email protected] Junior Brangus Breeders Association, tylerwdean@

gmail.comKentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association, [email protected] Junior Angus Association, [email protected] Junior Hereford Association, [email protected] Junior Red Angus Association, [email protected] Junior Santa Gertrudis Association, n.wunderlich@hot-

mail.comNorth American South Devon Junior Association, darlynn@falls-

net.comNorth American Limousin Junior Association, [email protected] Junior Cattlemen’s Association, [email protected]

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2010 Brangus show results

Grand Champion Femaled Bar d mS delilahShowed By: Stacy Keen

SK Ranch Lake Wales, Fla.

diviSion ChampionSdivision one: Junior heifer Calf Champion TJ MS THUNDER SPIRIT Showed by: Brad Rigdon R&R Farm Glen St. Mary, Fla.division Two: Senior heifer Calf Champion MISS JR’S 464U Showed by: Joshua Rivers Bar JR Farms Glen St. Mary, Fla.division Three: Summer Champion heifer JH TROOPER’S SUE Showed by: Joshua Rivers Bar JR Farm Glen St. Mary, Statedivision Four: Yearling Champion heifer D BAR D MS DELILAH Showed by: Stacy Keen SK Ranch Lake Wales, Fla.division Five: Senior Champion heifer WOW MS JOHN WAYNE 27R-3 Showed by: Joshua Rivers Bar JR Farm Glen St. Mary, State

Grand Champion BullJh CoWGirlS KoolSide

Showed By: Brad Rigdon R&R Farm Glen St. Mary, Fla.

diviSion ChampionS division one: Junior Bull Calf Champion JH COWGIRLS BLACKHAWK KI Showed by: Brad Rigdon R&R Farm Glen St. Mary, Fla. division Two: Senior Bull Calf Champion JH MR BLACKHAWK 896 Showed by: Brad Rigdon R&R Farm Glen St. Mary, Fla. division Three: Summer Champion Bull TRIPLE T MR BLACKJACK Showed by: Stacy Keen SK Ranch Lake Wales, Fla. division Four: Yearling Champion Bull JH COWGIRLS KOOLSIDE Showed by: Brad Rigdon R&R Farm Glen St. Mary, Fla. division Five: Senior Champion Bull D BAR D HAWKEYE Showed by: Stacy Keen SK Ranch Lake Wales, Fla.

shOwrEsults

Saturday, October 30, 2010 • 12:30 p.m.Oak Creek Farms Sale Facility, Chappell Hill, Texas

Selling 160 Registered Forage Tested OCF BullsPlus 150 Commercial Heifers

Friday, October 29, 2010 ∙ Forage Field Day ∙ Registered Heifer Sale 6:30 pm

Selling Our Top 160 Registered Forage Tested OCF Bulls90 OCF Brangus • 55 OCF Red Brangus • 10 OCF Angus • 5 OCF Red Angus

Bulls Forage Tested at OCF beginning on February 25th and ending September 1st under guidelines ofTexas Forage & Grassland Council. Weights and Measures recorded by Texas A&M Extension Service.

MERITS OF FORAGE DEVELOPED BULLS:4 Efficient - raised on forages 4 Forage Testing - eliminates hard doing bulls4 Profitability - less feedlot time for progeny4 Adaptability - thrive in our hot humid climate4 Pasture Ready - do not fall apart4 Structurally Sound - less feet & leg problems4 Healthy Development - less fat forms around scrotum4 Longevity - can extend by one to three breeding seasons4 Libido - tends to be higher in good pasture ready bulls4 Finish - excellent breeding condition not real fat

Oak Creek Farms • Breeding Brangus Since 1967John & Carolyn Kopycinski • Chappel Hill, Texas • 979/836-6832

Directions from Houston: Hwy 290 (60 mi west) then 4 mi south on FM 1371

Sale Bulls DNA Tested with Complete DNA ProfileThis is the 7th year we have used DNA test results as a tool in selecting genetics.

OCF Target 8N2

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FRI OCT 29 - Schedule of Events•Viewing Cattle All Day•12:30 PM - Parade of Bulls•FORAGE FIELD DAY - 2:00 PMBreeding Cattle to Fit their EnvironmentDr. Jim Sanders – Beef Specialist, Texas A&MPhosphorus – The Next Crisis?Dr. Sam Feagley - State Soil Specialist, Texas A&M•6:30 P.M. REGISTERED HEIFER SALE40 Red Brangus & Brangus Heifers Sell! Dinner following Heifer Sale

SAT, OCT 30 - Schedule of Events8:00 AM - Coffee & Kolaches• Viewing Cattle all morning11:30 AM - BBQ Lunch• 12:30 PM - OCF Forage Tested BULL SALEFollowed by the Commercial Heifer Sale

Accommodations: La Quinta Inn, Brenham, Texas Discount Code: OCF Brangus Group#: 305Special Rate Through Sept. 22 - 979/836-5551 BULL SALE WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST

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aussies invite the wORld tO ‘cOme On dOwn’It’s time to start planning for a trip Down Under, as the Australian

Brangus Cattle Association (ABCA) plans the Sixth World Brangus Congress and invites Brangus breeders across the world to ‘Come On Down’.

The 2012 event will be based at Australia’s premier across-breed cattle exhibition, Beef Australia, held in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton every three years. ‘Beef Week’ draws tens of thou-sands to Rockhampton and features cattle breeds from the length and breadth of the country.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to invite Brangus breeders from across the globe to Australia for this exciting event – we have some of the most challenging and diverse conditions in the world right here in Australia – the perfect setting to showcase the adaptability of Brangus cattle,” said ABCA president Allan Schutt.

The five-day World Brangus Congress will take in semi-nars, commer-cial and stud cattle inspec-tions and judg-ing, pre and post-congress tours and a gala dinner with Brangus breeders from all nations. Among other events being planned for the

Aussie Brangus World Congress is a Centre Ring Feature Bull and Heifer Sale (with

led animals). There will also be the chance to get plenty of Aussie experiences, with a camp oven dinner and a demonstration of camp-drafting (Australia’s own horse sport) also being offered.

A promotional Australian Brangus DVD, shot last year during the dust storms which engulfed the eastern states, was shown in Para-guay and the IBBA conference in Houston in April.

“The conditions at the time could not have been more challenging

for this project - with massive dust storms looming. The videographer managed to get fresh footage of red and black Brangus, and tied it in with some historical images and photos of this beautiful part of the world,” said Congress marketing spokesperson Amanda Salisbury.

ABCA Congress chairman Ian Galloway travelled to the USA early this month to share promotional material and Congress plans with international Brangus breeders at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas.

International guests are invited to get in early and check out the proposed pre- and post-Congress tours online.

Pre- Congress tour options include:- A 7-day tour of New South Wales and Queensland. Wel-

come in Sydney, winery visits, visits to several NSW and Queensland properties through a variety of unique Aussie landscapes.

- A 4-day tour will take visitors from Queensland’s capital Brisbane, include the Sunshine Coast’s Australia Zoo, and catered vis-its to a number of Queensland Brangus studs.

Post-Congress tours:- A 5-day tour of the southern state of Victoria including Man

from Snowy River country, winery, snowfields and Australia’s capital city, Canberra.

- A North Queensland tour to include visits to our famous rainforests and Great Barrier Reef.

Organisers urge overseas visitors to register their interest in their chosen tour/s early – tours will only run if there is sufficient interest. More information on the Sixth World Brangus Congress (Australia) tours and activities can be found at www.brangus.com.au.

For more information please contact ABCA: Ian Galloway ([email protected]) or Colin Rex ([email protected]). Beef Australia info: http://www.beefaustralia.com.au/

Pictured L-R: ABCA President Allan Schutt, World Brangus Con-gress (Australia) Chairman Ian Galloway and Beef Australia CEO Noel Landry invite international Brangus breeders to be part of the 2012 World Brangus Congress, Rockhampton, Australia.

Campdrafting: See Australia’s unique horse sport, campdrafting, in action during your stay.

Pictured L-R: Australian representatives at the Houston Show were Australian World Congress Chairman Ian Galloway and wife Anne, and breeders Luke and Chloe Keogh.

The Winners: The winning team with the Champion Female of Show (Beef Austra-lia 2009), a black Brangus cow with calf.

Saturday, October 30, 2010 • 12:30 p.m.Oak Creek Farms Sale Facility, Chappell Hill, Texas

Selling 160 Registered Forage Tested OCF BullsPlus 150 Commercial Heifers

Friday, October 29, 2010 ∙ Forage Field Day ∙ Registered Heifer Sale 6:30 pm

Selling Our Top 160 Registered Forage Tested OCF Bulls90 OCF Brangus • 55 OCF Red Brangus • 10 OCF Angus • 5 OCF Red Angus

Bulls Forage Tested at OCF beginning on February 25th and ending September 1st under guidelines ofTexas Forage & Grassland Council. Weights and Measures recorded by Texas A&M Extension Service.

MERITS OF FORAGE DEVELOPED BULLS:4 Efficient - raised on forages 4 Forage Testing - eliminates hard doing bulls4 Profitability - less feedlot time for progeny4 Adaptability - thrive in our hot humid climate4 Pasture Ready - do not fall apart4 Structurally Sound - less feet & leg problems4 Healthy Development - less fat forms around scrotum4 Longevity - can extend by one to three breeding seasons4 Libido - tends to be higher in good pasture ready bulls4 Finish - excellent breeding condition not real fat

Oak Creek Farms • Breeding Brangus Since 1967John & Carolyn Kopycinski • Chappel Hill, Texas • 979/836-6832

Directions from Houston: Hwy 290 (60 mi west) then 4 mi south on FM 1371

Sale Bulls DNA Tested with Complete DNA ProfileThis is the 7th year we have used DNA test results as a tool in selecting genetics.

OCF Target 8N2

Forage Efficient Cattle = Profit

Pre-Sale Video of Bulls Coming Soon

FRI OCT 29 - Schedule of Events•Viewing Cattle All Day•12:30 PM - Parade of Bulls•FORAGE FIELD DAY - 2:00 PMBreeding Cattle to Fit their EnvironmentDr. Jim Sanders – Beef Specialist, Texas A&MPhosphorus – The Next Crisis?Dr. Sam Feagley - State Soil Specialist, Texas A&M•6:30 P.M. REGISTERED HEIFER SALE40 Red Brangus & Brangus Heifers Sell! Dinner following Heifer Sale

SAT, OCT 30 - Schedule of Events8:00 AM - Coffee & Kolaches• Viewing Cattle all morning11:30 AM - BBQ Lunch• 12:30 PM - OCF Forage Tested BULL SALEFollowed by the Commercial Heifer Sale

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camP cOOley genetics and elgin bReeding seRvice wORking tOgetheRCamp Cooley Genetics and Elgin Breeding Service have had a close

working relationship for years. We are proud to announce the ex-pansion of that relationship. Effective immediately EBS will be re-sponsible for the semen collection from all of our bulls. After serious consideration and reviewing all of the opportunities, we came to the decision which will offer us and our customers numerous benefits of working with the established and professional team at EBS. We urge all of our customers to join us in this very beneficial relationship and move all your custom semen collection to EBS.

Elgin Breeding Service was founded by Dr. WH Cardwell in 1954. Since that time, EBS has grown into one of the largest and most ex-perienced custom semen collection companies in the world. EBS is a CSS certified facility that is family owned and managed. Three gen-erations, with Hillary Voelker as manager of EBS/WEST, are involved

with the company.

Elgin Breeding Service is dedicated to semen collection and stor-age. One of the many benefits of bulls collected by EBS is their com-mitment to year-around collection. EBS/WEST is situated at a cool, dry 7,000 foot altitude giving bulls an ideal environment for summer-time semen collection. This location is also CSS certified to allow for collection of semen for sale in the international markets.

When you need to collect bulls, purchase or market semen, noth-ing has changed. Camp Cooley Genetics will organize for our cus-tomers the bull collection and semen storage at EBS. We will con-tinue to market both our Camp Cooley Genetics’ semen and that of our customers.

sOutheRn cattle cOmPany hOlds 1st annual field daySouthern Cattle Company held their first annual field day, titled

“Facing the Future Head On”, on Saturday, May 15, 2010. There were approximately 250 people in attendance to hear the powerful lineup

of speakers that had traveled from all across the United States to come and speak and share their insight into

the future of the cattle business.

The crowd was composed of commercial and registered cattle-

men alike. Two of IBBA’s board members were in attendance, Bill Davis and Doug Wil-liams, as well as Grant Keenen (Director of Commercial Marketng for

IBBA). Grant gave a presentation on how Brangus can play a pivotal role in this ever changing cattle business. There wee also several new Brangus breeders in at-tendance as well.

Not only did

attendees get to hear these lead-ers of agriculture but tour buses were lined up to take everyone out across the ranch as well. Attendees were able to see the

ranching operations of Southern Cattle Company and they also got to see for themselves a piece of cutting edge technology. Everyone was given a tour of the GrowSafe feed efficiency facility. Southern Cattle Company partners with

the University of Florida on this fa-cility and has been collecting invalu-able data that will impact the entire beef industry.

If you were un-able to attend or just wish to review what you saw, you can visit www.southerncatt le -company.com and the videos will be available after June 15th.




bOvi-shield gOld® fP® 5 l5 hb nOw available in 5-dOse vialProduct line offers 5-way viral protection and prevents lepto hardjo-bovis

neW YORK — May 6, 2010 — Producers have a new vaccination management option with the introduction of a 5-dose vial for Bovi-Shield GOLD® FP® 5 L5 HB. Pfizer Animal Health now offers the vac-cine in convenient 5-, 10- and 50-dose vials.

Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB helps provide superior protection

against five major viral pathogens: IBR, PI3, BRSV, and BVD Types 1 and 2, and prevents Lepto hardjo-bovis.*

“It is important for each producer to work with his or her veterinar-

ian to develop an individualized vaccination program that protects cattle from Lepto hardjo-bovis and other important reproductive diseases,” says Glenn Rogers, DVM, MS, DABVP, Veterinary Operations, Pfizer Animal Health. “The new 5-dose option gives producers ex-panded flexibility within their vaccination programs.”

Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB offers an unmatched duration of im-

munity, with at least 365 days of protection from IBR abortions; BVD Types 1 and 2 persistent infection; and Lepto hardjo-bovis infection, urinary shedding and kidney colonization. It also offers producers convenience and flexibility since it can be administered either intra-muscularly or subcutaneously.

Lepto hardjo-bovis is the most prevalent strain of Leptospira in U.S.

cow herds. A study found 42 percent of beef herds were infected.1 What’s more, a previously reported study also suggested 59 percent of U.S. dairy herds may be infected with Leptospira.2 In both beef and dairy cattle, this disease may cause poor reproductive perfor-mance, early embryonic death, delayed breeding, abortions, weak or stillborn calves, and unexplained infertility.

“Without an effective vaccination program in place, Lepto hardjo-

bovis can be a destructive problem that can go undetected and harm a herd’s reproductive health and efficiency,” Dr. Rogers adds. “That’s why producers should implement a vaccination protocol that not only prevents Lepto hardjo-bovis and helps protect an operation’s reproductive investment, but also is convenient and fits the needs of their specific operations. The addition of a 5-dose vial option for Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB provides just that.”

For more information on Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB, produc-

ers should contact their local veterinarian, animal health supplier or Pfizer Animal Health representative.

Pfizer Animal Health, a business of Pfizer Inc., is a world leader in

discovering and developing innovative animal prescription medi-cines and vaccines, investing an estimated $300 million annually. Beyond the U.S., Pfizer Animal Health also supports veterinarians and their customers in more than 60 countries around the world. For more information on how Pfizer Animal Health works to ensure a safe, sustainable global food supply with healthy livestock and poul-

try, or how Pfizer helps companion animals and horses to live longer, healthier lives, visit www.pfizerah.com.

Product Photo Cutline: The introduction of a 5-dose vial of Bovi-

Shield GOLD® FP® 5 L5 HB provides producers with a new vaccination management option. Pfizer Animal Health now offers the vaccine in 5-, 10- and 50-dose vials.

1. Wikse SE, Rogers GM, et al. Herd prevalence and risk factors of Leptospira

infection in beef cow/calf operations in the United States: Leptospira borgpe-tersenii serovar hardjo. The Bovine Practitioner 2007;41(1):15-23.

2. Bolin CA. Bovine leptospirosis prevalent in U.S. dairy herds. Bov Vet Feb. 14-15, 2003.

*LABEL INDICATIONS: The Bovi-Shield GOLD line and PregGuard®

GOLD FP® 10 are recommended for vaccination of healthy cows and heifers approximately 1 month prior to breeding. These products can also be administered to pregnant cattle provided they were vacci-nated, according to label directions, with any Bovi-Shield GOLD FP or PregGuard GOLD FP vaccine prior to breeding initially and within 12 months thereafter. Failure to follow label directions may result in abortions. The Bovi-Shield GOLD line may be administered to calves nursing pregnant cows, provided their dams were vaccinated within the last 12 months as described above. Consistent with good vaccina-tion practices, heifers should receive at least two vaccine doses, with the second dose administered approximately 30 days pre-breeding.

All brands are the property of Pfizer Inc., its affiliates and/or its li-

censors. ©2010 Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved. BSD10003


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ameRican maRketing seRvice fORmed tO seRve the cattle industRyRichard Hood, Trey Kirkpatrick and Mark Cowan announced the

formation of American Marketing Service, Inc.(AMS) With offices in Wheelock and Detroit, Texas, this new force in the cattle industry will provide a full array of marketing services.

American Marketing Service will target its service to the Southern Cattle Industry through superior genetics in all segments. Emphasis will be heavily focused on identifying, producing and marketing su-perior bull genetics for the commercial sector through live animal sales both domestically and internationally. In addition they will pro-vide purebred and commercial female sales, marketing and consult-ing to the Southern Cattle Industry.

To further support their goal of disseminating superior Sire Genet-ics, Cowan and Hood also announce the formation of a new Semen and Embryo Marketing Company, World Class Genetics. With their first “World Class” Semen Directory scheduled for publication in Oc-tober, they are looking forward to representing the premier germ-plasm available.

Richard Hood brings a variety of accomplishments to the new company. He served as Director of Field Services for the Santa Ger-trudis Breeders Inter-national. After his tenure in association work he

took a position as Vice President of Marketing for Ultimate Genetics, a global leading beef genetic collection and marketing company. In addition, in the past two years Richard was instrumental in develop-ing a startup company, Clear-Trac, and building it into a multimillion dollar company. Richard and his wife Tammy and three children live in Franklin, Texas, and may be reached at [email protected] or 979-224-6150.

Trey Kirkpatrick is a graduate of Texas A&M University and has served as Executive Vice Presi-dent of the Texas Brangus Breeders Association, a partner in ASH marketing, general manager of Yama-moto Custom Beef and President of Ultimate Genetics. He most re-cently was the manager of Ad-vanced Video Auctions. Trey and his wife Janet and their two children reside in Bryan, Texas. He may be reached by email at treyk@ live.com or 979-324-5518.

Mark Cowan is a graduate of Texas A&M Univer-sity. He has served as a Director of Field Services for the International Bran-gus Breed-ers Association, Executive Vice President of the Arkansas Cattle-men’s Association and President of Camp Cooley Ranch. Most recently he was general manager of Cain Cattle Company. Mark and his wife Re-becca and three children reside in Detroit, Texas, and may be reached via email at [email protected] or 903-495-4522.

fORmeR ibba executive vice PResident Passes awayJerald D. Morrow, 84, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010. He was a

well-known cattleman and dog trainer/breeder. He served in the ag-riculture industry and managed multiple cattle operations through-out North America. He served as the Regional Manager and Director of Regional Managers of the American Angus Assn. in St. Joseph, Mo; Executive Vice President of the International Brangus Breeders Assn. and President of the Brangus Journal in San Antonio, TX for 8 years;

from 1980 to 1988. He served as the President of the National Pedi-gree Livestock Council and formed the Wineglass Genetics consulting firm which serviced individual cattle operations in which he formu-lated a new breed of cattle, Angus Plus. Later he served as the foreign marketing consultant with the American Angus Assn in Mexico and South America. Upon retiring he devoted his talents to breeding and training Labrador retriever dogs at Wineglass Kennels in Pickens MS.


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American Marketing Services 56 El Rancho Espanol de Cuyama 30 Oak Creek Farms 45

Australian World Brangus Congress 43 Elgin Breeding Service 56 Oakley, Lakin 56

Barnes, Tommy 56 GENETRUST 7 OvaGenix 56

BKC ranch 21 Global Roundup 49 Quail Creek Brangus 11

Bovine Elite 60 IBBA IFC, IBC Rancho la Victoria 47

Camp Cooley Genetics 33 Indian Hills Ranch 9 Red Bird Meadows 15

CattleMax 56 JLS International 41 RJ Cattle/RAMRO LLC 31

Cattle Solutions 56 JOJ Brangus 23 Sankey 6N Ranch 6

Circle X Land & Cattle 34 Lambert, Doak 56 Southern Cattle Company 1

Cow Creek Ranch 19 Livestock Photos by Nancy 56 Stofa Rosa Ranch 39

Dillard Land & Cattle 12 MBJ Ranch 39 The Natioanal CUP Lab 56

Dotson, Wes 56 Miller Brangus BC Triple JR Cattle Company 5, 29

calEnDaroFeventsJUNE • 2010 OCTOBER • 2010

3 SJBBA Show 16 Doguet Diamond D Ranch Bull & Female Sale - Poteet, TX

12 SVF “Enhancing Success” Female Sale - Fairmount, GA 29 Oak Creek Farms Forage Field Day & Heifer Sale - Chappell Hill, TX

JULY • 2010 30 Oak Creek Farms Forage Tested Bull Sale - Chappell Hill, TX

11 - 16 National Junior Brangus Show - West Monroe, LA NOVEMBER • 2010

15 Source of Champions Sale - West Monroe, LA 5-6 GENETRUST at Chimny Rock Bull & Female Sale - Concord, AR

17 2010 Brangus Futurity - West Monroe, LA 13 Hill Country Bragus Breeders Sale

SEPTEMBER • 2010 20 TBBA Sponsored Sale - West, TX

25 SVF Brangus Bull Sale - Fairmount, GA 20 Camp Cooley 17th Annual Fall Bull Sale - Franklin, TX

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