“International Genetic Solutions is leveraging the data across all breed association partners and using that information to increase the accuracy of prediction of our expected progeny differences (EPDs),” said Randie Culbertson, American Simmental Association lead…
Improving beef calf value through use of the IGS Feeder Profit Calculator
April 7, 2021
Now there is a tool that can objectively determine value, not only helping producers understand what buyers are willing to pay for, but also how to improve calf value.
Example certificate from the IGS Feeder Profit Calculator Photo Credit: International Genetic Solutions
With the new calf crop on the ground, a cow-calf producer often looks over them with pride, thinking about their potential to be great beef animals. Indeed, these new calves are the beginning of the product that the producer will sell and the promise of the profits to come. Pride and hope are mixed in the sight of calves following their mothers across the pasture.
ASA conducts virtual annual meeting, elects board members
BOZEMAN, Mont. Simmental and SimGenetic enthusiasts attended ASA’s 53rd Annual Meeting and Reception virtually. The ASA Board of Trustees met Jan. 28-29, to highlight each committee’s work from the previous year, most notably, the increase in whole birth group phenotypes and genotypes into the IGS Genetic Evaluation from the Calf Crop Genomics research project, members’ unfailing support of the 2020 National Classic in Brookings, S.D., the membership relief package, and a myriad of other committee projects.
During the annual Chairman’s Reception on Jan. 29, Randy Moody, New Market, Ala., was formally seated as chairman of the soard, succeeding Tim Curran, Ione, Calif. Also seated were Vice Chairman Barry Wesner, Chalmers, Ind., and Treasurer Steve Eichacker, Salem, S.D. Rounding out ASA’s five-member executive committee are JW Brune, Overbrook, Kan., and Tom Nelson, Wibaux, Mont.