Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

The committee met at Kansas State University on April 1 and 2, 2010. There were eight committee members and two graduate students attending. Dr. C. Y. Hu presented an overview of the regional committee process. He also reported on recent changes in the USDA's AFRI funding system. Member provided station reports from their respective stations. We also worked on the mid-term review report for AES directors. Members discussed results of current collaborative research and plans for more work in the future. The committee also proposed meeting in China next year, to gain detailed insight into this growing international market.

W-2177 2010 Annual Report Information Short-term outputs Dr. Oltjen (UC-D) lead a study of producers costs and benefits associated with participating in animal identification programs showed that benefits of ID for management are ill defined. They developed a model of the cow-calf production system to address this deficiency, and have preliminary results showing the interaction of management decisions and use of individual records associated with animal identification. They have also initiated work that will show the impact of beef production systems on beef quality. In particular, we are linking a ruminant digestion system with our beef and sheep composition models.

Drs. Oltjen (UC-D), Pendell (CSU), and Tonsor (KSU) contributed to work on the costs of a national animal identification system for APHIS. They informed APHISs decision to discontinue a national animal identification system with this report.

Outputs include 26 research publications (Please see end of report). Activities " Drs. Pendell (CSU), Oltjen (UCD), and Paterson (MSU) researched ways to use industry data to predict the value of quality assurance practices. Their results were shared and used by industry.

" Dr. Justin Kastner (KSU) and collaborators have published the Frontier website, http://frontier.k-state.edu. This resource provides information on issues related to international trade policy, food security, veterinary history, the history of public health, and the history of trade disputes regarding food safety and animal disease.

" Dr. Justin Kastner (KSU) and colleagues lead a unique multidisciplinary education/mentoring program for undergraduate and graduate students; that program, the Frontier Interdisciplinary eXperiences (FIX) program, has received funding from several agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security.

" Colleagues at Iowa State University facilitated extension programs on beef product innovation, beef carcass fabrication, specialty cuts from the beef chuck, and slaughter and fabrication of beef and pork carcasses. These programs were presented to industry professionals.

" Dr. Mariah Ehmke presented a poster entitled Maternal Nutrition Management and Profitability of Cow/Calf Operation in Small Farms at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics Meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Milestones The overall objectives of this project are to 1) evaluate the cost/benefit of traceability and assess its value in market-based programs; 2) develop science-rooted strategies and technologies to reduce food-borne illness and improve the effectiveness of policies related to food safety and trade; 3) assess supply chain management strategies to identify and overcome barriers that interfere with the transmission of consumer preferences to producers; 4) enhance palatability, processing, and marketing of beef by studying instrument grading, beef flavor and tenderness technologies, and carcass cutting strategies; and 5) determine factors influencing domestic and international consumer preferences for beef.

Members have completed substantial gains with regard to objective one. Reports coauthored by Pendell, Tonsor, and Oltjen on the costs of a national animal identification system (NAIS) were used my APHIS in their decision to stop the NAIS program. With regard to objective two, work by Olsen at ISU has increased the palatability of irradiated beef, which also utilizes a food safety technology. Dr. Kastner at KSU has led efforts to disseminate research on policies related to food safety and trade. He co-directs the Frontier program which also provides valuable professional training in this area. This year, less work was focused on objective three. Dr. Calkins at UNL conducted a survey of students to measure their preferences for alternative muscle cuts. We plan more work in the future to understand the links between consumer preferences for beef tenderness and producer breeding capabilities. A great deal of work contributed to the accomplishment of objective four. Drs. Calkins and Belks work on new carcass quality grading technologies will increase the efficiency of government grading procedures and improve the consistency of beef products. Finally, Dr. Calkins work at UNL also contributes to domestic and international consumer preferences for beef.

Butler, L.J., Oltjen, J.W., Velez, V.J., Evans, J.L., Haque, F., Bennett, L.H., Caja, G. 2009. Cost-benefit analysis of the U.S. National Animal Identification System in California. Book of Abstracts No. 15, 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, p.488.

Gaspar, P., Oltjen, J.W., Drake, D.J., Ahmadi, A.B., Romera, A.J., Woodward, S.J.R., Bennett, L.N, Haque, F. and Butler, L. 2009. Management simulation tool for evaluating individual identification of beef cattle Book of Abstracts No. 15, 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, p. 326.

McPhee, M., J. Oltjen, J. Fadel, D. Mayer and R. Sainz. 2009. Parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis of fat deposition models in beef steers using acslXtreme. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 79 :27012712.

Oltjen, J. W., Ahmadi, A., Romera, A.J. and Drake, D.J. 2009. Interfacing CCFARM Simulation Engine with Microsoft Excels VBA Engine to Generate On-Demand Outputs. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources (WCCA2009), June 22-24, 2009, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Oltjen, J.W., A. Ahmadi, A.J. Romera, D.J. Drake, P. Gaspar and S.J.R. Woodward. 2009. PCRANCH: Cow-Calf Herd Simulation System. 7th International Workship Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals, Paris, September 10-12. p. 64.

Anderson, M. J., T. J. Grevengoed, S. M Lonergan and E. Huff-Lonergan. 2009. Proteomic Analysis of bovine muscels during aging. Proceedings of the 2009 Reciprocal Meat Conference, Abstract #59.

Ismail, H.A., E.J. Lee, K.Y. Ko and D.U. Ahn, (2009). Fat content influences the color, lipid oxidation and volatiles of irradiated ground beef. J. Food Sci. 74(6):C432-C440.

Ismail, H.A., E.J. Lee, K.Y. Ko, H. D. Paik and D.U. Ahn, (2009). Effect of antioxidant application methods on the color, lipid oxidation and volatiles of irradiated ground beef. J. Food Sci. 74(1/2):C25-32.

P. Costa, L. C. Roseiro, V. Alves, C. R. Calkins, R. J. B. Bessa, and C. Santos. 2009. Nutrient and fiber type relationships in Barrosa muscles. Livestock Science 125:50-59.

Yong, Eskridge, Calkins. 2009. Assessing consumer preferences for rib-eye steak characteristics using confounded factorial conjoint choice experiments. J. Musc. Foods (In press).

C. R. Calkins, A. S. de Mello Jr., L. S. Senaratne, and K. Watanabe. 2009. Alternative muscles for traditional Japanese and Korean beef recipes. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Supp. 2):246.

Calkins, C. R. and Johnson, D.D. 2009. Characterizing muscle properties to develop muscle-specific intervention strategies and improve meat cuts for the consumer. In Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat. D. Ledward and J. Kerry, Eds. ISBN 978-1-84569-343-5. Woodhead Publishing, Inc., Cambridge, U.K. p. 605-627.

Hinkle, J., C.R. Calkins, A.S. de Mello Jr., L.S. Senaratne, and S. Pokharel. 2009. Tenderness and color of beef m. biceps femoris after marination with different acids. Proc. Recip. Meat Conf., Amer. Meat Sci. Assoc. p. 69.

Pokharel, S., C.R. Calkins, A.S. de Mello Jr., L.S. Senaratne, and J. Hinkle. 2009. Characterization of beef heel muscle under different cooking conditions. Proc. Recip. Meat Conf, Amer. Meat Sci. Assoc. p. 69.

de Mello Jr., A.S., Calkins, C.R., Jenschke, B.E., Senaratne, L.S., Dugan, M.E.R., Carr, T.P. and Erickson, G.E. 2009. Fatty acid profile of three beef muscles from yearlings and calf-fed steers fed wet distillers grains plus solubles. Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. P. 107-109.

Calkins, C. R., A.S. de Mello Jr., and L.S. Senaratne. 2009. Effects of distillers grains on beef carcass quality and palatability. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-supp. 2):328.

L. S. Senaratne, C. R. Calkins, A. S. de Mello Jr., T. P. Carr, and G. A. Sullivan. 2009. Effects of wet distillers grains feeding supplemented with vitamin E on fatty acid composition and sensory attributes of beef steaks. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Supp. 2):245.

Fausti, S.W., Qasmi, B.A., and Li, J., "Carcass Quality Volume and Grid Pricing: An Investigation of Cause and Effect." Abstract in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol.41, No.2, 2009: p.534.

Bashir A. Qasmi, Yonas Hamda, and Scott W. Fausti., "Impacts of Dramatic Increases in Corn Based Ethanol Production on Grain Production and Marketing Patterns in South Dakota." Abstract in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, forthcoming, in Vol. 34, no. 3. (2009).

D.G. Landblom, K.C. Olson, P. Johnson, R. Gates, M.K. Beutler, M. Hubert, S.W. Fausti, G.A. Perry, R.R. Salverson, I. Rush, S. Furman, J. Vasconcelos., "BEEF SYSTEM METHODS IMPACT BACKGROUNDING AND FINISHING NET RETURNS" Proceedings, Western Section, American Society of Animal Science, Vol. 60, 2009.

Pendell, D.L., G.W. Brester, T.C. Schroeder, K.C. Dhuyvetter, and G.T. Tonsor. "Animal Identification and Tracing in the United States." Forthcoming American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Jason Ackleson and Justin Kastner. Territoriality and Functionality in Health Regulation and the Agri-Food Trade, Geopolitics (submitted 2009, revised and resubmitted September 2009; accepted, in press for 2010).

Ethel Taylor, Justin Kastner (corresponding author), and David Renter. Challenges involved in the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak and lessons learned, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 16, no. 3 (2010): 221-231.

Justin Kastner (corresponding author) and Cobus Block. The Global Food Supply Chain. In Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security, edited by John Voeller. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2009).

Justin Kastner (corresponding author), Abbey Nutsch, and Curtis Kastner. The Role of Food Safety in Food Security/Defense. In Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security, edited by John Voeller. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2009).

Tarrie Crnic and Justin Kastner. Veterinary Capacity Analysis: United Kingdom. Report prepared for Dr. Barry Erlick for U.S. Department of Defense and National Agricultural Biosecurity Center project, Development of Veterinary Response Capacity Templates for Intelligence Analysts (May 2009).

Tarrie Crnic and Justin Kastner. Veterinary Capacity Analysis: Taiwan. Report prepared for Dr. Barry Erlick for U.S. Department of Defense and National Agricultural Biosecurity Center project, Development of Veterinary Response Capacity Templates for Intelligence Analysts (30 September 2009).