Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Brief summary of Minutes of Business Meeting: The 2012 NCERA-225 Implementation and Strategies for National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation was held in Des Moines Iowa, October 17-19, 2012. Dr. Dorian Garrick served as chair and Dr. Rohan Fernando served as secretary. Dr. Garrick called the business meeting to order at 8:00 AM. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from the 2011 annual meeting. After a brief discussion on the location of the next annual meeting, it was decided to plan a BIF Genetic Prediction Workshop in November 2013, at Kansas City, and hold the NCERA-225 annual meeting in conjunction with the workshop. Dr. Thallman agreed to laiase with BIF to organize the workshop, while Dr. Bob Weaber volunteered to chair the committee and host the next meeting. Dr. Jennifer Bormann volunteered to serve as secretary. Dr Maynard Hogberg, the administrative adviser, provided an update on the funding situation for research and on the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Animal Science, an association focused on advocating increased federal investment in animal science research. Activities, Reports and Presentations: 10/17/2012 1. Tour of DuPont Pioneer: Automated Greenhouses, GMT and Transformation labs. 2. Genetic Evaluation at Pioneer. Radu Totir, DuPont Pioneer. 3. Findings from genomic selection in parallel to conventional selection for layers- commercial implementation and the challenges and benefits in the commercial breeding program. Neil OSullivan Hy-Line. 10/18/2012 Station and Breed Association Reports: Colorado State University, Cornell University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, Texas A&M University, University of Florida, University of Georgia, University of Kentucky, University of Nebraska, US Meat Animal Research Center, National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium, American Angus Association, American Gelbvieh Association, American International Charolais association, American Simmental Association, GeneSeek/Igenity.

The Annual meeting was held in Des Moines, IA, October 17-19, 2012. Dr. Dorian Garrick served as chair, Dr. Rohan Fernando as secretary, and Dr. Maynard Hogberg as the administrative adviser. There were 30 participants and a total of 25 presentations in addition to 18 station reports. The focus of most presentations was on the use of genomics for genetic improvement of beef cattle. " Members of this committee have contributed to the objectives of NCERA- 225. These include:  Participation in extension and research teams of the USDA funded National Program for Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle.  Implementing NBCEC genomic predictions in American Hereford Association, American Simmental Association for routine creation of molecular breeding values from 50k SNP panels for all routinely recorded traits in those breed associations.  Research and communication with breed associations on methods to incorporate molecular breeding values in national cattle evaluation.  NBCEC Brown Bagger Series.

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