Beef Magazine

Selection Tools

DNA testing in range settings 

Feb 1, 2008 - compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor

DNA paternity identification (ID) and progeny testing may be profitable for open-range beef cattle operations with bull-culling rates of 20% or greater,...

EPDs provide genetic insight 

Feb 1, 2008 - by Clint Peck contributing editor

The beef cattle industry has been using Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as a selection tool in improving calf productivity for nearly two decades....

Fast-Forward Genetics 

Feb 1, 2008 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

When it comes to genomics and genetic evaluation, the sum is more powerful than the parts, at least for now, apparently. It's called whole-gnome selection...

Passing The EPD Torch 

Feb 1, 2008 - By Alaina Burt Managing Editor

Each day he goes to work, beef geneticist John Pollak crosses his fingers. Why? The Cornell University professor and head of the National Beef Cattle...

Multi-Breed Genetic Evaluation 

Feb 1, 2008 - By Wes Ishmael

Imagine being able to directly compare the genetic merit of seedstock, no matter what breed or breed combination. It would be the pinnacle of genetic-evaluation...

Reaction To Cloned Animal Announcement 

Jan 17, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said, "Milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring will enter the food supply. They can do so immediately. The products will not be labeled as such and American consumers will have no way to avoid consuming them." ...

Clones Are Halfway To Approval -- Consumers Are Next 

Jan 17, 2008 - Troy Marshall

The biggest news of the week was the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that clones from cattle, swine and goats are safe for human consumption. ...

FDA Says Cloned Animals Are Safe; EU Moves Closer 

Jan 17, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally ...

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