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  • IGS Feeder Profit Calculator ™ Highlights Profit, Reduces Risk | 18 June 2019
  • ASA 2019 April Board Meeting Recap | 17 June 2019
  • Fall 2019 – Late Enrollment | 14 June 2019
  • Range Beef Cow Symposium Registration Now Open | 13 June 2019
  • 2019 Recipients of the Walton-Berry Graduate Student Support Grant Announced | 13 June 2019
  • Utilizing Your Data | 13 June 2019
  • Management Perspectives: Use of Beef Semen Growing in Dairy Operation | 12 June 2019

Industry News

IGS Feeder Profit Calculator ™ Highlights Profit, Reduces Risk

June 18, 2019 Industry News ASA
International Genetic Solutions offers free, third-party validation on feeder calves. Bozeman, MT - When profit-focused genetics combine with superior calf management, the producer has done the hard work. Still, that leaves little guarantee on sale day. The IGS FeederProfit Calculator TM seeks to minimize such risk. Using the IGS Feeder Profit Calculator,…
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Announcements and Events

ASA 2019 April Board Meeting Recap

June 17, 2019 Events ASA
Progress Through Performance (PTP) Shows – The Activities & Events (A&E) Committee formed a smaller committee in January to review all the policies and…
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ASA Spotlight

Nebraska Simmental Producers Recovering From Storms

May 26, 2019 ASA Spotlight ASA
By Lilly Platts Photo courtesy of Nebraska rancher Terryn Drieling, www.faithfamilyandbeef.com & @faithfamilyandbeef. Nebraska’s strong Simmental community is continuing to deal with the aftermath of the floods and blizzards that wreaked havoc on the state in…
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Women of ASA

May 19, 2019

Women of ASA - Jane Travis

in Women of ASA
by Emme Troendle | Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series highlighting significant women in the Simmental industry. Jane Travis, Pine Ridge Ranch, is one of many influential women in the Simmental industry Strong support of ASA and the beef industry have been hallmarks of the Travis legacy. Jane Travis and her husband Bill, are the owners of Pine Ridge Ranch (PRR), an operation… read article
April 10, 2019

Women of ASA - Erika Kenner

in Women of ASA
By Lilly Platts Erika Kenner knew from a young age that she wanted to be in the beef industry, and through this commitment, she has become an influential woman in the Simmental breed. Erika Kenner grew up on her family’s Simmental operation and knew from a young age she wanted to be involved. “I had to be kicked out of the barn all of the time when I was young. My dad (Roger) was at the ranch… read article
Mar 14, 2019 687

Women of ASA - Susan Schlickau Russell

in Women of ASA
By Emme Troendle Editor’s Note: This is the fifth article in a series highlighting significant women in the Simmental industry. An advocate for the beef industry and heavily involved with the Simmental community, Susan… read article
Feb 17, 2019 901

Women of ASA - Sally Buxkemper

in Women of ASA
By Lilly Platts Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series highlighting significant women in the Simmental industry. A pioneer for the Simbrah breed and a fervent believer in science, the late Sally Buxkemper made… read article

Down to the Genes Series

Photo credit: Southern Cattle Company

DNA Samples With No Paperwork Are Guaranteed to Delay Genomically-enhanced EPDs

June 06, 2019 DNA
By Rachel Endecott Imagine this scenario: you plan to send DNA samples in on a group of animals for a genomic panel because you wish to get genomically-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs) on those animals. You contact ASA’s DNA Department and receive your paperwork to send with the samples. But then you remember those two additional samples in your office you’ve collected but haven’t gotten tested yet…surely…
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Back to Basics

June 13, 2019

Utilizing Your Data

in Back to Basics by ASA
By Emme Troendle, Jackie Atkins, and Jannine Story | We are now in an era where science, particularly the field of genomics, is rapidly influencing the speed at which we understand an animal’s genetic potential. One DNA sample is like adding 20 to 25 progeny records to an animal’s EPDs. Genomics is a wonderful tool to improve EPD accuracy earlier in an… read more
May 23, 2019

Multiple Ways of Reporting Calf Data Online

in Back to Basics
By Emme TroendleWant to Report Your Calf Data Online?Are you wrapping up your spring calving? Once you are completely done calving you can submit all your calf data together and receive updated EPDs quicker than ever before. Here are some quick instructions to get started: 1. Log into herdbook.org.… read more

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DNA samples with no paperwork are guaranteed to delay genomically-enhanced EPDs. Click to learn more. Photo by Hannah Wine.


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