Trustee Election Ballots Have Been Mailed
Participate in the selection of members who serve on the ASA Board of Trustees by voting online or by paper ballot. If you are sending in your paper ballot, use the enclosed envelope addressed to The Chairman of the Tellers. Please do not send it to the ASA office. We cannot forward it for you.
Here are the 2020 Trustee candidates. Please take the time to get to know them.
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ASA's Genetic Evaluation
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Visit the following links in order to learn more about our Genetic Evaluation. The IGS Multi-breed Genetic Evaluation powered by BOLT What to Expect from Your Evaluation The Value of DNA in the Genetic Evaluation The Accuracy of the New Genetic Evaluation Moving Forward With Superior Genetic Selection Tools |
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Being a founding member of International Genetic Solutions (IGS) the American Simmental Association is proud to be a part of an unprecedented collaboration between progressive breed associations fervently committed to enhancing commercial profitability. The collaboration has yielded the world’s largest genetic evaluation of beef cattle with over 17 million animals and 120,000+ genotypes. In keeping with our commitment to the cattle industry, IGS is pleased to announce the IGS Multi-breed Genetic Evaluation powered by BOLT, release May of 2018. The new genetic evaluation provides more predictive EPDs, better use of genomics, more accurate accuracy reported with EPDs, all with weekly evaluations. This has ushered in a new era in genetic evaluation — an era made possible by a genetic evaluation system dubbed BOLT (Biometric Open Language Tools, owned by Theta Solutions, LLC). |
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