AICA “LISTENING & LEARNING” INDUSTRY SESSION
REGISTER FOR EVENT
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Joplin Regional Stockyards
Joplin, Missouri
Tentative Schedule
2:30 PM – Registration
3:30 PM - Welcoming Remarks
Segment 1
Cowboy Arithmetic
• Bill Bowman, Method Genetics, LLC
Segment 2
Ultrasound Technology for the Beef Industry
• Mark Henry, CUP Lab
Segment 3
The Charolais Bull at Work
• Jim Hacker, Commercial Cattlemen, Bolivar, Missouri
• Max Martin, JX Ranch, Loving, Texas
Segment 4
Adding Value with Charolais Genetics
• Jackie Moore, Joplin Regional Stockyards
• Ken Danzer, Danzer Cattle, Manhattan, Kansas
• Colt Keffer, CharAdvantage
Segment 5
Understanding Who The Consumer Is
• Gretchen Mafi, Oklahoma State University
Segment 6
Cattlemen’s Question & Answer
6:30 PM – Cattlemen Social, Dinner & Entertainment
Junior National Show & Leadership Conference in Review
Thank you to our generous sponsors, supporters and attendees of this year’s #charBOOM Junior National in Brookings South Dakota. Marked show programs, press releases and more can be found
here!
MARKET FEEDER CALVES WITH CHARADVANTAGE
CharAdvantage is an IMI Global age, source and genetic certification program designed to add more value to Charolais-influenced feeder cattle. By enrolling in this program, you receive source, age and genetic verification in the calf crop that you are currently marketing.
Click here to learn more!
JULY 2020 EPDS
The July 2020 Genetic Evaluation has been released. AICA is releasing genetic evaluations six times annually. August 1 is the data and genomic submission deadline for the September 2020 EPD release. For current breed averages, tables and animal search,
click here.
NEW: CHAROLAIS UDDER QUALITY Genetic EVALUATION
The July 2020 Genetic Evaluation has been released The July 2020 AICA National Cattle Evaluation update is the first udder quality EPD release since the AICA research was reported in 2018. The udder and teat EPDs can be accessed as part of the AICA Database Search,
click here.
COMPLETE SERIES AND INDIVIDUAL PRINTS AVAILABLE OF SEASONS OF CHAROLAIS
Maternal Pride
Call to the Herd
An Autumn Drive
White on White
Only 15 complete series left! Limited prints of each painting available. Image area of 14.5” x 18.5,” ideal for 20” x 24” frame. $150/print or $600 for entire series. Payable to ACF, includes shipping. Proceeds benefit the American Charolais Foundation – Youth & Education. To order, contact Kaitlyn Chism, 816-464-2474 ext. 201,
kchism@charolaisusa.com.
AICA SIRE SELECTOR TOOL
Learn how to utilize the AICA Sire Selector Tool by viewing
this instructional video. Brett Spader of the National Center for Beef Excellence will discuss the valuable ways to utilize the AICA Sire/Dam selector to identify genetics according to EPDs, TSI index and additional search parameters at the Commercial Committee Meeting during the Spring AICA Meetings at Harrah’s North Kansas City, March 26.
Click here to use the AICA Sire Selector
CHAROLAIS—VALUE, VERSATILITY & PROFITABILITY
Charolais breeders have done a great job of creating cattle with the genetic potential to get big and put on pounds. That’s good for us. We’re in the business of selling beef!” Todd Sigmon, operations manager for Dinklage Feedyards in Nebraska and Colorado, depends on Charolais and Charolais-cross cattle.
