COMMITTEE CENTER
2021 BEEF IMPROVEMENT FEDERATION MEETING
IBBA BREED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT by Dr. Randy Schmidt, IBBA Breed Improvement Committee chairman For the last several years, we have asked and encouraged the members of the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Breed Improvement Committee (BIC) to make an effort to attend the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) meetings. This year the meeting was held in Des Moines, Iowa, June 22-25. First off, I would like to thank the members of the BIC who made an effort to attend BIF and subsequent to that, the IBBA BIC meeting held over the following day and a half at the Hilton. Attendees and committee members included David Gochnour, Pete Deleeuw, Grady Green, Vern Suhn, Brad Wright, Garrett Thomas, as well as myself, Darrell Wilkes, and Macee Prause. I am impressed and thankful for
the brain power we have on this committee. Additionally, it was good to see the crews who showed interest at BIF including Bar X Brangus, Midsouth and Town Creek Farm. For those IBBA members who do not know what happens at BIF meetings, I would simply say it is an awesome collection of devoted cattle breeders, cattle industry leaders and university scholars and researchers. They gather to share information, experiences and new technology in a unique environment. For those of you that may not have been able to attend, but have a curiosity about the content, the meetings are recorded and available to be viewed on YouTube. The disadvantage of not being in person, is that when the presentation is over you won’t be able to walk out into the
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