AWA Friday Newsletter - November 6, 2020

 

International Online Wagyu Conference

The South African Wagyu Society is excited to announce an International Virtual Conference November 10-12, 2020.  The conference will feature several speakers on topics to include international demand, health, and carcass grading technologies.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

WORLD WAGYU CONGRESS SCHEDULE
WORLD WAGYU CONGRESS BROCHURE

 

Annual General Membership Meeting and Director Voting
 
The Virtual Annual General Membership meeting last week went smoothly and was well attended. We thank everyone for their patience as we worked through our first virtual meeting and look forward to getting back to a live event next September in Fort Collins, CO hosted by Colorado State University.
 
During the AGM a great slate of candidates were nominated to serve as AWA Board of Directors. Voting will begin on Monday, November 9, 2020 and last through Monday, November 20, 2020 by 5:00 PM Pacific time.
 
AWA members in good standing eligible to vote as of September 30, 2020 will receive an email from Simply Voting (vote@simplyvoting.com) with your login information. Be sure to check your spam and junk folders if you don’t see it in your inbox. You can login to your DigitalBeef account and check the email address we have for you. If you need to make any changes contact the office right away.
 
Candidates for the 3 available director positions are (in alphabetical order) as follows.

Pamela Armstrong - Maple Row Stock Farm - Clarence, NY
Ryan Bagley - Bagley Beef Company - Logansport, LA
Matt Rainey - Caroland Farms - Landrum, SC
Marlin Stutzman - Schonbrook Farms - Howe, IN

AWA 2020 Virtual Conference Presentations

With a successful Annual General Membership meeting wrapped up, the virtual conference presentations are now available for viewing. If you registered for the AGM you should have already received your login, password and link to the presentations. If you have not yet registered, there is still plenty of time to experience them.

After clicking the link above and entering your contact info, the AWA will send you an invoice for $100 for the conference registration fee. Once paid, you'll receive a login, password and a link to the virtual presentations by our conference speakers. The presentation videos will go live October 30, 2020 and will be available to view on demand until Jan 1, 2021. Please contact the AWA with any questions.

Speaker Presentations include:

Francis Fluharty, Ph.D.
Animal & Dairy Science | Professor & Department Head,
University of Georgia
Topic: Nutrition of the Cow Herd, and Implications for
Reproductive Performance, Fetal Development and Calf
Performance
 
Matt Spangler, Ph.D.
Professor, Extension Beef Genetics Specialist, University of Nebraska
Topic: The Value of Phenotypes in A Genomic World
 
Mark Gardiner
Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, KS
Topic: Data Based Selection and Technology Application Used
for Progress at Gardiner Angus Ranch
 
William Herring, Ph.D.
Director of Genetic Development, PIC, Hendersonville, TN
Topic: How Science Continues to Impact Livestock Production
 
Jamie Courter, M.S.
Beef Product Manager, Neogen
Topic: Advancements in Genomics
 
Mike MacNeil, Ph.D.
Delta G, Miles City, Montana
Topic: Inbreeding and Linebreeding
 
Harvey Blackburn, Ph.D.
USDA Agricultural Research Service’s National Animal Germplasm
Program, Fort Collins, CO
Topic: Genetic Diversity in the American Wagyu Population
 
Joe Heitzeberg
CEO & Co-Founder, Crowd Cow
Topic: Farm to Fork Wagyu in 2020 and Beyond

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