Beef Species Symposium II: Genetic and Management Strategies for Reduced Beef Production Environmental Impact

Chair(s)

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  Raluca Mateescu, MS, PhD

  Professor
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM MT

  Beef Species Symposium II Introduction
• 2:05 PM - 2:40 PM MT

  Genetic selection for water intake in beef cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Megan M. Rolf, PhD – Kansas State University
• 2:40 PM - 3:15 PM MT

  Genetic selection for improved profit conditioned on enterprise-specific circumstances
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew L. Spangler, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Author: Bruce L. Golden – Retired

  Author: Scott Newman – Retired
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT

  Beef Species Symposium II Break
• 3:30 PM - 4:05 PM MT

  Environmental impact of improving forage use efficiency in beef cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Nicolas DiLorenzo – Department of Animal Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC), University of Florida, Marianna, FL
• 4:05 PM - 4:40 PM MT

  Invited Speaker Dr. Tom McDonald
  

  Presenting Author: Tom McDonald