Member & Industry News Briefs
by both Dr. Tonya Amen and Dr. Bob Weaber.
The increase of EPD accuracy is reliant on data
submission of phenotypes. NALF also needs
to increase its genomic testing on cattle in the
herdbook in comparison to other breeds in the race
to supply high quality genetics in the seedstock
business today. Testing a higher percentage of
your whole herd including your lower performing
cattle works much the same as turning in whole
herd data on both high and lower performing
cattle, your better cattle will benefit on their EPDs.
NALF will also be in a position to gather more
carcass information with actual slaughter data on
carcass information along with health and feed
efficiency data in the near future. The actual carcass
phenotypes will have a big impact on carcass trait
accuracy. Collecting commercial cattle harvest
data on carcass and feed conversion data will be
incorporated into the NALF herdbook at no cost
on commercial cattle that have the phenotype
data for both carcass and feed conversion data.
The membership committee presented the judges
for the 2020 Pen and Carload Show at the NWSS.
They include John McCurry, Jason Barber and Clint
Rusk. The membership committee also approved
to continue the video format of the National Sale
in Denver that has been utilized the last few years.
The show committee also made the motion
to get the REA EPD included on the Pen and
Carload Show program for 2020. There was also
discussion about relaying to membership the
importance of recording cattle with correct
birthdate information on cattle in the show ring.
Backdating cattle in the ring is extremely hard to
enforce but there are folks aware of the practice.
The accuracy of all types of data submission is
critical for the accuracy of our EPDs and herdbook.
NALJA committee discussed the 2020 location of
the Junior Nationals in West Monroe, La. For the
2020 National Junior Show & Congress (NJLSC),
there will be a sponsorship prospectus utilized,
offering sponsorships ranging from $1,000-
$10,000. The board also approved an additional
gun raffle fundraiser for the 2020 NJLSC, which
has proven to be a successful fundraising
vehicle for other programs. Details of this
will be released in the near future.
The board also approved transition of the monthly
publication of the LIMOUSIN TODAY magazine. The
magazine will transition to five glossy issues and
two tabloids in the upcoming fiscal year to better
fit demand from advertisers of the magazine from
a marketing need standpoint. The production of
the February and October/November tabloids will
continue to fit sale seasons for both Spring bull
sales and Fall heifer sales. Glossy issues will include
December/January, March, April/May, the June/
July Herd Reference issue, and August/September.
Rules and regulation committee passed an addition
for registration of cattle where embryos put into a
registered Limousin, Lim-Flex or foreign registered
recipient cow did not take, resulting a natural calf
out of the cleanup bull and the recipient cow. With
the addition of the rule, suspected natural calves
can be added to the herdbook by removing the
dam exclusion
to the donor
dam, and
assuring that
the suspected
natural calf
qualifies by
SNP parentage
to the cleanup
bull (even if the
recipient dam
has no DNA on
file). In cases
where the
recipient dam
has DNA on
file, full parent
verification
will be run. The
rule will read
as follows:
Deb Vorthmann
12506 290th Street
Silver City, Iowa 51571
402-515-7714
[email protected]
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