Theme Graphic Walkin

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Product Enhancement Committee Bill Rishel, M.S.,
Chairman Glen Dolezal, Ph.D., Vice
Chairman NCBA StaffBucky Gwartney, Ph.D.
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• 2006 Convention actions
• Long Range Plan review and discussion
• Creating GROWTH and VALUE primary
• Creating SUSTAINABILITY and OPPORTUNITY -
  secondary
• Finalized and adopted research priorities
• Research updates
• Genomics resolution sunset
• Instrument grading resolution - LCM

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Highest Priorities fall under these Battle
Cries Scott Eilert, Ph.D., Research panel chair

• The right cut for the right meal!!!
• Failure is not an option!!!
• Dont create costs --generate value!!!

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• 2006 Priorities
• The right cut for the right meal!!!
• Muscle Profiling
• Ethnic diversity
• International fabrication
• Failure is not an option!!!
• Tenderness
• Instrumentation
• Dont create costs --generate value!!!
• Market cow value
• Genomics
• Dissemination

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Updates

• USDA update on next generation technologies for
  instrument grading and also labeling claims,
  Marty OConnor and Kerry Smith, USDA, AMS
• American Meat Science Association update, Thomas
  Powell, Ph.D., AMSA
• Genomics update, Larry Benyshek, Ph.D.
• Bovine Genome mapping update Ronnie Green,
  Ph.D., USDA, ARS

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Other discussion

• Cloning discussion no action
• Bovine Genome 3rd year funding consensus to
  reallocate to value added SNP research