BIF Coverage Available

BIF Coverage Available
March 17, 2006

The Pearl River Resort of Choctaw, Miss., will be the backdrop for the 2006 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Annual Meeting and Research Symposium April 18-21. Don’t miss your opportunity to participate!

Visit www.bifconference.com for Angus Productions Inc.’s (API’s) online coverage of the event, including a detailed schedule, past award winners and archived presentations, as well as synopses of presentations at this year’s conference, audios of the sessions and PowerPoint® presentations as they become available.

The Mississippi Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association, and Mississippi State University Extension Service are co-hosting the 38th annual event, themed “21st Century Genetics: Rising to the Challenge Southern Style.”

Meetings begin with an opening reception Tuesday evening, followed by a symposium sponsored by the Ultrasound Guidelines Council (UGC) titled “Basics of Ultrasounding Beef Cattle for Genetic Improvement.” General sessions Wednesday and Thursday will focus on how cow-calf producers can meet retail and consumer targets and how they can best fit into their production environments. BIF will honor several individuals, including its seedstock and commercial producers of the year. A tour on Friday will visit the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at Mississippi State, EE Ranches Inc. of Winona, Gaddis Farms of Bolton, and the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson.

For more information, visit www.bifconference.com. To access registration, hotel and/or travel information, visit http://msucares.com/livestock/beef/bif2006.html, or call Jane Parish at (662) 325-7466 or Blair McKinley at (662) 325-3691.