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BCIA Annual Meeting - February 12, 2010

    Dr. Joe Cassady from North Carolina State University will be the featured speaker for the Virginia BCIA Educational Program and Annual Meeting to be held in conjunction with the Virginia Beef Industry Convention at The Hotel Roanoke on February 12 at 4:00 p.m.. As faculty member in the Department of Animal Science at NCSU, Cassady teaches courses in genetics and conducts beef cattle feed efficiency research. Dr. Cassady is also Executive Director of the Beef Improvement Federation.

    Dr. Cassady will be discussing “Application of DNA Markers to Genetic Improvement in Beef Cattle: Past, Present, and Future.” Following Dr. Cassady’s presentation, Virginia BCIA will conduct a short annual meeting and present its awards. The session will be open to all attendees at the Convention, and immediately follows the afternoon general session.

    For more information on the VA Beef Industry Convention, please visit www.vacattlemen.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



      

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