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As a Producer, How Do I Hit that Target? Twig Marston Extension Beef Specialist K-State Research & Extension
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To Hit a Target (Complete a Project) You Need a Blueprint
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“Ideal” Carcass Specifications Hot Carcass Weight 700 to 800 lb External fat 0.3” to 0.4” Loin Eye Area 12.0 to 14.0 sq. in. Marbling Small 00 minimum – Modest 00 preferred Genetically “Guaranteed Tender”
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Goals Set for 2005 from National Beef Quality Audit - 2000 Eliminate USDA Standard grade carcasses. Eliminate Yield Grade 4’s and 5’s. Eliminate side-branded hides. Accompany all seedstock animals with meaningful genetic data for production and end-product traits. Continually improve the eating quality of beef.
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Defining Quality Consumer – Affordable, lean, tasty, and tender Retailer – Trim, tasty, uniform in size and tender Packer – Finished cattle of the proper weight, quality grade and yield Feeder – “Good Doing” cattle w/ growth potential, the right weight, quality and yield Producer – Genetically correct cattle, efficient in reproduction, growth, and adequate marbling
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Producers’ Tool Box Genetics Nutrition Management Advertisement/Education
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Heritability Estimates Fat thickness 0.19 Marbling Score 0.68 WBSF 0.40 Taste Sensory Panel Tenderness 0.37 Juiciness 0.46 Flavor 0.07 Dikeman et al., submitted
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Marbling, Favor, Juiciness, and Tenderness Breed composition Diet energy concentration Length of the finishing phase
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Breed Differences Exist Black is not a Carcass Gene, It is a Dominant Coat Color Gene.
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Why Do We Need Marbling? Flavor Insurance for Ignorance in Cooking
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Marbling (Producers’ Insurance Policy) About a 10% linear increase in consumer acceptance for each full marble score between Slight and Slightly Abundant. WBSF between 6.6 and 12.1 correlated to a steep decline in predicted acceptance. Platter et al., 2003 CSU
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USDA Grade and Endpoint Temperature Obuz et al., 2004, KSU
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Relationship between Cow Production & Carcass Traits WeightHeightCondition Score HCWt0.810.690.23 Retail Prod.-0.050.03-0.12 LMA0.340.320.24 Marbling-0.15-0.17-0.03 WBSF0.150.220.08 Nephawe et al., 2004 MARC
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A positive correlation exists between Marbling and Milk EPDs. Marston, 2004
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Tenderness Injection Site (up to 6” of injection) Castration Over Aggressive Implant Programs
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Beef Palatability & Genetics Breed/SireWBSF Marbling Simmental-0.90 to +0.79-0.22 to +0.48 Shorthorn-0.90 to +0.79-0.42 to 0.00 Herefords-0.1.06 to +0..44-0.16 to +0.47 WBSF and Marbling: Lowly correlated –0.19 Carcass Merit Traits Project
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DNA Marker Assisted Selection Eating Quality Test Disease Resistance Marker–Assisted Expected Progeny Differences Global Efforts – Australia, Brazil, Canada Calpain (good guy) propagate and Calpastatin (bad guy) eliminate
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Nutrition Grain vs. Grass-fed vs. Forage-fed Weaning Age/Young Age Positive Energy Balance Propionate vs. Acetate VFA Rumen Production Creep feeding
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Management Implant and Implant Programs Feed Additives (Beta agonists) Calf vs. Aged Cattle Feeding Days on Feed
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Effects of Days Fed May et al., OSU
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Sickness Robs Quality Grade
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Treating for Sickness Can Influence Quality Grade No. of treatments 012 or more No. calves5,490574540 Quality score6.456.65*6.87** Prime, %1.861.050.93 Prem. Choice, %27.1*24.28*†18.7† Total Choice, %70.762.958.0 Standard, %2.65.910.6 Busby et al., 2004 ISU
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Promotion, Development, and Education
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Using the Tools in the Box Measure Twice – Cut Once
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Three Paradigms of Beef Producers Cattle Producer Labor user, task-driven, no effective use of information Red Meat Producer Record keeper, cost efficient, focused on red meat Food Producer Complex, targeting product characteristics which are multi-dimensional and directly related to known tastes and preferences of consumers
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The Future of the Paradigms Cattle Producer – will be around because of the love and romance of the business, will stay in business if not over leveraged. Red Meat Producer – will survive with the commodity side of the business. Food Producer – will be rewarded by those that know the value of quality. Driven by the cost and quality controlled production of food made from beef.
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Quality Thoughts We can now make more mistakes faster than ever before. Those who refuse to use data will make greater and more frequent mistakes. Those who refuse to make data will be compensated with a smaller piece of the pie. Those who control the data control the destiny of the industry.
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