Dystocia (calving difficulty) contributes heavily to losses in the production and profitability of beef cow-calf herds.

Over the last three-decade to four-decade period, the beef industry has witnessed marked changes in a number of economically important traits. Many of the changes that have occurred are due to improvements in phenotypic evaluation and reporting, and in the implementation and use of genetic selection tools such as expected progeny differences (EPDs).

Biosecurity is defined as a set of management practices used to prevent, reduce or eliminate the introduction and spread of infectious diseases into, and within, beef cattle operations, including cow-calf, stocker-backgrounder and feedlot operations.

Over the past 20 to 30 years, the beef industry has made great use of genetic selection tools to improve economically important traits.

Over the last two-decade to three-decade period, the beef industry has made great use of genetic selection tools to improve economically important traits. Much of that improvement is due to the implementation and use of expected progeny differences (EPDs).

Over the last 20 to 30 years, beef producers have made great use of genetic selection tools to improve economically important traits in their herds.

Beef cattle producers have long debated the correct size and type of cattle in the industry. Historically, the differences in animal size and type have resulted from producers selecting and raising animals to meet the needs of the industry and the consumers that rely on the industry for food products.