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U.S. Genetic Collaborators
A strong network of collaborators is the foundation for success of U.S. genetics. Together, dairy and beef producers and these organizations ensure that accurate data flows to the genetic evaluations so reliable proofs and high-quality genetics can be distributed around the world.
Beef Improvement Federation
The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) is an organization dedicated to advancing and coordinating all segments of the beef industry. The BIF seeks to connect science and industry to improve beef cattle genetics.
Beef Reproduction Task Force
The Beef Reproduction Task Force is a multi-disciplinary group formed by Research and Extension faculty members from Universities across the U.S. with a focus on beef cattle reproduction, management and reproductive technologies.
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding
The Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) is a non-profit organization that calculates and distributes the national genetic evaluations and genomic predictions, analyzes dairy performance data and manages the world’s largest database of genotypes and phenotypes for dairy cows.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is the national trade association representing U.S. cattle producers, with more than 25,000 individual members and several industry organization members. NCBA works to advance the economic, political and social interests of the U.S. cattle business and to be an advocate for the cattle industry’s policy positions and economic interests.
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA is the federal department that provides leadership on agriculture, food and related topics based on public policy and the best available science. World-renowned scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL) perform rigorous research to develop and test new genetic and genomic methodologies. This research supports top-quality evaluations, data integrity and implementation of technology and new scientific learnings.
Until 2013, USDA also performed the service functions related to the U.S. database and genetic evaluations. A Non-funded Cooperative Agreement first implemented on March 27, 2013, clarified that USDA would focus on world-class research. CDCB assumed full responsibility to maintain the national cooperator database, compute results and distribute genomic and genetic evaluations.
Several USDA agencies support ongoing research and the export of U.S. dairy genetics.