JOINT INDUSTRY PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE

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• JOINT INDUSTRY PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
• Bill Rishel, M.S., Chair
• Glen Dolezal, Ph.D., Vice Chair

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Industry Operating Plan Strategies

• Review of results presented during the 2005
  National Beef Quality Audit Issues Forum
• Discussion of action items that will result from
  these findings

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Program Update

• Staff update of FY 2006 Product Enhancement
  Research program
• Description of program area focus within the Beef
  Industry Long Range Plan 2010

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Authorization Requests

• Staff presentation of FY 2007 Product Enhancement
  Research AR
• Description of research plan of work for FY 2007
• Committee approval of AR as presented
• Recommendations for possible opportunities for
  soliciting additional program funding
• Distillers grains
• Regenerate reference cattle populations

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Research Updates

• Vision based carcass grading - USDA-AMS
• Pre- and post-harvest tenderness summaries
  Daryl Tatum, Ph.D. and Gary Smith, Ph.D.
• Bovine myology website and 3-D graphics Steve
  Jones, Ph.D. and Vishal Singh
• Enhancing the healthy profile of beef Dave
  Nichols and Jim Reecey, Ph.D.
• Genomics consortium funding challenges and
  genomics research update Larry Benyshek, Ph.D.

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Resolutions

• Federal funding for the National Beef Cattle
  Evaluation Consortium
• Committee acceptance of resolution