Section 20: Beef

NOTE: This version of Section 20 has been approved by the working group's Chair. Please be aware that further revisions may occur before final review and approval by the Board and ICAR members per the Approval of Page Process.

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) have published a wiki version of the Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs. These guidelines are there to aid producers in selecting and improving beef cattle. They have information on data collection and processing, genetic evaluation, and selection and mating. Methane emissions in beef cattle are not well researched yet, as collecting phenotypes is more difficult than in dairy cattle. On the BIF methane page there is some information on the phenotype, contemporary group, and genetic evaluation for methane emissions.