Genomics

a) Provide research that leads to farm-level application of genomic approaches that allow producers to pursue and measure progress towards multiple simultaneous (and possibly competing) phenotypes.

b) Investigate and supply tools to enable breeders to move faster towards breeding goals.

c) Improve upon markers available to note fleshing ability.

d) Identify genes with functional roles in microbiological and physiological processes that affect feed intake and efficiency in feedlot and cow-calf production.