Beef Cattle Improvement Association

Mississippi Beef Cattle Improvement Association (MBCIA)

MBCIA

The Mississippi Beef Cattle Improvement Association (MBCIA) focuses on promoting performance records and encouraging good management practices while cooperating with other like-minded organizations to emphasize the economic importance of beef cattle production in Mississippi. Headquartered in Starkville, Mississippi, the association utilizes Mississippi State University through research and education to promote the beef cattle industry statewide and nationally. MBCIA is a member of the national Beef Improvement Federation (BIF). Three Mississippians have served as BIF Board members in the last decade. MBCIA hosted the Beef Improvement Federation annual meeting for the first time in its near 40-year history in Philadelphia, MS in April 2006.

The MBCIA encourages the production and identification of genetically superior animals by purebred breeders and promotes the purchase and use of these animals by commercial producers through various sale offerings.

September 2011 - Beef Cattle Genetics Learn at Lunch

Presentation Video	Slides for Viewing and Printing

Spring 2012 Hinds CC Bull Test Sale and MBCIA Bull Sale

Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 12:00 Noon

Hinds Community College Sales Facility, Raymond, MS

Spring 2011 Bull Sale Results

Spring 2012 Sale Location Map

Interactive Video Distance Bidding Sites

North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, Verona, MS

Panola County Extension office, Batesville, MS

Spring 2012 Bull Sale Rules and Regulations

Spring 2012 Bull Nomination Form (deadline January 20, 2012)

Spring 2012 Bull Sale Order Guidelines

Mississippi BCIA Breeding Soundness Evaluation Form

Mississippi BCIA Bull Sale Consignor Checklist

For information on centralized ultrasound scanning of Mississippi cattle contact:

Dr. Rhonda Vann

Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station

(601) 857-5952

rcv2@ra.msstate.edu

Ultrasound Guidelines Council

UGC Certified Ultrasound Technician List

MBCIA Software and Record Sheet Downloads

Mississippi BCIA Commercial Cattle Adjusted Weaning Weight Calculator

Mississippi BCIA Cow Herd Performance Record Manager

Mississippi BCIA Cow Herd Performance Record Sheet

Mississippi BCIA Cow Herd Performance Records Summary Sheet

Mississippi BCIA Estrus Detection Record Sheet

Mississippi BCIA Estrus Synchronization Calendar

Mississippi BCIA Insemination/Breeding Record Sheet

Mississippi BCIA Performance Data Collection Calendar

Mississippi BCIA Semen Inventory Record Sheet

Beef Improvement Federation Annual Meeting

BIF 2011 Convention Information

April 18-21, 2006, Pearl River Resort, Choctaw, Mississippi

BIF 2006 Proceedings

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) held its 38th annual meeting in Choctaw, MS on April 18-21, 2006. The BIF annual meeting was hosted in Mississippi in 2006 for the first time in its thirty-nine year history. The Mississippi State University Extension Service co-hosted the 2006 BIF annual meeting in Choctaw, Mississippi on April 18-21, 2006 in cooperation with the Mississippi Beef Cattle Improvement Association and the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association. For proceedings papers, presentations, and awards summaries go to the BIF 2006 newsroom.