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A preview of the 2021 conference programme, with a first look at the speakers and sessions lined up for the club's next virtual gathering.

Artificial insemination benefits beef producers in many ways, allowing suckler herd owners to access high genetic merit sires with desired estimated breeding values.

As more people turn to the Hereford for its ease of management and grass-converting ability, we catch up with the society to explore its growth and future direction.

The BCBC committee decided to organise a virtual conference for 2021, themed 'Our Breeding Goals: learn from the past to focus on the future', embracing change and technology.

Long-standing BCBC member Dr Brian McGuirk has published 'A Bovine Thriller', a 125-page historical account of Great Britain's dairy cattle breeding industry.

Due to Covid-19 uncertainty, BCBC decided to go virtual for the 2021 conference. This one-day e-conference on Tuesday 26 January is an exciting change of direction.

The Shout about the Sire campaign was launched by AHDB at the 2019 British Cattle Breeders Conference, aiming to increase the number of known sires recorded on passports.

Based on feedback from previous conferences, the BCBC committee tried a new format for the Monday afternoon beef workshop, going back to basics with a more interactive style.

Dairy delegates attended a condensed version of the AHDB Breeding Blocks workshop, hosted by Marco Winters and Fern Pearston from AHDB's Animal Genetics team.

A review of the 2020 conference, with sustainability and profitable breeding the key themes on Beef Day, and genetics and succession planning on Dairy Day.

Geneticist and programmer Werner Brand of SRUC opened Dairy Day by explaining how deep learning can be used to solve complex genetic problems facing the industry.

Sustainable succession was a central theme across all presentations at the 2020 British Cattle Breeders Conference, held in Telford between 20 and 22 January.