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A preview of January's 70th Anniversary conference and its keynote speakers, plus a look back at 70 years of British Cattle Breeders Club history.

The Cattle Breeder magazine's Spring issue includes coverage of the British Cattle Conference held earlier in the year at Telford, Shropshire, reviewing key speakers.

Chairman Andy Dodd discusses BCBC's role in the industry, President Mike Coffey looks to the future, and the club invites members to its 70th Anniversary conference.

A review of the 2017 conference, including the presidential handover and a celebration of 70 years of the British Cattle Breeders Club and Conference.

Dr Alison Van Eenennaam of the University of California described how animal breeders have used a variety of methods to genetically improve food animal species.

Two beef day speakers, Minnesota breeder Jerry Wulf and Welsh producer Meilir Jones, a former Farmers Weekly award winner, focused on technology in beef production.

The 2017 conference marked the BCBC presidential handover, with Dr Maurice Bichard completing his six-year term and passing the role to Professor Mike Coffey of SRUC.

Delegates urged speakers from new innovation centres CIEL, Agrimetrics and Agri-EPI to maintain their focus on grassroots farming at the beef workshop opening the conference.

The PhD presentation during dairy day was given by Fern Pearston, looking at lameness evaluations for the UK dairy industry as recorded by Milk Recording Organisations.

The forthcoming British Cattle Breeders Club conference, themed 'Practical Innovation: today's challenges for tomorrow's generation', takes place on 23-25 January 2017.

Welcome to the 2017 British Cattle Breeders' Conference, an event that since its inception some 68 years ago has become renowned for its mix of practical, high-quality speakers.

A preview of January's 2017 conference, with a first look at some of the keynote speakers who will be taking to the stage.