The Beef Improvement Federation presented Dan Moser of Westmoreland, Kansas; Lynn Pelton of Burdett, Kansas; and Scott Speidel of Fort Collins, Colorado, with BIF Continuing Service Awards during the group’s recent annual meeting and symposium in Loveland, Colorado.
Moser is the president of Angus Genetics Inc. and director of performance programs for the American Angus Association, headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was raised on a small seedstock cattle operation near Effingham, Kansas.
In his current role, he oversees genetic evaluation programs, genomic testing services, business activities and member education efforts for AGI and the American Angus Association.
Pelton has served as an officer, director or committee member in two breed organizations including the Kansas Simmental Association and Red Angus Association of America. He was also a founding member of the Kansas Red Angus Association.
Pelton Simmental/Red Angus is a family-owned and operated seedstock business. Pelton started the seedstock operation in 1972 while a student in animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University. The herd has grown to 500 brood cows and the family hosts an annual sale in which bulls and females are marketed.
Speidel, Colorado State University assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science and the breeding and genetics discipline group, focuses his efforts on genetic improvement of beef cattle.
He was employed and educated through the resources of CSU’s Center for Genetic Evaluation of Livestock for approximately a decade before he joined the faculty.
He was involved in conducting genetic evaluation of beef cattle—approximately 10 million cattle twice a year for more than 20 clients—as well as research that improved genetic evaluations of many breed associations and breeding companies.
For more information about this year’s symposium, including additional award winners and coverage of the meeting and tours, visit BIFconference.com. For more information about BIF, visit Beefimprovement.org.
