Dr. Harlan D. Ritchie

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  www.dairyherd.com/MineralsCN.asp?contentid=322017 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/16/2009    Last Visited: 6/16/2009  

  Source: Dan Buskirk, Gretchen Hill and Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University

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  cattletoday.com/archive/2000/October/Cattle_Today111.sh - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2000    Last Visited: 2/13/2008  

  For instance, Harlan Ritchie, distinguished professor of animal science at Michigan State University explains, "About 80 percent of the commercial herds in the U.S. use some sort of crossbreeding.
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  That's one reason Ritchie is so excited about the opportunity provided by composite or hybrid genetics, which are really nothing more than a package of combined genetics that a producer can use with the same management ease of straight breeding.
  
  "Composites offer herds of any size a way to exploit heterosis and breed differences easily," says Ritchie."It offers simplicity, breed complementarity, heterosis, and it can help us avoid genetic antagonisms."
  
  Plus, when it comes to bull power, Ritchie explains, "Compared to purebred bulls, hybrid bulls have slightly earlier puberty, higher sperm concentration and motility, and they achieve a slightly higher pregnancy rate."

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  Published on: 5/3/2005    Last Visited: 6/23/2007  

  --By Dr. Harlan Ritchie, Michigan State University

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  Published on: 5/19/2000    Last Visited: 9/18/2008  

  Businesses that are organized around knowledge, rather than tasks, will have opportunities to create wealth," said Dr. Harlan Ritchie, Extension beef specialist at Michigan State University.
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  Ritchie said the industry must move towards coordinated systems of production and marketing of beef to solidify demand and markets that enhance profitability and ensure sustainability.
  
  He cited the following factors as reasons that moved competing meats in that direction:
  
  - Increased responsiveness to consumer demand.- Improved quality control (consistency, food safety, etc.).- Increased efficiency, resulting in reduced cost of production.- Risk shifting and risk reduction.
  
  Characteristics of a food supply chain, according to Ritchie, include a traceback system, a better flow schedule, and a chain that is end-user friendly.
  
  Ritchie noted that the kind of system that is shaping up for the beef industry is "coordinated," rather than "vertically integrated," which puts power in the hands of those who have resources to add value.
  
  He explained that the key points of control are at the ends of the food supply chain, suggesting that genetics at one end and information from end-users at the other will control how the system behaves.
  
  "Middle participants must become indispensable to have a measure of control of governments or mitigate the role of genetics through unique processing technology," he added.
  
  Ritchie said the small producer can compete, but again, he must appear to be big, through an alliance, network, or marketing pool.
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  Ritchie said progressive seedstock breeders will become full-service vendors capable of providing numerous services for their commercial customers, such as: assistance in merchandising feeder cattle; programs for retained ownership that will return feedyard performance and carcass data on individual cattle; contracting of specific matings two years in advance of delivery of bulls; recipient females carrying male embryos for commercial producers who wish to raise their own bulls in their specific environments; and replacement heifers that are A.I. bred and sorted for calving date and sex of calf.
  
  According to Ritchie, there will eventually be widespread availability of semen and embryos specific for gender, color, polledness, production traits, reproductive traits and disease resistance traits.
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  However, some could be replaced by others waiting in the wings," said Ritchie.

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  beefcowcalf.com/alliance/NextStep.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/1/2001    Last Visited: 12/21/2007  

  Consequently, Harlan Ritchie, a distinguished professor of animal science at Michigan State University, explains, "Even to serve a mid-sized retailer, you need a significant supply chain.
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  Ritchie says the components in these emerging vertically coordinated systems are essentially the same as in traditional alliances.
  
  "The fundamentals are the same - the common objectives, establishing information flow throughout the chain, putting incentives in place to encourage producer participation," he explains.

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  cattletoday.com/archive/2008/February/CT1425.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2008    Last Visited: 2/16/2008  

  For a lifetime of devoted work toward helping cattle producers increase their net returns, Harlan Ritchie, Ph.D., distinguished professor emeritus of animal science at Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, received this year's recognition.
  
  "Dr. Ritchie is an outstanding leader in improving beef cattle through balanced selection practices and intelligent management," said Kent Andersen, Ph.D., NALF's executive vice president.
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  Ritchie was an Extension beef cattle specialist from 1974 to 2003, and he served as the MSU Extension animal science program leader from 1975 to 1995.He is the author or co-author of 200 scientific and technical articles, 195 Extension papers, 350 trade-journal articles, and more than 400 newsletter articles.From summer 2000 to summer 2007, he penned the "Beef Herd Management Tips" column in NALF's quarterly Bottom Line publication for commercial cattle producers.
  
  A popular teacher, respected researcher and prolific writer, Ritchie has addressed livestock producers in 38 states, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Australia and Europe.He also has judged the national shows of 13 beef breeds in the United States and Canada.
  
  Ritchie received the highest honor awarded in the U.S. livestock industry - induction into the Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Club - in 1994.

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  Published on: 10/25/2001    Last Visited: 8/27/2009  

  Harlan Ritchie, livestock specialist at Michigan State University reminds producers to consider the following items:

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  Published on: 8/1/2002    Last Visited: 1/27/2006  

  Dr. Harlan Ritchie of Michigan State University had this to say about Prospector 7558: "We have used many of the top horned and polled Hereford bulls in our breeding program and, based on two years of natural service, we have found that Prospector 7558 sired more merchantable bulls and excellent replacement females than any other bull we have ever used.

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  Published on: 10/1/2001    Last Visited: 3/16/2007  

  Harlan Ritchie, distinguished professor of animal science at Michigan State University, says: Crossbreeding offers too much to ignore, including the opportunity to match complementary breeds to the environments and the markets.

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  Published on: 2/29/2008    Last Visited: 2/29/2008  

  Dr. Harlan Ritchie, distinguished animal science professor of Michigan State University supports this method.

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