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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 Registration is open for the 2021 Beef Improvement Federation Research Symposium and Convention. This year’s event will be hosted in-person from June 22 to 25 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Following the symposium, two industry tours are scheduled for June 25. “Our team has developed tours that cover the beef value chain, unique production systems, new technology and a bit of the culture and history in Iowa,” says Dan Loy, Iowa Beef Center director and 2021 BIF Symposium chairman. Tours will depart at 7:30 a.m. and return by 6 p.m., and both tours include lunch. The Eastern Iowa Tour will feature stops at the Olympic Genetics Center and Amana Society. Amana farms includes a cow-calf enterprise, a feedlot and an anaerobic energy digester. The tour will include lunch at the Ronneburg Restaurant for historical family-style dining. ....