The phrase, “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success,” is one of the most recognised quotes of Scottish inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell.
It is a phrase which can be used to guide any undertaking, and it is one that should be considered as producers across the country turn their focus to this year’s spring bull sales.
It is time to nominate Angus bulls for the next round of the Angus Sire Benchmarking program (ASBP) to produce the Cohort 14 progeny. The joining program will commence inContinue reading “Bull Nominations OPEN – Fast Track Your Herd into Genetic Benchmarking and Innovation!”
The 2023 Winter Angus Bulletin is now available to view online. The Angus Bulletin is a quarterly publication with a print run of 4,500. Each issue contains industry news andContinue reading “Angus Australia’s Winter Bulletin 2023”
Angus cattle are the backbone of the New Zealand beef industry. In the commercial environment they’re expected to survive. Amid winter conditions of driving rain and inches of snow they will forage and not only survive, they will thrive. It’s in their DNA.
Farming is a relaxed way of life for Apiti couple Nipper and Sheree Knight. Their partnership encompasses a 35ha ex-dairy run-off and a 70ha flat-to-medium hill country block, giving them 101ha effective for their sheep and beef operation, set near the foot of the Ruahine Range in Manawatu.
When stud females are mated as heifers, this replicates the commercial farming model and improves overall fertility within the herd. Increased profitability is therefore bred into those progeny, so to speak. EBVs are the best available tool we have in predicting future progeny and when stud breeders use technologies such as HD50k and Angus GS, the accuracy of EBVs and Indexes is increased.
When Roger and Susan Hayward shifted the Twin Oaks Angus stud to Te Akau in March 2016, their 16-unit loads of stud females trundled up the South Island from Albury, across Cook Strait and steamed into the Waikato with genetics aplenty and all hooves crossed.
While many producers have successfully managed the structural soundness of their animals using different selection strategies, such as culling of animals with unacceptable structure, Claw Set, Foot Angle and Leg Angle EBVs provide a useful tool that breeders can use in association with existing management and culling strategies to further improve the foot and leg structure of their animals.
While the 980ha hill country farm on the outskirts of Waimate has been home to the Studholme family for generations, it is their ability to adapt to ever-changing market demands, economic environments and weather patterns that have enabled them to remain productive and profitable.
Henry Studholme is at the helm of Te Waimate, which he farms alongside his parents Mike and Jan. Three years ago, in response to two consecutive years of extremely dry weather, the family made the decision to build more flexibility and safety valves into their farm system.
AngusPRO are a group of New Zealand Angus studs that encompass over 40% of New Zealand’s registered Angus cattle. These studs have united and made the shift across the ditch,Continue reading “About AngusPRO”
