There are numerous factors which need to be considered when selecting a bull to mate over heifers. In many cases, the primary aim is to produce a live calf whichContinue reading “Making better bull selection decisions with heifer matings”
Category Archives: Bull Buying
Using TACE percentiles in animal selection
Angus bulls sold within New Zealand are registered in two different databases — Angus Australia and Angus NZ. The TACE percentiles in sale catalogues are only relevant to the population they are compared against, meaning you can compare one AngusPRO animal against another, but these percentiles can’t be compared across different breed societies i.e. animals registered with Angus NZ.
AngusPRO Education Module — 14 May
The bull walks are underway and the sales are just a fortnight away! Do you know what direction you want to take your breeding herd? If your bull breeder isContinue reading “AngusPRO Education Module — 14 May”
AngusPRO Education Module — 1 May
The 2024 edition of AngusPRO magazine is here — you’ll find it in your mailbox in coming days, alongside the BEEF Country magazine, with complimentary copies delivered to every BeefContinue reading “AngusPRO Education Module — 1 May”
Bull Selection: Environmental Influences
The appearance and performance of a bull is a combination of its genetics plus a range of non-genetic influences. Non-genetic influences are numerous and include such things as: When selectingContinue reading “Bull Selection: Environmental Influences”
Setting a Breeding Objective
The key elements of the success in any breeding program are no different when using Angus bulls to those when using bulls of any breed, being careful planning, the useContinue reading “Setting a Breeding Objective”
Weekly genetics review: Discovering your next bull, the value of including genomics
The search for a new herd sire can become exhausting. The number of bulls available for selection within breeds and across the entire industry is quite overwhelming. For example, duringContinue reading “Weekly genetics review: Discovering your next bull, the value of including genomics”
AngusPRO Education Module – 16 April
We are almost at bull selling season and we have some of the sale catalogues available already on angus.tech – view these on the sale catalogues page on our website. The LearnContinue reading “AngusPRO Education Module – 16 April”
WATCH — Learn the Tech, Insights into the angus.tech Database
Angus Australia, alongside AngusPRO and bidr, hosted the Learn the Tech – Insights into the angus.tech Database Workshop for commercial producers, stock agents, seedstock breeders and service providers. The Learn the Tech — Insights into the angus.tech Database Workshop wasContinue reading “WATCH — Learn the Tech, Insights into the angus.tech Database”
Progression requires some hard questions
Moving a herd towards a defined breeding goal is no small undertaking. Genetic improvement is generally described as a long-term process, even though the gains that are made will beContinue reading “Progression requires some hard questions”