Category Archives: Bull Buying

The term “curve bender” has been loosely used in the industry for some time to explain the effect of selecting for increased growth while maintaining birth weight in breeding decisions.
The term refers to bucking the trend or the expected result when selecting just on growth, which given the correlation between growth traits would simply lead to heavier cattle from birth through to maturity.

With the use of genomics becoming an increasingly important part of cattle breeding, the fourth installment of Angus ESSENTIALS is your insight into genomics, that is the technologies that analyse an animals’ DNA and inform us about an animal’s genetics.

The Angus SaleSELECT tool enables Angus breeders to search and sort the registered Angus animals that are currently available for sale and identify those animals that are most aligned with their breeding goals and objectives. AngusPRO members have their sales listed with Angus Australia.

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 which is born unassisted, with other economic traits (e.g. growth) of secondary importance.

Two EBVs published in the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation that are often not well understood are the EBVs relating to structural soundness, being Claw Set and Foot Angle EBVs.

This series of articles provides a comprehensive overview of these EBVs.

The Stock Agent’s Toolkit has been designed for stock agents across Australia and New Zealand as a clear, simple, and effective place to learn to interpret and understand the evolving amount of information available when considering purchasing registered Angus bulls.

Do you have a performance recording strategy? With performance recording playing such a huge part of the business of raising registered Angus cattle this installment of Angus ESSENTIALS is your insight into genetic evaluation, the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE) and performance recording.

Over the past decade the demand for quality beef has grown exponentially, to the stage now that many processing companies, and indeed brands of beef, offer a price premium for these cattle. Let’s take a look at how genetics play a part in optimising your results, in order to meet premium beef program targets here in New Zealand.