The process of developing Estimated Breeding Values for a breed or even for a new operation within a breed requires a degree of commitment, if it is to generate the information that can aid prospective bull breeders and future clients.
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Behind the Beef Episode 23 – A go to guide to AI with Vetoquinol’s Julie Pocock
As winter draws to a close and we head into the warmer months, this often means one thing for producers – the Spring joining period. It is estimated that atContinue reading “Behind the Beef Episode 23 – A go to guide to AI with Vetoquinol’s Julie Pocock”
AngusPRO Education Module – 16 September
The AngusPRO bull sales kicked off to a strong start this week, with Totaranui selling 82 bulls at an average of $3840 and Waitangi selling 78 bulls at an average of $3966.
The latest Angus ESSENTIALS webinar – running a successful AI program – has been hugely popular and it’s well worth taking the time to watch it in the full
Selecting Your Next Angus Bull
Choosing your bull is an important task, with many things to think about before you make your selections. Whether you are selecting bulls from an auction, a sale, or fromContinue reading “Selecting Your Next Angus Bull”
Angus ESSENTIALS – running a successful AI program
Spring has sprung, so are you ready to for your spring joining? Angus ESSENTIALS – AI Programs brought together some of the brightest and practical minds to provide you with all the tips and tricks you need to ensure a successful joining season.
If you missed out on this round of Angus ESSENTIALS, you could catch up on everything here.
AngusPRO Education Module – 1 September
We’re just a fortnight away from the first of our yearling sales now and the catalogues are in the post. The sale catalogue page on our website is being updated daily as new additions come to hand, and the links to all the angus.tech sale listings are there also.
We thought this was a good time to take you back and recap some of the breeding fundamentals we’ve been looking at over the last 18 months, so there’s plenty of information for you to look at in your own time.
Angus ESSENTIALS – Angus SELECT
Angus SELECT is a suite of tools available for cattle breeders to drive improved profitability, by using the database to find Angus genetics most aligned with breeding goals and objectives.
AngusPRO Education Module – 15 August
Calving is in full swing for most of our AngusPRO members now, and with the use of products such as HD50k by Zoetis, we can learn so much about this next generation from a single DNA sample.
It’s certainly a busy time, with Waitangi and Totaranui kicking off the yearling sales on September 13th. The catalogues will be in your mailboxes any day but please make sure you contact individual studs directly if you’d like a catalogue from a stud you’re not on the regular database with.
Genetics: Cow weaning rate and its impact on production costs
Farm profitability is determined by multiple factors. In a beef breeding business, factors such as survival and growth of calves through to sale weight are considered among the major influences.
Critical to these two areas is cow weaning rate (CWR) which is defined as number of calves weaned per cow joined annually.
Utilising Angus genetics to bend the curve
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.