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”
Category Archives: Education
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: Considering the value of Fixed-Time AI – don’t look at cost in isolation
The cost of producing a calf and bringing it through to weaning is a topic that draws considerable attention and discussion across the industry. Dialogue around the cost of producingContinue reading “Weekly genetics review: Considering the value of Fixed-Time AI – don’t look at cost in isolation”
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”
Achieving Good Growth Rates while Maintaining Pasture Control
Summary The two objectives of achieving good cattle growth rates during the summer/autumn period on kikuyu pastures and maintaining pasture control, conflict with each other. Generally beef finishers want toContinue reading “Achieving Good Growth Rates while Maintaining Pasture Control”
Weekly genetics review: How much focus should be placed on EMA?
Eye Muscle Area (EMA) is a trait often discussed by producers as being a desirable trait to include in their selection decisions. However narrowing down the reason as to whyContinue reading “Weekly genetics review: How much focus should be placed on EMA?”
New Angus research breeding values focus on shear force, MSA marbling
Two new Research Breeding Values (RBVs) are available for Angus cattle evaluation, both for eating quality traits – MSA Marbling Score and Shear Force tenderness measurement. Research Breeding Values (RBVs)Continue reading “New Angus research breeding values focus on shear force, MSA marbling”