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”
Category Archives: Education
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”
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”
AngusPRO Education Module — 15 March
Welcome to 2024! It’s march already and we thought it was about time we got another Education Module out to you… We have a couple of interesting articles in thisContinue reading “AngusPRO Education Module — 15 March”
Weekly genetics review: Where are we heading with structural soundness?
The topic of structural soundness is frequently raised among beef producers and bull breeders. In the three years I have been writing this genetics column, structure is the subject ofContinue reading “Weekly genetics review: Where are we heading with structural soundness?”