The 2023 Winter Angus Bulletin is now available to view online. The Angus Bulletin is a quarterly publication with a print run of 4,500. Each issue contains industry news andContinue reading “Angus Australia’s Winter Bulletin 2023”
Category Archives: Education
AngusPRO Education Module – 18 June
Angus cattle are the backbone of the New Zealand beef industry. In the commercial environment they’re expected to survive. Amid winter conditions of driving rain and inches of snow they will forage and not only survive, they will thrive. It’s in their DNA.
AngusPRO Education Module – 6 June
When stud females are mated as heifers, this replicates the commercial farming model and improves overall fertility within the herd. Increased profitability is therefore bred into those progeny, so to speak. EBVs are the best available tool we have in predicting future progeny and when stud breeders use technologies such as HD50k and Angus GS, the accuracy of EBVs and Indexes is increased.
Structural Soundness
While many producers have successfully managed the structural soundness of their animals using different selection strategies, such as culling of animals with unacceptable structure, Claw Set, Foot Angle and Leg Angle EBVs provide a useful tool that breeders can use in association with existing management and culling strategies to further improve the foot and leg structure of their animals.
About AngusPRO
AngusPRO are a group of New Zealand Angus studs that encompass over 40% of New Zealand’s registered Angus cattle. These studs have united and made the shift across the ditch,Continue reading “About AngusPRO”
AngusPRO Education Module – 22 May
Did you know that in the April TACE run, the breed average for IMF in Angus Australia is +2.2 whereas Angus NZ’s 50th percentile is +0.8? The percentiles given in sale catalogues across NZ are from two different populations — Angus NZ and Angus Australia (including AngusPRO).
Viewpoint: Genomics prove worth in Cow Selection
It is often said that beef cows are the hardest working, least loved animal on any farm, and The Wandle is no exception. We have high expectations of them; that they wean one calf a year, eat an endless amount of rank feed and don’t melt under pressure. This is the reality of our breeding and finishing operation, where we have many priority mobs, and the cows more often than not play a supporting role. My husband Gus and I manage this 2550ha farm at Middlemarch, under the umbrella of the Lone Star Farms group. Across the three Lone Star properties that have breeding cattle, the company has been taking steps to improve the genetic merit of the Angus cow herds, with 240 head here at The Wandle.
WATCH: Introduction to angus.tech
Angus Australia have developed a YouTube video to assist New Zealand’s Angus breeders and AngusPRO clients with using their angus.tech database search tools. As we lead into the bull saleContinue reading “WATCH: Introduction to angus.tech”
More Angus Carcasses meeting Targets for Premium Supply Programmes
Angus farmers are well placed to reap the benefits of premium supply offers, with increasing numbers of carcases achieving the required criteria, says Darren Drury, category beef manager for AllianceContinue reading “More Angus Carcasses meeting Targets for Premium Supply Programmes”
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.