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”
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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.
Using Angus SaleSELECT
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.
This modern, intuitive interface makes it easier for breeders to search, sort and compare animals, to pinpoint the exact genetics that are of interest to their enterprise.
AngusPRO Magazine 2023
It’s here — the magazine you’ve all been anticipating for the past 12 months. Our 2023 edition of the AngusPRO magazine is printed and in your rural mailboxes. This secondContinue reading “AngusPRO Magazine 2023”
Starting with the end in mind
Who eats beef, and what do they expect from it? Mark Mitchell is owner of Broadleaf. Established in 1988, Los Angeles-based Broadleaf is a niche protein supplier, importing New ZealandContinue reading “Starting with the end in mind”
IMF – the factor that gives beef the qualities consumers love
Stock with the right genetics, raised on a meticulously applied feed regime, will result in beef carcases with the intramuscular fat (IMF) that consumers demand.
Diners choose beef for the flavour, smell and feel when they are eating a premium cut. While multiple factors are necessary to produce beef with the required level of IMF, in simple terms high IMF in an animal results from the interplay between genetics and nutrition.
Logical principles key to effective breeding programmes
Producing ‘better’ animals by improving their genetics is the goal of breeding. For most ‘better’ would be classified as more productive or generating higher returns.
Animal breeding programmes have three primary components: an objective, programme design and animal selection, which covers the ‘what,’ ‘how’ and ‘who’ necessary to improve your cattle.
AngusPRO Education Module – 4 May
It’s almost bull selling time. Careful selection of the most appropriate bulls offers a considerable opportunity to increase productivity and profitability within a beef breeding enterprise, with each bull having the potential to produce hundreds of progeny during its breeding life — The right decisions will pay their dividends!
Money for Marbling
Te Pa Station represents a single cog in a wheel that is one of Aotearoa’s largest farming operations, the Maori-owned Atihau Whanganui Corporation. That wheel is responsible for about 70,000 sheep, 4000 beef cows, 700 dairy cows, 3000 beehives and 728 hectares of woodlots on an area totalling 44,000 hectares.
Jimmy Doolan is manager at Te Pa, which is 4200ha of effective sheep and cattle country. Big enough to give him some power of persuasion in the processing marketplace and big enough to keep him “bloody busy”.
There are three stations within Te Pa—Pah Hill, Omerei and Ngapuke.