Breeding the Perfect Cow
Ask Jake Stokman what drives the operation at Stokman Angus Farm, and his answer is simple: “We’re trying to breed the perfect cow. We’ll get there one day…”
Maximising Your Investment: Key Considerations for Bull Selection
Selecting the right bulls is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make for your herd’s future productivity and profitability. With the AngusPRO sales offering exceptional genetics, here are essential…
Making Sense of the Numbers: Using Angus Data with Confidence
For many producers, the work of making confident spring bull sale decisions begins well before sale day, with winter providing an important opportunity to review breeding objectives, assess herd direction…
Weekly genetics review: Avoiding common mistakes at this year’s bull sales
Although developing a breeding objective and selecting bulls that suit that objective has been a focus of industry advice for many years, there still appears to be a large gap…
AI program success starts eight weeks before insemination
As August begins, the spring bull-selling season is gathering momentum. Most breeding decisions will continue to involve new bulls and natural mating, but artificial insemination remains an established tool in…
Weekly genetics review: Is longevity really the trait that drives herd productivity?
There has been significant research into beef production, and the results do not point to longevity as a standalone driver of productivity.
Breeding for Predictability at Hauiti Farm
On a 215-hectare (effective) Hawke’s Bay block in the North Island of New Zealand, a commercial beef producer is running his operation with the discipline of a stud. The results…
The C word we shouldn’t avoid
There’s an expression that all cattle breeders, both seedstock and commercial, should consider.
That is: “Great cattle don’t show up once. They show up every generation.” However, there is a…
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Angus Education Centre
The Angus Education Centre is an initiative by Angus Australia to give their members access to information about strategies and tools that will help them explore world leading genetic evaluation technologies to enhance the value and profitability of their cattle throughout the beef supply chain.