How Useful are EBVs?
By Alastair Rayner I am certain at some point you will have heard the question asked, “How useful are these EBVs?” If you haven’t head that question you most likely … Read more
Are your bulls ready to work?
Its hard to believe that November is almost here. The year seems to have passed so quickly, and for cattle producers the next event on the annual breeding calendar is … Read more
Breeder Profile: Katherine & Philip McCallum
Breeder Profile:Katherine & Philip McCallum FARMING CAREERS PACKED FULL OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHLAND FAMILY Katherine and Philip McCallum are in the Angus breeding business for the long haul. … Read more
Shear delight for Country Calendar’s sheep farming family
In a sense, Alan and Cathy Donaldson have come full circle on their farming journey. Two of their three children are carrying on the family legacy. But the next generation … Read more
Unborn Calves Don’t Provide a Good Eating Experience
So often we can get caught up in the specific traits that we would like to see in our beef cows such as milking ability, growth and eating quality but … Read more
Welcome to the web
Are you online? Is your stud online? With 80% of New Zealanders being active internet users in 2020, you could be missing out on significant marketing opportunities if you aren’t. … Read more
Webinar: Breeding for Production Efficiency
If you missed it, here is a recording of the webinar from Catriona Millen, SBTS. All you need to do is register and you have access to last week’s recording. … Read more
Practical marketing for the Angus producer
Everybody talks about how as Angus Breeders, having a brand and marketing it are vital to create more awareness for your enterprise, and at Angus NZ we understand it can … Read more
Time to check the simple things
By Alastair Rayner, RaynerAg In the last few weeks I have been catching up on industry research and some reports on financial performance of beef and red meat producers. One of … Read more
Birth and fertility reliably predicted by EBVs
How well EBVs describe the performance of progeny was part of a recent project examining bulls and their progeny involved in the Angus Sire Benchmarking programs cohorts 5,6 and 7. … Read more
Breeder Profile: Chris & Karren Biddles
Breeder Profile:Chris & Karren Biddles Twenty-five years ago, Chris and Karren Biddles of Te Atarangi Angus Stud, identified a gap in the Angus bull market, specializing in calving ease and … Read more
Looking after your calving cows
In terms of major events on the cattle calendar, I reckon calving is probably the biggest event. Its important to manage this event well, as a good calving season will … Read more