
3 ways your cattle will look stunning on Facebook
Do you have a social media profile set up for your business? If not, it’s not a bad idea! Social media is an excellent way to advertise your business, without the splurge on marketing resources. All you need is your phone and access to the social media applications of your choice. While social media is…
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Comparing the genetics of two animals
Using EBVs to Compare the Genetics of Two Animals TACE EBVs can be used to estimate the expected difference in the genetics of two animals, with the expected difference equating to half the difference in the EBVs of the animals, all other things being equal (e.g. they are joined to the same animal/s). For example,…
Collecting Days to Calving Information
Joining details of heifers and mature cows mated in natural paddock joining programs are used to calculate Days to Calving EBVs. What to collect? Breeders interested in the Days to Calving EBV need to record all ‘events’ associated with the natural joining of their females from the start of the mating period in each breeding…
Collecting Better Female Fertility Data
Research is now underway to determine whether “better” female fertility EBVs can be calculated by Angus TACE. In particular, whether details from artificial insemination (AI) and embryo transfer (ET) programs could be utilised in the calculation of female fertility EBVs, plus whether additional EBVs to the current Days to Calving EBV should be calculated. Breeders…
Do you have a goal for your business?
By Alastair Rayner In the last few weeks I’ve met a few people who have talked to me about their “5 year plan”. These are people who have set some goals in their lives for where they would like to be. For one person it was a location they wanted to live in, and a…