By Alastair Rayner, RaynerAg If you’re a bull breeder, there’s no doubt you have one of the more challenging roles in the beef industry. As a breeder you’re producing bulls … Read more

Structure can be an important component of a breeding program, with structural scores accepted for animals less than 750 days of age, for inclusion in TACE, or mature females as … Read more

The very first step before you start choosing a bull is to identify a breeding programme that does what you want it to and produces a product suitable for your … Read more

Social media is a fast paced set of communications platforms that is quickly becoming one of a marketers most used tools. With 15 million Australians using Facebook alone (or 2.27 … Read more

Docility scores taken on calves between 60 and 400 days of age are used to calculate Docility EBVs within the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE). Recording docility scores Animals can … Read more

Using EBVs to Benchmark an Animal’s Genetics with the Breed TACE EBVs can also be used to benchmark an animal’s genetics relative to the genetics of other Angus or Angus … Read more

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 … Read more

Mature cow weight has been a topical trait in 2020 and whether your breeding program aims to increase, decrease or remain constant the genetic merit of the herd for the trait, the critical practice remains the same. We need to be recording mature cow weights, as it is only with the accurate description of the trait that we as breeders can make the selection and breeding decisions which will ultimately drive the direction of the breed.