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Jos Maclean, ‘Coolum Pastoral’ Our family have been running Coolum Pastoral near Moura, Queensland, since 1927. The 5881 hectare property was originally farming country, but since taking it on, we’ve […]

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Breeding herds with an increasing proportion of polled animals is highly topical in the Australian beef industry. Producer and public concerns surrounding dehorning mean that actively selecting for polled is […]

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The Price family have implemented phosphorus supplementation and fertiliser, pasture improvement, vaccination, parasite management, control mating and objective bull selection on Greenlake Station, Rossmoya. The Price family purchased Greenlake Station […]

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The Wagyu genetics collaboration research project investigated performance, pedigree and genotype data to establish the concept that genotyping can be a useful tool for the Wagyu breeder and producer—both in […]

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The Using muscling selection line cows to inform maternal productivity modelling project studied the effect, in an Angus cow herd, of selection for divergent muscling on the maternal productivity of […]

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The Simultaneous genetic improvement of maternal productivity, feed efficiency and end-product traits in variable environments project took repeated body measurements of approximately 8,000 heifers and cows to quantify genetic variation across seasons […]

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The Male indicator traits to improve female reproductive performance project aimed to identify early life predictors of bull reproductive performance and improve efficiency of sire selection. The final report summary and final […]

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The Genetic technologies to reduce methane emissions from Australian beef cattle project delivered tools and knowledge to assist producers to breed productive, lower emissions cattle, using validated methodologies that will assist […]

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A genetic approach to internal parasite control in Australian cattle examined the heritability of resistance to internal parasites in cattle and developed preliminary estimated breeding values (EBVs). For more information […]

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The Additional measurements on muscle line cattle project investigated the impact of selecting for different levels of muscling on progeny performance in an Angus herd. For more information about this […]