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Summary A new tail hair test can measure nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), showing how well individual cattle convert dietary protein into growth and production. Cattle with higher NUE were found […]

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 […]

Genomic information is playing an increasingly important role in genetic evaluation for beef cattle breeders. As genotyping becomes more common, it is the quality and quantity of phenotypes for economically […]

Female selection in beef cattle provides a practical overview to help you to understand the basics of female selection and management, better understand the relative contribution of female selection to […]

This booklet will assist you to: define markets, determine breeding goals and plan breeding programs. This publication covers topics such as achievable gains from a planned breeding program; market identification; […]

Beef cattle recording and selection provides an overview of basic beef cattle genetics and the basic principles of planned breeding and selection in practice. It includes producers’ experiences using BREEDPLAN […]

Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) are estimates of an animals’ genetic merit for a particular trait and an indication of how an animal’s progeny will perform. EBVs are expressed as the […]

BREEDPLAN offers all beef cattle breeders the potential to accelerate genetic progress in their herds and to provide objective information on stock they sell. Developed in Australia, BREEDPLAN is now […]

Crossbreeding is the mating of two or more breeds to produce crossbred progeny. Crossbreeding is undertaken to: Utilise the desired attributes of two or more breeds Produce progeny better suited […]

In beef production, the principle objectives are: weight of beef sold per cow mated or per unit area of grazing land quality of beef sold per cow mated or per […]