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BREEDPLAN is a system of genetic evaluation of beef cattle developed by the Animal Genetics & Breeding Unit (AGBU) with the BREEDPLAN technology licenced to the Agricultural Business…
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A range of environmental management resources for beef cattle producers and land managers in northern Australia.

The law of diminishing returns and the fallacy of numbers More cattle usually means more production in total but some loss of production per head. Eventually, more cattle…
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Northern Australian cattle breeders sell male progeny into a variety of markets at ages ranging from several months to as much as four and a half years. Most…
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These beef business management resources are aimed at helping you to improve your bottom line, e.g. by reducing costs, improving efficiencies, etc.

Key messages: Critical mating weight (CMW) is the minimum weight at which heifers should be mated to ensure they have the greatest chance of cycling when they are…
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Find out about cross breeding cattle, combining the attributes of two or more breeds, rotational crossbreeding, composite breeds and other information.

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…
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Find out about beef cattle breeding and genetics: how to improve the genetics of your herd, selecting and managing bulls, breeders and heifers, useful tools, etc.

Identifying breeding objectives is fundamental to planned cattle breeding. So who sets breeding objectives? If we are honest with ourselves we will answer ‘I do’. Breeding objectives are…
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