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ANGUSVIEW ONLINE

To complement the highly successful schools, field days and written material, Angus Australia has branched into providing online education services. This inital set of presentations provide an alternative to traditional educational formats or a review/refresher opportunity.

These presentations offer producers greater convenience, in that they can enjoy these presentations any time of the day and night in the comfort of their own home.

These presentations are now available on CD.

NOTE: As these presentations are video and audio they are large files. While it is possible to view them using a dial-up internet connection, it is not recommended. We suggest that you order a CD copy. Member price is $11. Non-member price is $22.

The theme of this series is Breedplan:

•   Topic 1: Breedplan Recording

This presentation is for cattle breeders and covers recording of information for Breedplan It looks at what data we need to record on animals for calculation of Estimated Breeding Values. When we need to collect the data and how we collect records for different traits.

Quick Review Quiz

•   Topic 2: Management Groups in Group Breedplan

This presentation is for producers participating in Breedplan and covers Managment Groups. It covers information that will help you to get maximum value from your investment in performance recording

Quick Review Quiz

•   Topic 3: The new $ Indexes

This presentation is on the new $ Indexes. In this presentation we take a look at the new Angus $Indexes that that have been reported on all animals that have enough records since the December 2008 Group Breedplan analysis. The presentation will include why were the $ Indexes changed and what was changed, how are $ Indexes calculated and then practicalities of using the new $ Indexes.

Quick Review Quiz

•   Topic 4: Breedplan for Bull Buyers

  The topics covered in this presentation include understanding Estimated Breeding Values and then their practical use when buying bulls. At the end of this presentation it's hoped that you'll have an understanding of:

  • How EBVs are calculated
  • How to interpret EBVs
  • EBV accuracies
  • Benefits of using EBVs
  • and Evaluation of sires for different markets and breeding scenarios using EBVs

  Quick Review Quiz

ADDITIONAL PRODUCER CASE STUDIES

TODD WOODARD

DAVID HALL

BOYD HOARE

CHRIS BARNETT

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