25 Sires Join Cohort 15 of the ASBP
Twenty-five (25) Angus bulls have been selected to join Cohort 15 of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP).
More than 50 nominations were received, with the final lineup consisting of 20 Australian sires, 3 New Zealand sires and 2 American sires. The sires were selected based on their merits in various areas, including genetic diversity, their current and future impact on the Angus seedstock and commercial industry, and their performance for the ASBP cooperator cow herds and commercial supply chain partners.
The Cohort 15 sires will be joined to approximately 1900 Angus cows through one round of fixed time artificial insemination across 7 cooperator herds in New South Wales and Victoria. The Cohort 15 sires average in the top 5% of the Angus breed for $A and $A-L indexes (Ref: October 2024 TACE).
One of the major objectives of the ASBP is to continue growing the comprehensive Australian Angus reference population using contemporary Angus cattle that represent a diverse range of pedigrees and genetics. The ASBP progeny are comprehensively phenotyped and genotyped from birth to slaughter in the steers and from birth to first calf in the heifers. Since the beginning of the ASBP, a total of 489 Angus bulls have entered this world leading research and development project. Most importantly, the ASBP progeny provide extensive genotypes and phenotypes for the Australian Angus Reference Population, with particular emphasis on hard-to-measure traits such as feed intake, methane emissions, immune competency, fertility, carcase and eating quality traits.
The ASBP is a major R&D initiative of Angus Australia, supported by industry partners such as Meat & Livestock Australia, University of New England, CSIRO, Rangers Valley, Stockyard, John Dee Pty Ltd, Australian Country Choice, Vetoquinol, Neogen and Zoetis.
For further information please contact Dr Liam Mowbray, Research and Development Specialist at Angus Australia liam.mowbray@angusaustralia.com.au
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