Consultative Committee Members Announced
Angus Australia has announced the member composition of three Consultative Committees for the next 2-year term. This includes the Genetic Evaluation, Angus Sire Benchmarking Program and Northern Development Consultative Committees.
Scott Wright, CEO of Angus Australia explains, “Consultative committees are an important feature of Angus Australia. They provide a valued mechanism to obtain structured feedback and suggestions from Angus Australia members specifically directed to Board, management and staff.”
Genetic Evaluation Consultative Committee
The Genetic Evaluation Consultative Committee provides a forum for consultation between users of Angus Australia’s genetic evaluation services and the Angus Australia Board of Directors and management team. Importantly, the committee communicates the views and requirements of dedicated users of the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE) in relation to the operations, implementation of enhancements and future developments, along with views on related extension and education activities.
Christian Duff, General Manager Genetic Improvement looks forward to working with the committee over the next two years and explained how overwhelmed Angus Australia was with the number and calibre of members who expressed an interest in being on the committee.
“The appointed committee has broad experience and knowledge in the breeding of Angus cattle, and their feedback will be of great value in improving the genetic evaluation services that are available to both seedstock and commercial Angus breeders in Australia,” Mr Duff said.
“For continuity it is great to see our returning committee members, as well as four new additions.”
Angus Sire Benchmarking Program Consultative Committee
The Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) Consultative Committee has a purpose to provide guidance to the Angus Australia Board of Directors and management team in developing policies, strategies and plan related to ASBP.
The committee focusses on reviewing the overall operations and progress of the ASBP and, where required, provide recommendations to the Board. They also provide feedback on ASBP related proposals for consideration by the Board.
Liam Mowbray, R&D Specialist, is eager to work with committee over the next two years.
“We are excited to work with our committee and meeting the objectives of the ASBP program, which continues to focus on measuring hard-to-measure phenotypes and genotypes for the Angus Australia reference population, underpinning our genetic evaluation system,” Mr Mowbray said.
Feature Image – The ASBP Consultative Committee
Northern Development Consultative Committee
The Northern Development Consultative Committee is a mechanism to seek member feedback to guide Angus Australia’s overall Northern Development program.
It also assists though monitoring activity, progress and results from related initiatives.
Scott Wright, CEO, says “Angus Australia is looking forward to working with the new, expanded committee to refine the focus of Angus Australia’s Northen Development program.”
“We are confident that further use of Angus and Angus influenced genetics in Northern Australia will benefit Angus Australia members and the whole beef industry. Feedback from this committee will ensure we stay focussed on this pursuit,” Mr Wright added.
