Important Changes to Animal Identification
Members are advised of two important changes that will apply to the identification of animals that are born from January 1st, 2021 onwards.
- Change to Animal IDs
The unique animal ID assigned to each animal recorded with Angus Australia consists of the breeder’s herd identifier,
Collecting Mature Cow Weights
Mature cow weight has been a topical trait in 2020 and whether your breeding program aims to increase, decrease or remain constant the genetic merit of the herd for the trait,
Updated EBVs Available: August 2020
Angus Australia wishes to advise that the August 2020 TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation has been completed and updated EBVs are now available.
Now that the August analysis has been completed,
Updated EBV Reference Table
Members are advised that there was an error with the EBV reference table (breed average / percentile bands) that was published in the mid-July and August TACE analyses. Specifically, the EBV reference table represented the calves born in 2019,
Publication of Results from Angus BREEDPLAN
Members are advised of some changes to the manner in which results are published from Angus BREEDPLAN.
The changes will come into effect in the upcoming January 2020 analysis,
Annual Enhancements to Angus BREEDPLAN December 2019
Members are advised that some considerable modifications have been implemented into the software that is used to calculate the Calving Ease Direct and Calving Ease Daughters EBVs within the December 2019 Angus BREEDPLAN analysis.
Enhancements to Angus BREEDPLAN Mid-December 2018
A number of analytical changes have been implemented in the Mid-December 2018 Angus BREEDPLAN analysis. These analytical enhancements are part of the annual maintenance and improvement to the Angus BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation undertaken in December each year,
Enhancements to Angus BREEDPLAN December 2017
A number of significant analytical enhancements have been implemented into the Angus BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation.
The enhancements are part of the ongoing maintenance and improvement to the Angus BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation,
New Era for Genetic Evaluation of Australian Angus Cattle
The December 2017 Angus TACE analysis has heralded a new era for the genetic evaluation of Angus cattle in Australia with the implementation of a new and improved approach for incorporating genomic,
Enhancements to Angus BREEDPLAN December 2016
A number of enhancements have been implemented in the December 2016 Angus BREEDPLAN analysis.
These enhancements are part of the ongoing maintenance and improvement to the Angus BREEDPLAN genetic evaluation.
