A NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS PRODUCERS TO EASILY COMPARE EPDS ACROSS BREEDS
A New Technology Allows Producers to Easily Compare EPDs Across Breeds | Beef Improvement Federation
INCREASE ADAPTABILITY THROUGH USE OF HAIR SHEDDING EPDS
Increase Adaptability Through Use of Hair Shedding EPDs | Beef Improvement Federation
CALVING EASE COWS – OPTIMAL OR EXTREME?
Calving Ease Cows – Optimal or Extreme? | Beef Improvement Federation
Beef genetic data tools defined
K-State beef cattle specialist explains ways to effectively use data in sire selection MANHATTAN, Kan. — In any team sport, members contribute their physical strengths to help achieve the goal for the common good. It is hard for an athlete to be the best in all aspects of the game. In much the same way, bulls that excel in maternal traits are not always the ones that reach the top of chart for…
American Angus Association Launches Combined $Value Index
$C combines the two underlying breeding objectives that drive Angus’s maternal and terminal economic indices. The American Angus Association® launched the new Combined Value ($C) on May 29, 2020. $C is an economic selection index that aims to characterize profitability differences across the entire chain by combining the two underlying breeding objectives that drive the American Angus Association’s maternal and terminal economic indices. Expressed in dollars per head, $C includes all 15 traits involved in Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Beef Value…
Small Herd Sire Decisions: The Heifer Bull Dilemma
Garth Ruff OSU Extension Henry County Bull buying season is almost upon us, and for the smaller cow-calf operators in the region, I think it time to ask the question: Do you need to buy a heifer bull? Year over year as I sit and watch bull buying decisions being made, I have observed producers faced with the dilemma of buying a calving ease “heifer bull” or a higher performance sire with a…
K-State, industry experts outline criteria for buying bulls
Genomic advancements mean more information is available than ever before MANHATTAN, Kan. – For cattle producers, bull sale season has arrived. Prospective buyers are flipping through the sale catalogs and studying the pedigree information, performance data and bull pictures trying to determine where they want to make their investment. As genomic advancements have progressed, cattle producers have more information than ever before to help with their selections. But for some, all that data…
Research Hair Shedding EPD Launched by Angus Genetics Inc.
Genetic tool will be used to predict heat tolerance and tolerance to fescue toxicosis. The American Angus AssociationⓇ launches a research expected progeny difference (EPD) for hair shedding Feb. 5, 2020. The research EPD has been in development since 2011 and is now brought to fruition through the collaboration of the American Angus AssociationⓇ, Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University and the University of Missouri (MU). Early summer…
Match EPDs to Your Ideal Grazing Management Style
Dean Kreager, Licking County Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator (originally published in Farm & Dairy) As we move into January the grazing season is over for most and ended long ago for many, such as me, thanks to a dry fall. Now is the time to start putting some thought into breeding decisions. Is this the year to purchase a new bull? What semen do I need to order so it will be…