The Power of Genetics: MLA Producer Tour at Alloura

We recently hosted a producer tour at Alloura as part of the 2018 MLA Red Meat Conference. It was a great opportunity to present our thoughts and ideas about the power of genetics to other cattle producers and industry players.  As a stud producer, we see our job description as focussing on two key tasks: (1) producing genetics that influence and create genetic improvement; and (2) assisting clients to select genetics that will produce cattle to suit their production system, environment and

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Red Meat 2018

It was a busy but very exciting week at Alloura. On Thursday, we hosted a Producer Tour as part of the MLA Red Meat 2018 Conference Program. The focus of our presentation was on how we use Angus BREEDPLAN to produce genetics with accurate, reliable, predictable data to meet producers' target markets and production systems. The MLA described us as harnessing genetics to produce functional, structurally sound cattle with high calving ease and superior carcase attributes. They quoted us a

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How influential are your bulls?

Selecting a bull for your cattle breeding operation is the most influential factor in making genetic progress in your herd.    The bull you mate with your cows or heifers this year will contribute about 50% of the genes for the calves born next year - that is, half of their productive potential is determined by the genetics of the sire you choose. If you run a self-replacing herd however, the genetics of the cows and heifers in your herd are also influenced by the bulls you've used in the

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