Angus Australian Journal Articles

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CAAB RETAIL CHAMPIONS
2007 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Retail butchers who are championing Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB).

CHINA TRADE MISSION SUCCESS
2007 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Angus Australia's 2006 Trade Mission to China.

YOUNG SIRE PROGRAM HAS IMPACT
2007 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
A report by Bob Guest, AA Young Sire Program co-ordinator

FOUNDATION HERD STILL IN ANGUS
2006 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
We visit the Scott family on their property Dunedin in Tasmania.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EBV ACCURACY VALUES
2006 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Angus Australia's Carel Teseling explains the importance of accuracies in Breedplan.

CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AT GRESWICK
2006 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Being environmentally sensitive in the way they farm is one of the goals of John and Janelle Spearpoint.

ANGUS IN THE FAR NORTH - A HAIR RAISING STORY (292kb pdf)
2005 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
There are many opportunities for the Angus breed to be infused into and add value to the beef cattle industry of northern Australia.

AI & BREEDPLAN BOOST COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE (470kb pdf)
2005 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Monitoring performance and using superior Angus sires is paying dividends for Jon and Karen Jackson of Toolong at Woolsthorpe in Victoria's Western District.

TASMANIA FEEDLOT‘S EXPANSION ON TRACK
2004 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
The plan to double Tasmania Feedlot’s capacity from 8000 to 16000 head in just 30 months is on track. An aggressive building program has already boosted capacity to 12,000 with 16,000 set to be reached by the end of next year. The aim is to fill the feedlot with electronically tagged straight-bred Tasmanian Angus with the complete production going to Japan as chilled Tasmanian Grain Fed Black Angus....

FIVE AUCTION RECORDS BROKEN IN 2003
2004 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
Auction records tumbled in 2003 with new top auction figures paid for Angus bulls ($41,000), cows ($34,000) and unjoined heifers ($26,000). The bull record of $40,000 that stood since 1983 was equalled at the 2003 National at Wodonga sale when Tiola Pastoral Company and Future Angus, Mt Barker, SA paid that amount for Dylemma Radar W42 offered by S&N Branson and GK Knowell, Mortlake, Vic.

In September at the annual Millah Murrah bull sale at Bathurst, NSW, J & J Woodruff, Witherswood, Glenrowan, Victoria paid $41,000 for Millah Murrah Future Direction W100...

WHERE DID BREEDPLAN START?
2004 ANGUS AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL
By Alan S. Boyd, inaugural AHIG chairman
Angus Herd Improvement Group Co-operative (AHIG) comprised the first group of cattle breeders to start performance recording their cattle in Australasia that developed into the internationally recognised Breedplan.

Often looking back at where we came from encourages us to renew or enhance the vision for the future. The “hard yards” are the early ones. Cattle breeders historically see the vision to progress collectively or they maintain their own position for self-promotion.