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ANGUSPLUS FEMALES TO $1085
June 8 2008.
Females sold to $1085/head and steers to 210 cents/kg at the AngusPlus online sale on June 6.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR DALBY CATTLE SCHOOL
June 3 2008.
Scholarships are available to the Dalby Beef Cattle Assessment School from June 20 to 22 at the Dalby Campus of the Australian Agricultural College. Angus Australia’s Queensland committee has made these scholarships available with generous support from sponsor Merial.

FEEDER STEER WORKSHOPS FOR CENTRAL NSW
This year’s Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) Feeder Steer Workshops will be at four venues in central NSW from July 1 to 4.These free workshops assist producers to improve the performance of cattle destined for feedlots and increase producer returns...

THE STORY OF THE ANGUS … THE STRUGGLES AND THE TRIUMPHS
April 30 2008.
The 248 page coffee table style publication, The Story of Angus in Australia, launched by the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery traces a fascinating journey commencing with the breed’s birth in Scotland. The book covers the arrival of Angus in Australia, the struggle to survive in the early days, the aggressive adoption of performance recording that accelerated breed improvement, the emergence of Certified Australian Angus Beef and the impact of the medium to long fed Japanese market.

QLD MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 24 2008.
Cattle producers can learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at a meeting in Dalby, QLD on Thursday May 22nd...

VIC MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 24 2008.
Cattle producers can learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at meetings at four regional centres in Victoria in May.

NSW MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 24 2008.
Cattle producers can learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at meetings at five regional centres in New South Wales in May.

TASMANIAN MEETING TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 24 2008.
Tasmanian cattle producers can learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at a meeting at the DPIW offices in Prospect on Tuesday May 27.

SA MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 21 2008.
South Australian cattle producers will learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at meetings at Naracoorte on Thursday May 1 and at Strathalbyn on Friday May 2.

WA MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN BREEDPLAN UPGRADES
April 18 2008.
West Australian cattle producers will learn about the proposed upgrades to Breedplan and $Index values and will be able to participate in discussions regarding the use of gene markers in genetic evaluation at a series of two hour meetings at Gingin, Kojonup and Esperance on April 28, 29 and 30.

SYDNEY SHOW TRIUMPH FOR ANGUS
April 7 2008.
The 114 exhibitors of 200 stud Angus and 62 Angus steers at the Sydney Royal Angus feature show provided an outstanding showcase for the breed. The judge was Dr Tom Turner from the Ohio State University who said the display contained some outstanding animals that would be competitive anywhere in the world.

CATTLE SELL TO FIVE STATES THROUGH ANGUSPLUS
April 8 2008.
Buyers from five states paid to $890 for 2004 drop PTIC Angus females and 259 cents/kg for light 2007 drop steers in a total clearance of 2351 head through the AngusPlus online sale on April 4. Females sold for up to $250 above reserves, a strong endorsement of the online system and of the additional information on genetics the AngusPlus system delivers...

ANGUS CEO DECIDES TO MOVE ON
The Chief Executive Officer of the nation’s most successful cattle breed society has resigned. Graham Truscott announced his intentions to finish in March 2009 to a shocked Angus Australia board of directors at a meeting during the Sydney Royal show.

DR TOM TURNER TO JUDGE SYDNEY SHOW
Judge Dr Tom Turner is an professor of animal science at the Ohio State University, will have a busy day sorting out the 206 Angus cattle entered in the stud classes at the Angus feature show at the 2008 Sydney Royal...

290 ANGUS FOR SYDNEY ROYAL
The $30,000 prize-money on offer at the Angus Feature show at this year’s Sydney Royal has attracted an entry of 290 stud cattle and led steers. The prizemoney is the most ever offered for an Angus section at an Australian Royal show...

SYDNEY ANGUS JUDGE TO TOUR NSW
How high grain prices and ethanol production are affecting the USA cattle industry will be among the critical issues addressed by Dr Tom Turner at seminars in the Hunter Valley and central New South Wales. Dr Turner, who is in Australia to judge the Angus Feature show at Sydney Royal, has judged in 30 American states and internationally.

SYDNEY SHOW TOUR PLACES AVAILABLE
February 14 2008.
Australian cattle producers have the opportunity to spend 13 days visiting the Angus Feature show at Sydney Royal and then heading west and south visiting leading Angus properties such as Millah Murrah, Ardrossan, Rennylea, Lawsons, Te Mania and Werribee Farm plus Jindalee Feedlot where the majority of CAAB cattle are finished...

MICHIGAN OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE
February 12 2008
An opportunity exists for a young Australian involved in the beef cattle industry to study for a semester at Michigan State University, one of America’s leading agricultural learning institutions...

LANDFALL ANGUS YOUTH NATIONAL ROUNDUP CHANGES
4 December 2007
Angus Youth has made some strategic changes to encourage more youth to attend the Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup in Bendigo in January, 2008. Angus Youth coordinator Jim Klarner said the Angus Youth committee was keen to look outside the circle and encourage an expanded network of youth to the Roundup...

LANDFALL ANGUS YOUTH NATIONAL ROUNDUP DEADLINE EXTENDED
15 November 2007
The deadline for entries for the 2008 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup has been extended a fortnight to Friday, November 30. The Roundup will be held at the Bendigo Showgrounds from January 10-13. Angus Youth coordinator Jim Klarner said he had been pleased with the response and decided to extend the deadline...

STRONG RESPONSE TO CAAB WORKSHOPS
15 November 2007
There has been a strong response to the CAAB feeder steer workshops to be held in South Australia and Victoria later this month. However, there are still spaces available for those that could have cattle suitable for the feedlot industry.The first workshop will be held...

VICTORIAN AG SCIENCE STUDENT TO TOUR BRAZIL
7 November 2007
An Agricultural science student raised on a beef property near Ballarat has been selected to travel to Brazil through the inaugural Angus Youth COALAR Australia Brazil Exchange. Andrew Carey, 19, of Gordon in Victoria, was chosen...

RUSSIAN LIVE EXPORT MARKET NEEDS QUALITY ASSURANCE
8 November 2007
Australia’s seedstock beef cattle industry is benefiting from the sale of thousands of heifers and some bulls to Russia but it needs to maintain high level quality assurance programs to ensure the trade continues according to Angus Australia’s Chief Executive Officer Graham Truscott who has just returned from Russia...

PHIL MORLEY APPOINTED CAAB JOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
29 October 2007
Michael Pointer welcomes Phil Morley to the Certified Australian Angus Beef team at the CAAB Quality Awards last week. Mr Pointer and Mr Morley will hold the roles of Joint Chief Executive Officers from next month...

ANGUS AUSTRALIA QA SYSTEM COMMENDED AT EXPORT AWARDS
24 October 2007
Angus Australia’s export quality assurance system and China marketing program have been highly commended at the 2007 NSW Export Awards. NSW Premier Morris Iemma headed an impressive guest list of 630 people that attended the prestigious awards ceremony held at the Star City Casino last week. Some 97 companies entered this year’s awards…

LAWSONS ANGUS TO HOLD ONLINE ANGUSPLUS SALE
18 October 2007
Lawsons Angus and Elders will hold a special online sale open to all producers using Lawsons genetics in their herd. The Lawsons Blood AngusPlus sale will be held on November 16 and is open to cattle sired by Lawsons bulls, including cattle from females of a different breed...

NSW CAAB PRODUCER WORKSHOPS HELD THIS MONTH
3 October 2007
Producers potentially producing cattle suitable for the feedlot industry will have the opportunity to attend field days in northern New South Wales later this month. These field days come hot on the heels of the highly successful Feeder Cattle Field Days run in Queensland last month. About 60 people attended each session and feedback on the variety and quality of information provided on each day was very positive. This month’s field days will be hosted by Certified Australian Angus Beef...

ANGUS PLUS SALE DEFIES DRY CONDITIONS
2 October 2007
Online bids picked up 60 per cent of the cattle at the special ‘Wolseley Park’ interfaced Angus Plus sale near Gundagai, NSW, on Wednesday, September 26. The 737 Patawalla blood commercial Angus females sold to a top of $1050...

ANGUS WINS JUNIOR INTERBREED RIBBON
1 October 2007
Mark and Sheryl Atkinson of the Carrington Park Angus Stud at Drouin South in Victoria were awarded the supreme interbreed ribbon for best junior heifer at the Royal Melbourne Show on Sunday. The Atkinsons received the award...

CAAB A DUAL GOLD MEDALIST
28 September 2007
Certified Angus Australia Beef has been awarded a second gold medal at the prestigious Sydney Royal Fine Food Show. CAAB achieved a quinella in the open class as judges also awarded the beef brand a silver medal. The judging was held at the Sydney Showgrounds...

LONG LINES OF QUALITY BREEDERS ON ANGUS PLUS
11 September 2007
Potential buyers from across the country will be able to bid on large lines of Angus cows with calves, unjoined heifers and steers in forward store condition on Wednesday, September 26 through Angus Plus. Phillip and Joan Sheridan, “Wolseley Park”, Eurongilly, are holding a reduction sale of 850 head on their Gundagai, NSW, district property, “Kurravale”, which will be interfaced on Angus Plus...
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ANGUS AUSTRALIA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP TO BRAZIL
11 September 2007
Angus Australia has established a scholarship to send a young member of the beef industry to Brazil for two months. Angus Australia has teamed up with the Council of Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) to provide a return ticket to Brazil, all internal travel to the host sites and accommodation with two Brazilian families...

WORKSHOPS CATER FOR FEEDLOT DEMAND
4 September 2007
The growth of the Australian feedlot industry and subsequent demand for quality feeder steers is causing a change in beef production practices across the country. The high value of the Australian dollar and drought-influenced grain prices have contributed...

FOUR VICTORIAN WORKSHOPS ASSISTING BREEDING DECISIONS
September 4 2007
Four special workshops covering all Victorian districts will assist cattle producers with breeding decisions. Angus Australia’s Bob Dent will simplify gene markers, Breedplan, $indexes, feed efficiency and the Young Sire Program...

611 COWS AND HEIFERS FOR ANGUS PLUS
September 4 2007
The 611 females from New South Wales and Victoria catalogued for the Angus Plus online sale on Friday September 7 at 12 noon range from weaned heifers through to cows with calves...

STEPHEN COOKE JOINS ANGUS AUSTRALIA
August 27 2007
ONE of Australia’s prominent livestock journalists has joined the marketing and communications department of Angus Australia.
Award-winning journalist Stephen Cooke brings 11 years of experience in rural journalism to the role...

JOINED HEIFERS TO $815 ON ANGUS PLUS
August 6 2007
A line of 28 PTIC heifers aged 20 – 22 months from the Mortlake, Vic, district sold for $815 and weaner steers from South Australia sold to 213 cents/kg at the August 3 online Angus Plus sale...

BREEDERS FOR PROFIT WORKSHOPS
July 23 2007
The Department of Primary Industries and Angus Australia have joined forces to provide on-farm workshops in the Euroa and Hamilton areas this spring...

$57,000 FOR NEW ZEALAND ANGUS BULL
June 6 2007
An Angus bull sold for $57,000 to top New Zealand’s Beef Expo sale at Palmerston North where 130 bulls from seven breeds grossed $819,450 and averaged $7731...

LEARN FROM BEEF EXPERTS
June 4 2007
The popular Southern Beef School is on again this year from July 17 to 19 at the Glenormiston Campus, South West Institute of TAFE, Terang, Victoria...

REGISTER NOW FOR POPULAR CATTLE SCHOOL
June 4 2007
It is time to register for this year’s South Australian Beef Cattle Assessment School at Keith, SA, from August 7 to 9...

BEEF UP CATTLE SKILLS AT TOCAL
June 4 2007
Enrolments are closing soon for the popular Beef Cattle Assessment Course at CB Alexander Agricultural College, Tocal, Paterson, NSW, running from July 2 to 5 this year...

ANOTHER BIG SURGE IN ANGUS NUMBERS
May 28 2007
Angus numbers continue to climb with one in every four beef calves registered by breed organisations in Australia last year being an Angus...

ANGUS PLUS MOVES TO MONDAY
May 21 2007
The highly successful monthly Angus Plus online auction of commercial Angus females and steers has been moved to the first Monday of each month at 12 noon commencing with the next sale on June 4...

VICTORIAN ANGUS COMMITTEE’S POSITIVE FUTURE
May 12 2007
Angus Australia’s newly elected Victorian committee has instigated a series of projects and activities to support members and continue the expansion of Angus in the state...

RUSSIANS BUY AUSTRALIAN BULLS AS WELL AS HEIFERS
May 9 2007
The latest Russian order for 2000 Australian Angus and Hereford breeding heifers has been topped up with an unexpected order for 50 bulls with the cattle now assembled in Western Australia and Victoria undergoing health and physical assessments...

EIGHT BEEF SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
May 7 2007
Eight Victorian beef cattle producers have the opportunity to attend the live-in Southern Beef School at the South West TAFE, Glenormiston Campus, in western Victoria from July 17 to 19 at half the normal fee...

NEW ANGUS PRESIDENT
May 2 2007
John Young, Strathtay Angus, Narrogin, WA, is Angus Australia’s new president. He was previously vice president and replaces Peter Grieve who did not seek re-election...
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PHOTO: John Young, Angus Australia president

647 SPRING CALVERS TO $1230 ON ANGUS PLUS REVERSES PRICE SLUMP
April 26 2007
Pregnancy tested spring calving Angus females sold to $1230 and 647 averaged $966 at the special Old Turee Angus Plus online sale on April 26 reversing the previous week’s downward spiral...

RUSSIA TO BUY MORE AUSTRALIAN ANGUS
April 23, 2007
A high level Russian ministerial delegation inspected Angus in New England (NSW) last week seeking cattle to rebuild the Russian beef cattle industry...
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PHOTO: 2007 RUSSIAN DELEGATION 1
PHOTO: 2007 RUSSIAN DELEGATION 2

ANGUS TRIUMPH AT SYDNEY
April 19, 2007
The Angus breed dominated the stud and steer interbreed awards at Sydney Royal by taking out the top awards in both sections including the prestigious Hordern Trophy for the best pair of stud animals and the Stan Hill Trophy for a group of three carcases....
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PHOTO: HORDERN TROPHY WINNERS
PHOTO: URQUHART TROPHY WINNERS
PHOTO: STAN HILL TROPHY WINNERS

TAMWORTH ANGUS TOP STEER AT SYDNEY
April 14, 2007
Students from the Calrossy campus of the Tamworth Anglican College,NSW, scored a great win at the Sydney Royal Easter show when their 410 kg Angus steer by Dunoon Reagan was named grand champion all breeds steer...
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PHOTO: SYDNEY 2007 GRAND CHAMPION STEER PRESENTATION
PHOTO: SYDNEY 2007 GRAND CHAMPION STEER (SIDE ON)
PHOTO: SYDNEY 2007 CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT STEER PRESENTATION
PHOTO: SYDNEY 2007 RESERVE CHAMPION SCHOOL STEER

LEARN ABOUT BREEDING FOR PROFIT
April 11 2007
Angus Australia’s Bob Dent and Emma Weatherly from the Department of Primary Industries are running on farm workshops in the Gippsland and Ballarat areas to give beef producers the opportunity to learn ways of increasing the profitability of commercial cattle breeding operations by improving their breeding herd...

RUSSIA BUYING 1000 WA ANGUS HEIFERS
March 29 2007
One thousand West Australian Angus heifers are currently being selected for export to Russia to be part of an elite breeding herd to boost the volume and quality of beef produced in that country...

CAAB PROMOTES AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT IN SINGAPORE
March 29 2007
Certified Australian Angus Beef has been part of a major tourism promotion in Singapore to encourage Singaporeans to travel to Australia...

ONLINE STEERS AT HAY MAKE 228.9 CENTS ON ANGUS PLUS
March 26 2007
Buyers appreciating the additional information and high levels of quality assurance in the Angus Plus online auction on Friday (March 23) paid to 228.9 cents/kg for steers and 223 cents/kg for heifers in an 88.4% clearance...

THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
March 21 2007
For Penny McArdle, an agronomist from Meningie, South Australia, it was a case of third time lucky when she won the Angus Youth National Judging Competition in Tamworth, NSW recently...
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PHOTO: Scholarship winners Alex Aylan-Parker & Penny McArdle
PHOTO: Over judge Erica Halliday with Penny McArdle
PHOTO: Alex Aylan-Parker with Jim Bruce from Semex/Phoenix Genetics

ANGUS INTERBREED SUCCESS IN CANBERRA
March 8 2007
Angus won its first interbreed Royal show title for the year when Undera Y3, exhibited by Gavin Kallady, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, was named supreme interbreed female at the 2007 Canberra Royal...
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PHOTO: Undera Y3

700 FOR SPECIAL ONE BRAND ANGUS PLUS SALE
March 8 2007
Seven hundred one brand Angus sired steers and heifers from Toronga Station, Hay, NSW, will be offered at a special Angus Plus on-line sale on Friday March 23...

ANGUS PLUS WEANERS AT 273 CENTS/KG
March 5 2007
A line of 289 Angus steers from Andrew and Kate White’s Havilah North at Mudgee, NSW, sold to 273c/kg and averaged $552.61 at Friday’s on-line Angus Plus sale...

NEW QUEENSLAND ANGUS CHAIRMAN
February 28 2007
Jenny Schmidt, Diamond Ridge Angus, Southbrook, is the new chairman of the Queensland committee of Angus Australia...
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PHOTO: Jenny Schmidt

300 EU STEERS FROM HAVILAH NORTH FOR ANGUS PLUS
February 13 2007
Two lines totaling 300 EU accredited Angus steers from Andrew and Kate White’s Havilah North property at Mudgee, NSW, will be feature lines at the March 2 Angus Plus on-line sale...

BULL SALES OFF TO GREAT START
February 9 2007
The opening bull sales for the year in Western Australia have set a strong pattern for the upcoming autumn sales in the eastern states with the first nine Angus bull sales clearing 325 bulls at an average of $5061, up on last year’s final average of $4842...

CAAB APPOINTS SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER
February 8 2007
In an important milestone in the on-going development of Certified Australian Angus Beef® (CAAB) the company has appointed Kate Brabin (nee Masters) to work with the Chief Executive, Michael Pointer, to continue the expansion of the brand and the program...
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PHOTO: Kate Brabin

BEEF SKILLS DEVELOP AT ROUNDUP
January 17 2007
According to Liesl Sargeant, 22, Vic., the Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup gives younger participants a great opportunity to improve their cattle skills...
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PHOTO: L Sargeant
PHOTO: Junior comp 

YOUTH IMPROVE BEEF SKILLS AT ROUNDUP
January 17 2007
According to David Whittenbury, 21 of Adelaide, SA attending his second Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup recently not only helped better him as a cattleman, it also gave him a chance to share his knowledge of the beef industry with younger participants...
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PHOTO: D Whittenbury

NSW YOUTH SWEEP MAJOR ROUNDUP AWARDS
January 16 2007
If the results at the recent 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup are any indication, New South Wales may be home to many future leaders of the beef industry, with all major awards going to NSW participants...
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PHOTO: 2007 Landmark Ambassadors
PHOTO: 2007 Angus Youth New Zealand Exchange
PHOTO: Young beef enthusiasts

ROUNDUP ENCOURAGES YOUTHFUL AMBITION
January 16 2007
For Kelly-Ann Kay from Maleny, Qld attending the 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup recently was an opportunity to increase her knowledge of the beef industry...
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PHOTO: K Kay

YOUNG TASMANIANS AT ROUNDUP
January 16 2007
Tasmania was strongly represented at the Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup in Glen Innes, NSW, which ran from January 11 to 14. Seven young Tasmanian cattle enthusiasts attended...
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PHOTO: Tasmanian group at 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup
PHOTO: Seniors parading at 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup

ROUNDUP TO GLEN INNES
January 9 2007
Successfully bringing together over 125 young beef enthusiasts from around Australia along with 140 head or so of cattle is quite a challenge. It was a task made even more daunting...

ANGUS ON SHOW DURING BEEF WEEK
January 8 2007
Of the 27 breeds represented in Stock & Land Beef Week in Victoria and the Riverina, the Angus breed is again has the most popular with 66 Angus and eight red Angus studs open over the eight days...

ROUNDING UP YOUNG BEEF ENTHUSIASTS
December 20 2006
Young beef enthusiasts will be heading for Armidale, NSW for the 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup running from January 11 to 14...
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PHOTO: 2006 Roundup

YOUNG TASMANIANS HEADED FOR ROUNDUP
December 20 2006
Seven young Tasmanian beef enthusiasts will be a part of the action in Armidale, NSW when the 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup gets underway on January 11, running until January 14...
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PHOTO: 2006 Roundup

SCHOLARSHIP WINNER HEADED FOR UK
December 20 2006
Jason Siddell from Deniliquin, NSW has been named as the winner of the inaugural 2007 Andrew Stebbings Memorial United Kingdom Scholarship.
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PHOTO: Jason Siddell

NEW DEAL FOR VICTORIAN ANGUS MEMBERS
December 4 2006
In a new deal for Angus Australia members in Victoria, a substantially changed Victorian organising committee was voted into office at the Victorian members’ AGM attended by 80 members in Melbourne last week...
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PHOTO: Robert Campbell

ROUNDUP ENTRIES CLOSING
November 29 2006
Entries for the 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup – to be held in Armidale, NSW from January 11 to 14 – close this Friday December 1...

ANGUS PLUS AUTUMN CALVERS TO $850
November 6 2006
A line of 45 three year old PTIC autumn calving commercial Angus cows from Harden on the New South Wales south west slopes sold at $850 at the November 3 Angus Plus on-line sale...

ALBURY WODONGA’S FEMALE SALE MOVES TO AUCTIONPLUS
November 1 2006
The long running Albury Wodonga Angus Breeders’ (AWASBA) commercial female sale has moved to be a completely on-line AuctionsPlus event following the success of the monthly Angus Plus and Team Te Mania sales...

THE WHITES OF BALD BLAIR CLOCK UP THE YEARS
October 30 2006
The White family of Bald Blair, Guyra, NSW, has been breeding Angus in Australia for 118 years. They registered the Bald Blair herd 98 years ago...
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PHOTO: Angus Australia president Peter Grieve (second from left) Rylstone, NSW, with the Whites of Bald Blair, from left, Susie White, her mother Elizabeth White, Sam White and his wife Kirsty.

ANGUS ROUNDUP FOR ARMIDALE
October 11 2006
The showgrounds in Armidale, NSW, will be buzzing with kids and cattle from January 11 to 14 next year as the location for the 2007 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup...
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PHOTO: Angus Australia's Bob Dent at 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup

ANGUS PLUS COWS TO $1300
October 9 2006
Commercial Angus cows with calves sold to $1300 and 322 kilogram steers sold to 196.7 cents/kg live or $635 at the October 6 on-line Angus Plus sale...

EXCITING NEW UK BEEF SCHOLARSHIP
4 October 2006
The Stebbings UK Scholarship is an exciting new overseas scholarship which will give one young beef cattle enthusiast the opportunity to learn first-hand about breeding cattle in the United Kingdom...

ANGUS WIN FOUR OUT OF FIVE AT MELBOURNE
October 2 2006
Angus won four of the five major interbreed awards in the beef cattle section judged in the magnificent new livestock pavilion at the Melbourne Royal...
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PHOTO: Supreme champion beef animal - 2006 Melbourne Royal
PHOTO: Supreme junior champion interbreed beef female - 2006 Melbourne Royal
PHOTO: Supreme senior champion interbreed beef bull - 2006 Melbourne Royal
PHOTO: Angus interbreed champions - 2006 Melbourne Royal

CAAB OPPORTUNITY FOR NORTHERN PRODUCERS
September 14 2006
Angus producers in Queensland and northern New South Wales now have another outlet for their cattle following the licensing of Stockyard Pty Ltd as a Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) processor and distributor...

ANGUS AUSTRALIA’S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
September 14 2006
Angus Australia’s 16 person board of directors has voted against a motion of no confidence in the five man board executive and the general management at a special meeting in Sydney on Tuesday (September 12)...
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PHOTO: PETER GRIEVE, ANGUS AUSTRALIA PRESIDENT

ANGUS ON TOP IN ADELAIDE
September 4 2006
Angus from Victoria took out the major beef cattle award at the 2006 Adelaide Royal when a panel of international and interstate judges named the Angus grand champions as the all breeds supreme champion pair...

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PHOTO ONE: SUPREME PAIR   |   PHOTO TWO: GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS BULL   |
PHOTO THREE: GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS COW

ANGUS PLUS HEIFERS TO $900
September 4 2006
In a week where continuing dry conditions forced cattle prices and clearances down, Friday’s on-line monthly Angus Plus sale went against the trend attracting sustained support lifting unjoined yearling heifers to $900/head and weaner steers to 272 cents/kg with an overall 90% clearance...

INFORMATION FOR BASS STRAIT ISLANDS’ CATTLE PRODUCERS
August 23 2006
The many opportunities available to cattle producers in the rapidly changing beef cattle business will be discussed at workshops at the Flinders Island Sports Club on Wednesday August 30 and at the King Island Club on Thursday August 31. Both sessions run from 1 pm to 4:00 pm...

INFORMATION FOR FLINDERS ISLAND CATTLE PRODUCERS
August 23 2006
The many opportunities available to cattle producers in the rapidly changing beef cattle business will be discussed at a workshop at the Flinders Island Sports Club on Wednesday August 30 from 1 pm to 4:00 pm...

INFORMATION FOR KING ISLAND CATTLE PRODUCERS
August 23 2006
The many opportunities available to cattle producers in the rapidly changing beef cattle business will be discussed at a workshop at the King Island Club on Thursday August 31 from 1 pm to 3:30 pm...

BOOSTING RETURNS FOR YOUR FEEDER CATTLE
August 16 2006
Beef producers in Victoria and southern New South Wales have the opportunity to attend one of five free beef workshops being held in these areas in the coming weeks...

ANGUS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS AT BRISBANE
August 14 2006
The big titles keep coming this year for Black Diamond Direction Y309, with the big Angus bull, exhibited by the Fuller family, Bylong Station, Bylong, NSW, awarded the Champion of Champions interbreed bull title at the 2006 Brisbane Royal...

ANGUSPLUS A REAL PLUS
August 7 2006
At the first AngusPlus on-line commercial sale last Friday, August 4, cows and calves sold to $1980 and weaner heifers to $655 or 270c/kg live...

MOORAMOOK GETS A PLUS
July 25 2006
The Kelly family has been breeding high quality Angus in Victoria’s Western Victoria’s for generations and Kim Kelly maintains that strong tradition with his 1500 commercial Angus breeders at Mooramook near Caramut between Mortlake and Hamilton...

A BIG PLUS FOR ANGUS PLUS
July 25 2006
The 1400 commercial Angus females and steers listed for the inaugural Angus Plus on-line only sale at 11 am on Friday August 4 clearly indicate the support by vendors for the sale’s high levels of quality assurance according to the organizers...

HOW IMPORTANT IS FEED EFFICIENCY?
July 18 2006
A field day on Thursday August 3 at Noonee Nyrang, Wellington, will explore the impact of feed efficiency on the profitability of commercial beef cattle operations...

FIRST ANGUS PLUS ON-LINE SALE BREAKS NEW GROUND
10 July 2006
Marketing of commercial Angus cattle moves to a new level with the first Angus Plus on-line sale on Friday August 4. This will be the first of a series of Angus Plus sales on the first Friday of each month..

NORTHERN HERDS CHASING FERTILITY AND CARCASE QUALITY
6 July 2006
Thirty-two Angus bull producers from all states except South Australia keen to learn more about the beef cattle industry in north Queensland’s Gulf region spent the last week of June traveling 3200 kms...

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AT BEEF SCHOOL
5 July 2006
The popular Southern Beef School is returning to Melbourne University’s Glenormiston Campus, Terang, Victoria on July 18, 19 and 20 this year...

REGISTRATIONS OPEN FOR POPULAR CATTLE SCHOOL
3 July 2006
Registrations are now being taken for the 2006 South Australian Beef Cattle Assessment School to be held at Keith, SA, from August 8 to 10...

REGISTRATIONS CLOSING FOR CATTLE ASSESSMENT SCHOOL
15 June 2006
Registrations for the 2006 WA Beef Cattle Assessment School at Harvey Agricultural College close on Friday June 23...

BEEF CATTLE COURSE AT DALBY
15 June 2006
From July 28 to 30, Dalby Agricultural College is the place to be for this year’s Queensland Beef Cattle Assessment Course...

CATTLE COURSE ON AGAIN AT TOCAL
June 7 2006
The popular Beef Cattle Assessment Course at CB Alexander Agricultural College, Tocal, Paterson, NSW, will be taking place from July 3 to 6 this year...

NEW ANGUS LEADER
June 1 2006
Peter Grieve, Talooby Angus, Rylstone, NSW, was elected Angus Australia’s president and board chairman during Beef 2006 at Rockhampton, Qld...

NEW ANGUS CATTLE SALE CONCEPT LAUNCHED
May 4, 2006
Elders Ltd and Angus Australia have today announced the establishment of a new breed-specific electronic sales concept...

FOUR BROAD RIBBONS FOR ANGUS STEERS AT SYDNEY
April 19 2006
Angus dominated the open light weight steer and carcase section at Sydney Royal taking out three of the four broad ribbons available...

SYDNEY’S HORDERN TROPHY TO ANGUS
18 April 2006
Sydney Royal’s grand champion Angus bull from New South Wales and grand champion Angus female from Victoria provided a formidable combination to take out the prestigious interbreed Hordern Trophy in a field of 25 pairs of breed champions...

FEED EFFICIENCY AT TULLIMBA FEEDLOT
11 April 2006
Feed efficiency is the focus of a two hour workshop at CRC’s research feedlot ‘Tullimba’ at Kingstown, 40 kms south west of Armidale on Thursday April 20...

SOUTH AFRICAN FOR CONFERENCE
10 April 2006
South African beef cattle producer Chris Purdon will provide a fascinating insight into the challenges facing South African farmers at the combined Angus Australia/Certified Australian Angus Beef conference at Wagga Wagga, NSW, on April 30 and May 1...

US BEEF INDUSTRY LEADER TO ADDRESS ANGUS CONFERENCE
23 March 2006
Jim Riemann, president of US based Certified Angus Beef, the world’s most successful branded beef program, will deliver the keynote address at the combined Certified Australian Angus Beef / Angus Australia conference...

YOUNG VICTORIAN BOUND FOR MICHIGAN
20 March 2006
Melissa Neal, 21, from Lilydale, Vic, will be travelling to the US after being awarded the prestigious 2006 Semex / Phoenix Genetics Michigan State University scholarship. ..

YOUNG SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEADED FOR ILLINOIS
20 March 2006
Jason Schulz, a 23 year old from Coonalpyn, SA, has been awarded the 2006 University of Illinois Scholarship...

INTERBREED SUCCESS FOR ANGUS YOUNG SIRE
9 March 2006
An interbreed title at the 2006 Canberra Royal is the latest success for an Angus bull that was one of seven bulls selected for the 2005 intake of Angus Australia’s Young Sire Program...

SIX MONTHS OLD ANGUS HEIFER MAKES RECORD $38,000
22 February 2006
A six months old Angus heifer, The Grange A180, sold for an Australian record price of $38,000 for an Angus female at The Grange, Hamilton, Vic, sale on February 21. The previous record was $34,000 paid at the Millah Murrah sale in 2003 for a mature cow...

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR CAAB
17 February 2006
Retired merchant banker and company director Ed Blackadder is the new chairman of Certified Australian Angus Beef Pty Ltd. He replaces Brian Mobbs of Daylesford, Vic, who remains
on the board...

THE LATEST ON BREEDPLAN
13 February 2006
Angus producers in south-east Australia have four opportunities over the next couple of months to attend Breedplan technical updates led by Angus Australia’s Bob Dent...

FEEDLOTS – UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
6 February 2006
Beef cattle producers have the opportunity to increase their overall understanding of the feedlot industry on Wednesday March 1during a feedlot field day at the Toowoomba Showgrounds...

ANGUS CLAN TO GATHER
24 January 2006
A combined Certified Australian Angus Beef - Angus Australia conference at Wagga Wagga, NSW, on April 30 and May 1 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of CAAB and feature two high profile international beef industry authorities on their way to make presentations at Beef 2006 in Rockhampton, Qld. ...

COMMERCIAL HEIFERS SELL TO $1640
23 January 2006
Commercial Angus heifers pregnancy tested for autumn calving sold to $1640 at the dispersal of autumn calving females at Doug and Wendy Collins’ Callendale Station at Lucindale, SA, in mid-January...

NSW SUCCESS AT ROUNDUP
19 January 2006
Four young women from NSW have an exciting year ahead of them after being named as Landmark Angus Youth Ambassadors at the 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup, held recently in Hamilton, Vic. ...

YOUNG VICTORIANS REWARDED AT ROUNDUP
19 January 2006
The 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup will have special memories for Stephanie Bullen, Mt Duneed, Vic...

YOUNG SA BEEF ENTHUSIASTS IN ACTION AT ROUNDUP
19 January 2006
A number of young South Australians were among over 100 beef cattle enthusiasts aged between 18 and 25 who attended the 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup...

REGISTRATIONS STILL OPEN FOR FEEDER STEER SCHOOL
9 January 2006
There is still time to register for the 2006 Armidale Feeder Steer School, with registrations closing on January 23...

ROUNDUP ACTION AT HAMILTON SHOWGROUNDS
9 January 2006
Over 100 young beef cattle enthusiasts representing all mainland states and New Zealand will be in action at the Hamilton Showgrounds this weekend, January 14 and 15, during the 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup...

ANGUS CHAMPION CARCASE AT NOORAT
8 December 2005
An Angus steer took champion carcase honours in a field of 45 entries at the recent Noorat Show, Vic. It was the 16th carcase competition held at the show and the first time MSA grading was used...

UNEXPECTED FEEDER STEER OPPORTUNITY
25 November 2005
Due to popular demand, the three day Armidale Feeder Steer School will run for the 11th time next year...

YOUNG BEEF ENTHUSIASTS HEADING FOR HAMILTON IN 2006
11 November 2005
Entries for the 2006 Landfall Angus Youth National Roundup – to be held in Hamilton, Vic., from January 12 to 15 – close on December 1...

BLACKS & REDS TOGETHER IN THE RING AT CANBERRA 2006
20 October 2005
A highlight of the 2006 Canberra Royal will be a combined Black and Red Angus feature show...

AMERICAN ANGUS REGISTRATIONS EXCEED 300,000
October 13 2005
The American Angus Association experienced significant growth in registrations, transfers and memberships in fiscal year (FY) 2005, which ended Sept. 30. The Association recorded 324,266 registrations, continuing a 20-year growth...

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR ANGUS STATE COMMITTEE
29 September 2005
The Victorian State Committee of Angus Australia has a new chairman following the election of Dr Shirley Fisher, Belduga Angus, Leongatha South, Victoria, to the position at the committee’s recent annual general meeting...

INTERBREED SUCCESS FOR ANGUS AT MELBOURNE
September 26 2005
An Angus heifer, Banquet Dream Z008 exhibited by the Branson family, Banquet Angus, Mortlake, Victoria, was judged supreme junior beef interbreed heifer at this year’s Melbourne Royal. The 19-month old heifer made a strong showing for Banquet, also being named junior champion heifer – British breeds, as well as junior champion heifer, grand champion female and supreme exhibit in the Angus judging...

DECLINE IN BEEF BREED REGISTRATIONS ARRESTED
September 15 2005
The steady decline in the number of registrations received by Australia’s beef cattle breed societies was arrested in 2004 when 193,140 calves were registered, up 2% on the 2003 figures but still well behind the 213,179 calves registered 10 years ago...

REGISTER NOW FOR DALBY BEEF CATTLE SCHOOL
13 September 2005
Beef cattle enthusiasts take note: places are still available for this year’s Queensland Beef Cattle Assessment School at Dalby Agricultural College, but you’ll need to register soon because the school begins on Friday, September 23 and runs to Sunday September 25...

ADELAIDE’S O’CONNOR TROPHY TO ANGUS
September 13 2005
Angus took out the top steer and carcase interbreed award, the O’Connor Trophy, at the Adelaide Royal show. The award is for the best three steers of one breed judged on the hoof and hook...

JO GRIEVE LIFE MEMBER
September 8 2005
South Australian Jo Grieve has been honored with life membership of Angus Australia for a lifetime of service to the Angus breed and the beef cattle industry...

BEEF CATTLE SCHOOL AT DALBY
22 August 2005
From September 23 to 25, Dalby Agricultural College is the place to be for beef cattle enthusiasts who want to improve their industry skills at this year’s Queensland Beef Cattle Assessment School...

ANGUS CHAIRMAN CHALLENGES VALUE OF ARCBA
August 22 2005
The president and board chairman of one of Australia’s largest cattle breed societies has challenged the value of continued membership of the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders’ Association (ARCBA)...

BRISBANE INTERBREED TO ANGUS
17 August 2005
Angus took out the supreme champion interbreed bull, the supreme champion interbreed female and the supreme champion interbreed pair awards at the 2005 Brisbane Exhibition, the first time one breed has won the three major awards at Brisbane, now rivaling Sydney as the nation’s most significant beef cattle exhibition...

HIGH PROFILE JUDGE FOR MELBOURNE ANGUS
13 August 2005
The Angus judge at Melbourne Royal on Friday afternoon, September 23, is Chris Knox from DSK Angus, Charolais and Shorthorn studs at Borah Station, Coonabarabran, NSW, who will arrive at Melbourne buoyed by unprecedented success in the stud cattle and steer competitions at Brisbane Royal...

BRANDED PRODUCT TO ‘VALUE ADD’ FOR PRODUCERS
12 August 2005
Branded beef products have already created premiums for beef cattle producers and will ensure those premiums are sustainable into the future as consumers look for products that have high eating quality and food safety standards...

US BEEF HERD GOING STRAIGHT
12 August 2005
The US beef cattle herd comprising 14.1% of the world’s beef cows producing 23.4% of the world’s beef is swinging back to straight bred breeding as producers search for simplicity, uniformity, efficiency, profitability and predictability...

ANGUS YOUTH NORTHERN TABLELANDS 'BEEF INDUSTRY DAY'
3 August 2005
Angus Youth invites beef enthusiasts of all ages to its Beef Industry Day to be held on September 11th 2005...

REGISTRATIONS CLOSING FOR POPULAR CATTLE SCHOOL
25 July 2005
There’s still time to register for the popular South Australian Beef Cattle Assessment School to be held at Keith, SA, from August 9 to 11, but you’ll need to be quick because registrations close on August 1...

OPPORTUNITY FOR BULL PRODUCERS TO EXPLORE NORTHERN MARKET
22 July 2005
In the last week of August this year, Angus Australia’s Northern Development Specialist, Ben Hill, will lead a tour to central and northern Queensland. The tour has been designed to give bull producers a fantastic opportunity to gain a better understanding of northern issues with the goal of helping them successfully produce suitable bulls for the northern market...

Letter to the Editor
THERE IS AN ANGUS PREMIUM
In a media release dated June 30, I indicated 460 kg Angus feeder steers in forward store condition carrying the right genetics for growth and carcase quality were, at that time, fetching 235 cents/kg live while 210 cents was the best on general offer for non-marbling steers of similar age, weight and condition. This created the Angus premium of $125/steer...

CATTLE PRODUCERS LOSING $125 PER STEER
30 June 2005
Cattle producers not using Angus genetics could be losing up to $125 per steer based on prices being offered for 460 kg feeder steers according to Angus Australia’s general manager Graham Truscott...

ANGUS ENCOURAGES PRODUCERS TO VOTE
8 June 2005
Australia’s largest beef cattle breed organization has urged beef cattle producers to exercise their votes in the imminent industry-wide Beef Ballot proposing an increase to the cattle transaction levy...

TRIP TO VISIT HUNTER VALLEY ANGUS STUDS
6 June 2005
The Hunter Valley in NSW is this year’s destination for the Western Victorian Angus Region’s annual trip. Leaving Melbourne on Monday August 8...

OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY FOR CATTLE COURSE
30 May 2005
The popular Beef Cattle Assessment Course at CB Alexander Agricultural College, Tocal, Paterson, NSW, is taking place from July 4 to 7, 2005...

WA BEEF CATTLE ASSESSMENT SCHOOL AT HARVEY
30 May 2005
The 2005 WA Beef Cattle Assessment School is being held at Harvey Agricultural College from July 12 to 14 this year...

SOUTHERN BEEF SCHOOL TO BE HELD AGAIN AT GLENORMISTON
18 May 2005
The popular 2005 Southern Beef School is being held at Melbourne University’s Glenormiston Campus, Terang, Victoria on July 19, 20, 21 this year...

SYDNEY STEAKHOUSE NAMED RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
18 April 2005
A Sydney restaurant group was awarded Restaurant of the Year at the Autumn 2005 Suncorp Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) Quality Awards...

REGIONAL NSW RESTAURANTS RECOGNISED AT BEEF AWARDS
18 April 2005
Restaurants from the Hunter Valley and Penrith were awarded Certificates of Excellence at the Autumn 2005 Suncorp Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) Quality Awards recently...

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS AWARD SUCCESS
18 April 2005
Three South Australian cattle producers made a clean sweep at the Autumn 2005 Suncorp Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) Quality Awards, being presented with six of the major production awards..

TRANGIE TECHNOLOGY DAY TO UPDATE KNOWLEDGE
April 11 2005
Beef cattle producers have the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in their industry at a Beef Technology Day at the Trangie Agricultural Research Centre on Wednesday April 20...

HORDERN TROPHY WINNERS HAVE A BALL
April 7 2005
Angus provided the winning Hordern Trophy pair at the Sydney Royal show. This award is recognised as the premier interbreed accolade in the nation and each breed is represented by its grand champion bull and grand champion female...

KOREAN YOUNG SIRE PROGRAM CONNECTION
April 6 2005
For the first time in the Angus show ring at an Australian Royal, a Korean owned animal has won a major award...

FROM MITCHELL TO NEW ZEALAND
April 5 2005
An 18 year old from near Mitchell in south west Queensland has won a trip to New Zealand to study the beef cattle industry...

11 YEAR OLD BULL SIRES SYDNEY GRAND CHAMPION CARCASE
March 31 2005
When most 11 year bulls are either in American hamburgers or hobbling around in survival mode, Glenarm Prompt P7, sire of the Angus steer that provided the grand champion carcase at this year’s Sydney Royal has just come out of a paddock of 70 cows that he usually fixes with an almost 100% pregnancy rate...

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TAKES OFF MAJOR AWARD
March 21 2005
South Australian Jason Schulz, 23, from Coonalpyn has received the Kathleen Cornell encouragement award supplied by the Cornell family...

DOUGAL PURCELL OFF TO MICHIGAN
March 21 2005
Dougal Purcell, a 22 year old Maffra based beef extension officer with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, is the 2005 Semex/Phoenix Genetics Michigan State University scholar...

CHRISTIE FULLER OFF TO ILLINOIS
March 21 2005
Christie Fuller from Bylong, NSW, will be furthering her knowledge of the beef industry in the US after being awarded the prestigious 2005 Dectomax Pfizer Animal Health Group University of Illinois Scholarship..

ANGUS WEANERS TO $842 AT OMEO
March 20 2005
For the first time in the long history of the mountain calf sales the Angus breed had its own section following rapid growth of the breed in the high country...

ANGUS BREEDER WINS $6000 STEER PRIZE
17 March 2005
North-east Victorian Angus breeders Peter and Margot Shaw of Chattan Angus, Bobinawarrah, are $6000 better off after the announcement of the winners of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria’s Domestic Feedlot Competition...

DOUG PARRETT TO JUDGE IN SYDNEY
16 March 2005
University of Illinois beef cattle professor Dr Doug Parrett will judge the 139 Angus at this year’s Sydney Royal on Monday March 28...

DOUG PARRETT TO TOUR SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND
15 March 2005
Southern Queensland cattle producers have the opportunity to attend seminars featuring University of Illinois beef cattle professor Dr Doug Parrett who is in Australia to judge the 139 Angus at this year’s Sydney Royal on Monday March 28...

DOUG PARRETT TO TOUR IN NSW
15 March 2005
Cattle producers in the Hunter Valley and northern New South Wales have the opportunity to attend seminars featuring University of Illinois beef cattle professor Dr Doug Parrett who is in Australia to judge the 139 Angus at this year’s Sydney Royal on Monday March 28...

ANGUS BULL SELLS FOR RECORD $50,000
7 March 2005
An Angus bull has sold at auction for $50,000, the highest price ever paid for an Angus bull at auction in Australia...

WANTED – 6000 ANGUS BREEDERS
7 March 2005
There’s an order out from one buyer for 6000 Angus breeders aged two to seven years to stock properties in the St George district in southern Queensland...

MOVE TO MAKE SHOWS MORE RELEVANT
21 February 2005
In a move to make show ring assessment more relevant to the commercial beef cattle industry and to attract commercial producers back to shows, Angus Australia's Victorian committee will recommend increased use of Breedplan Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) by judges at Melbourne Royal...

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR CAAB
7 February 2005
In a move designed to build on CAAB's record growth, the board of Certified Australian Angus Beef Pty Ltd has separated the roles of board chairman and chief executive officer...

EUROA ANGUS MAKE $5.6 MILLION
20 December 2004
Over three consecutive Fridays at Euroa in Victoria’s north east, 7800 Angus steers and commercial Angus females grossed $5.6 million and averaged $720...

ROUNDING UP YOUNG BEEF CATTLE ENTHUSIASTS
25 November 2004
From January 14 to 16 next year, you