If you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it

Structure can be an important component of a breeding program, with structural scores accepted for animals less than 750 days of age, for inclusion in... Read more

Breeding values allow breeders to compare the genetic merit of animals raised in potentially very different environmental conditions. These environmental factors are not genetic and... Read more

The term “rubbish in – rubbish out” is often used when discussing the requirements of performance recording with the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE). In... Read more

Docility measurements are typically taken at weaning, which has the advantage of all calves having had minimal handling and so can express variation in their... Read more