Getting back to basics with Angus ESSENTIALS

Diana Wood, Marketing & Communications Manager

BREEDING & GENETICS - A valuable starting point

The first Angus ESSENTIALS session scored a 9.2 out of 10, for how satisfied attendees were with the webinar, as they were given an understanding on how genetics work and the role that they play with a beef breeding system. If you missed out on the launch of Angus ESSENTIALS, you could catch up on everything here, including answers to some of the burning questions you may have about the topic of breeding and genetics.

MEMBER SERVICES - Tips & Tricks for your registered Angus journey

The Member Services team are generally the first touch point for any member or prospective member of Angus Australia and as such the services they provide are an integral part of running a registered Angus operation. The second instalment of Angus ESSENTIALS is your insight into the operations of this team and the work they complete to assist you in your operation. If you missed out on this round of Angus ESSENTIALS, you could catch up on everything here, including answers to some of the burning questions you may have about record keeping, registering calves, inventory, membership and registrars of Angus Australia.

Angus ESSENTIALS – Do you have a performance recording strategy?

With performance recording playing such a huge part of the business of raising registered Angus cattle the third instalment of Angus ESSENTIALS is your insight into genetic evaluation, the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (TACE) and performance recording. If you missed out on this round of Angus ESSENTIALS, you could catch up on everything here, including answers to some of the burning questions such as, What is the TACE Analysis? When to use it? How do you get the most out of it? And how do you set up a performance recording strategy?

UPCOMING ANGUS ESSENTIALS WEBINARS

The Angus ESSENTIALS webinar series is designed to be a starting point for people considering the registered cattle business and for new members to Angus Australia to understand the full range of breeding and genetic tools or existing members to brush up on their knowledge and skills. The series will provide information and advice from leading industry speakers for attendees to learn how to extract the most value out of breeding decisions, registrations and record keeping, genetic evaluation and creating practical performance recording and genotyping strategies, conducting artificial breeding programs through to the considerations of marketing and preparing for sale.

July 7

The Angus ESSENTIALS series will feature the following topics:

DNA technology

An overview of the use of DNA technology, what it is, when to use it and how to get the most value from Genomics, including creating a genotyping strategy for your herd

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August 11

Angus Select

Using Angus Select to find animals, animals for sale, genetics for sale and also a look at the reporting functions available

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September 8

AI Programs

Running a successful AI program – The hints and tips from industry experts

September 29

Sale Preparation

Preparing for your sale –A guide to marketing and advertising with Angus Australia