VYTELLE EFFICIENCY DATABASE SUMMARY

ALL-BREED: SIRES

RFI EPD:

Residual feed intake expected progeny difference, calculated for each individual animal based on their phenotypic RFI values and pedigree information. Lower RFI EPDs are more favorable.

ADG EPD: Average daily gain expected progeny difference, calculated for each individual animal based on their phenotypic ADG values and pedigree information. Higher ADG EPDs are more favorable.

RFI Percentile Ranking: Rank of an animal’s RFI EPD as a percentage of the entire RFI EPD database. Lower percent rank indicates a better RFI EPD.

Animals tested on a Vytelle SENSE system have an asterisk (*).

ADG Percentile Ranking: Rank of an animal’s ADG EPD as a percentage of the entire ADG EPD database. Lower percent rank indicates a better ADG EPD.

RFI Accuracy: Refers to the reliability of the calculated RFI EPD value. The accuracy is dependent on the amount of phenotypic and pedigree information linked to an animal. As more information is contributed to Vytelle’s database, the number of relatives to an animal can increase, resulting in an increase in accuracy. Accuracy values are between 0 and 1.

Breeds:

AAA: American Angus Association

AGA: American Gelbvieh Association

AHA: American Hereford Association

ANCP: National Association of Breeders and Researchers

ASA: American Simmental Association

AUSA: Australian Angus

CHA: Canadian Hereford Association

CLA: Canadian Limousin Association

LCOC: Leachman Cattle Company

ADG Accuracy: Refers to the reliability of the calculated ADG EPD value. The accuracy is dependent on the amount of phenotypic and pedigree information linked to an animal. As more information is contributed to Vytelle’s database, the number of relatives to an animal can increase, resulting in an increase in accuracy. Accuracy values are between 0 and 1.

NABB: Brahman Cattle Breeders Society of Namibia

NALF: North American Limousin Foundation

NASDA: North American South Devon Association

PTAA: Angus Association Portugal

RAA: Red Angus Association

SGBI: Santa Gertrudis Breeders International

Tested Progeny: The number of progeny that have had phenotypes collected in a Vytelle feed efficiency trial.

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Angus bulls have the best RFI accuracies so far at Mikko Peura breeding bull tests. One of the best RFI’s in 2023 got Männistön Ublack, which was sold to semen production for Viking Genetics. Sire: QHF WWA Black Onyx SQ11, DS: Thomas Tour of Duty 6419

Atria is one of the leading meat and food companies in Northern Europe. We are a company established in 1903 and valued by our customers, personnel and owners. We have been producing food for more than 100 years, and we want to continue to do so. That is why Atria operates with respect for the planet, product and people.

Atria Finland and its company for meat procurement, A-Farmers is working closely with beef breeders and is organizing breeding bull testing at the farm of Mikko Peura. Every autumn the pens are filled with 200 weaned bull calves of five breeds: Angus, Charolais, Hereford, Limousin and Simmental. Every May the best bulls are sold for breeding or semen production and transported all over the country.

All bulls at Mikko Peura test station are eating minimum 60% grass silage and maximum 40% oats/barley. No protein supplements have been used, only mineral-vitamin mix added. This is a typical diet in Finnish beef production and it is important to measure residual feed intake using same kind of a diet.

In Finland Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Limousin and Simmental animals got their first genomic breeding values this year 2023 and all bulls at Mikko Peura breeding bull station have been genotyped.

Contact Details

Mikko Peura, owner m.peura90@gmail.com

Susanna Vehkaoja, development manager, A-Farmers Ltd

+358407505167 susanna.vehkaoja@atria.com

Physical Address

Mikko Peura, Teeritie 105, 61290

Taivalmaa, Finland

Postal Address

Susanna Vehkaoja, P.O. Box 910 60061 Atria, Finland

Website www.atriatuottajat.fi/

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Goldenridge Beefmasters

South Africa

Dear Fellow Breeders,

I would like and take up the opportunity to introduce you to the “Goldridge Beefmaster” breeding farm operation. This operation is situated in a more dry and harsh area of South Africa (our outback) called the “Kalahari”. This land was bought on auction in the fall of 2018 whereafter preparations started to convert this farm into a well fullscale operational cattle farm. The aim is breeding highly efficient cattle with low RFI values and above ADG (Average Daily Gain) whilst still keeping all the reproductive traits of the animals in adopting the harsh climate and survival circumstances.

In planning this operation, the decision was then made to use the Beefmaster breed, which is most favourable to our area conditions and climate. For grazing purposes we cultivate only the high potential land where the cultivation of cover crops are done, while the rest of the grazing land consist of Cenchrus ciliaris grass. All grazing is then utilised by way of high stock density grazing where we strive on a one to one carrying capacity. After weaning the offspring get tested in a Vytelle SENSE System thereafter final selections are done according to Favourable RFI - Above Average Daily Gain (ADG).

According to the Goldridge Beefmaster standard, only the top 10% male and female animals will be kept in the herd for our breeding program while the rest will be fed and culled. Progeny of only well selected animals will in future be offered to fellow breeders.

I thank you very much for the opportunity to introduce the “Goldridge Beefmaster” breeding program in South Africa. All best wishes for: THE VYTELLE NETWORK’S TOP 150 PROVEN BULLS | 2023 EDITION

—Evan Joubert

Contact Details

Evan Joubert (Owner) +27 (82) 782-6453 evanj@telkomsa.net

Bevan Joubert (Son) +27 (60) 974-3168 bevanjoubert@icloud.com

Jurie Pretorius +27 (79) 590-5000 waterglenj@gmail.com

Address Rustenburg, North West Province South Africa

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