Source: Select Sires news release
Select Sires is proud to partner with CowManager, the leading cow monitoring company, to introduce Fertility Insights. New data integration capabilities within the CowManager system accelerate cow fertility insights and have been designed to collect,...
Source: Beef Genomic Prediction Trial
About the project:
The beef genomic prediction trial project is a pilot project funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in collaboration with Livestock Gentec, University of Alberta and Delta Genomics Edmonton. The objective of the...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Dr. Susan Markus,
Livestock Research Scientist Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Stettler,
Alberta, Canada
Defining Efficiency
Traditionally, cattle producers would likely agree that measures of outputs like pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed, calf weaning weight as...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Editor’s note: The following is part one of a four-part series that will help you to evaluate different breeding programs, which bulls are optimal for your herd, and how much they’re worth.
There are a range...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Project Title: Genetics of eating quality of high connective tissue beef
Researchers: Heather Bruce, Ph.D. hbruce@ualberta.ca Heather Bruce, Ph.D., Graham Plastow, Leluo Guan, Paul Stothard and Zhiquan Wang (University of Alberta), Manuel Juarez and Changxi Li...
Source: Canadian Angus Association
It would be easier if we could assume that the highest EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) are the best. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple. Like most decisions, using EPDs for sire selection involves tradeoffs. For example, bulls...
Source: Genome Alberta, Geoff Geddes
If you’re a researcher who thinks accuracy is overrated, it may be time to update that resume. As any good research scientist will tell you, the greater your precision, the greater your progress. That’s especially true...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
What Is It?
Marbling is viewed as the major determinate of quality grades. It is the term applied to visible specks and streaks of fat in a cross section of the rib...
Source: Genome Alberta, Geoff Geddes
Mention genomics to a scientist, and the eyes light up with thoughts of recombination, microarrays and polymorphisms. For a beef producer, those terms make their eyes glaze over, but one word is sure to grab their...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Selecting which breed of bull to buy when there are over 70 different beef breeds to choose from has always been a difficult decision. However the last few years has seen...
