Angus Australia’s upcoming Beef Australia 2024 seminar will take a deep dive into how Angus genetics are being utilised across extensive northern Australian pastoral operations in traditional bos indicus areas, as well as focusing on how Angus genetics in these operations are improving productivity and profitability.

Featuring in the seminar will be Ben Noller from Palgrove Pastoral, Troy Setter from Consolidated Pastoral Co and Ian McLean from Bush AgriBusiness.

Palgrove has been breeding Angus and Brangus purebred bulls for many years, and since 2009 has pioneered the development of the Palgrove Ultrablack using Angus and Brangus genetics.

The bulls in this program are described as, ‘a ‘tropical Angus’ with a sleek coat, pliable hide and the constitution that comes from their ‘hint of Bos Indicus’ and have the ‘meat quality of Angus in a tolerant heat package’. Ben Noller will talk through the Palgrove Ultrablack program, and the impact Angus genetics have for their breeding program in Northern Australia.

Angus genetics play a key role in the breeding program on some of the Consolidated Pastoral Co’s stations. Chief executive Troy Setter will take the audience behind the scenes to see why Angus play a key role for CPC and how the company manages the introduction of Angus genetics into the harsh environment they operate in.

He will also expand on the management strategies CPC employs to maximise the productivity and longevity of Angus bulls in the company’s breeding herds.

The Bush Agribusiness Report, ‘Profiting from Angus Genetics in Commercial Herds’ released in 2022 showed that the Angus breed has potential to provide market premiums to beef producers, whilst also adding production benefits related to fertility and growth.

Principal Ian Mclean will take a deep dive into the outcomes of this report to highlight how cattle producers can extract benefits from infusing Angus genetics into their production systems.

The modelling undertaken by Bush Agribusiness simulated the use of Angus genetics in businesses targeting weaner, feeder and slaughter markets, as well as growing/trading operations in the Central West, Queensland’s Southern Inland and the NSW Tablelands. Through the use of extensive regional benchmarking data, the model examined the change in profit from average business performance over a ten-year period and quantified the impact of genetic gain, hybrid vigor and market premiums on profitability in each region.

Operations in the Central West producing feeder and slaughter animals, as well as those operating a trading enterprise, in both straight and cross breeding (Angus x Brahman) scenarios were shown to have the greatest potential increase in profit. This reflects the greater profit made as a result of the genetic gains for growth being realized over time

Seminar details: 

Title: Angus for every system – Breeding for profitability in northern Australia

Date: Tuesday May 7

Where: Beef 2024 James Lawrence B

Time: 2pm-3.30pm

Ticket details: click here.