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The Beef Country Podcast

Fertility, growth and carcass quality are top of mind for Tim and Kelly Brittain at Storth Oaks Angus. Transparency is top of mind with every calf born on the King Country stud being genomically tested at birth, a practice Tim believes he may have pioneered in New Zealand.Host: Jo Scott, host of BEEF CountryThe King Country stud pride themselves on combining science and farming since they started farming in 1980 focused on increased profitability for their commercial farming clients.Their ethos ...

May 18, 2024

A catch up with Rob Craw

Tim Brittain of Storth Oaks has a catch up with Rob Craw at Ohana Farms and finds out how Rob has used Storth Oaks genetics to lift his beef cow performance....

May 16, 2022

2022 Catalogue Available to View

Welcome to our 19th Angus Bull sale on-farm, be held on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at Storth Oaks starting at 1pm.We are proud of this year’s line-up of top-quality Angus bulls that we believe will increase your profitability and bottom line. The genetic gain we are making year on year is visible to see but also proving to put extra dollars in the accounts of our customers.We have many customers who are achieving outstanding results, firstly from the easy-care nature of our bull’s progeny, to v...

April 20, 2022

Ohana Farms, Corromandel

Tim Brittain of Storth Oaks visits Rob Craw at Ohana Farms and finds out how Rob has used Storth Oaks genetics to lift his beef cow performance....

March 11, 2022

AngusPRO Education Module – Selection Indexes

AngusPRO have kicked off 2022 with an education module, focusing on economic selection indexes and how they can assist in your bull selection process.Selection indexes aid in the selection of animals for use within a breeding program where there are several traits of economic or functional importance by providing an overall “score” of an animal’s genetic value. Selection indexes are calculated for a specific breeding purpose and are calculated based on weightings placed on individual trait...

March 10, 2022

AngusPure endorsements for quality bull selection

In beef production, we must focus our efforts on ensuring the end consumer gets the finest grass fed eating experience, each and every time they dine.  For this reason, AngusPure NZ is in partnership with 87 New Zealand Angus studs who share in their vision.AngusPure NZ endorses all AngusPRO bulls that meet set criteria. The AngusPRO (PRO) and AngusPure (API) selection indexes are almost identical and both have been developed specifically for the NZ farming system and markets, however the b...

March 10, 2022

Get the Angus App

The Angus app is a cross-platform mobile application for iOS and Android devices, developed by Angus Australia, to support the angus.tech suite of software.The Angus app allows users to instantly access detailed information about registered Angus animals, drawing on information from the Angus Australia database.The simplistic design of the Angus app ensures Angus breeders are able to quickly bring up information on individual animals using their mobile device, with users able to access a number ...

March 10, 2022

RBVs exclusive to AngusPRO members in New Zealand

AngusPRO members have exclusive access to the Research Breeding Values (RBVs) here in New Zealand which is a big step in the right direction for their breeding programs and their commercial clients.In the video below, Angus Australia’s Breed Development Officer Matt Reynolds talks through the RBVs and where they can be found.The RBVs currently being recorded by Angus Australia include:Mature Cow Body Condition (MBC)Mature Cow Hip Height (MCH)Coat Type (CT)ImmuneDEX...

March 10, 2022

Understanding Economic Selection Indexes

The economic selection indexes published in the TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation (including the AngusPRO Index) are reported as genetic differences in units of net profit per cow joined ($) for the given selection scenario.The selection indexes are developed to reflect the economics in commercial beef production systems, rather than in seedstock breeding enterprises, and consider both the short term profit generated by an animal through the sale of their progeny, and where applicable, the lon...

March 10, 2022

WATCH: Introduction to angus.tech

Angus Australia have developed a YouTube video to assist New Zealand’s Angus breeders and AngusPRO clients with using their angus.tech database search tools.As we lead into the yearling bull sale season, this video is not to be missed by anyone wanting to quickly and easily get up to speed with using the features of the database.Topics include:Registering to use angus.techFinding animals in Angus Database SearchSearching within Sale CataloguesAnd many more of the great features of the Angus Au...

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