The Santa Gertrudis Breeders` (Australia) Association (SGBAA) has worked collaboratively with staff at the Animal Genetics & Breeding Unit (AGBU) and the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) to incorporate genomic information into the calculation of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) wi…

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Three new selection indexes for New Zealand Herefords have been released in conjunction with the March 2021 Hereford BREEDLAN analysis. The new selection indexes are the: Hereford Prime Index Beef Heifer Index Dairy Beef Index. The three new selection indexes will replace the previous New Zealand… Read More...

BREEDPLAN and the Brangus Society of South Africa are pleased to announce the release of the Beef Selection Index in the February 2021 South African Brangus BREEDPLAN analysis. The calculation of a selection index is a new development for the Brangus Society of South Africa and will assist breeders… Read More...

Four new selection indexes for the Australian Limousin Breeders’ Society have been released in conjunction with the November 2020 Southern Limousin BREEDPLAN analysis. The new indexes are the: Domestic Maternal Index Export Maternal Index Northern Export Index Yearling Prime Index The four new sel… Read More...

Three new selection indexes for the New Zealand Angus Association have been released in conjunction with the September 2020 Trans-Tasman Angus Cattle Evaluation. These are the: Self Replacing Index AngusPure Index Heifer/Dairy Terminal Index The three new selection indexes will replace the previou… Read More...

The Southern (SBTS) and Tropical (TBTS) Beef Technology Services projects are pleased to announce the release of 12 short videos for the ‘Recording for BREEDPLAN’ video series. Ranging from two to six minutes in length, these videos give a short overview of the methods and considerations when record… Read More...

BREEDPLAN and the National Association of Hungarian Charolais Cattle Breeders (Magyar Charolais Tenyésztôk Egyesülete) are pleased to announce the release of three selection indexes for Hungarian Charolais. Selection indexes are a new development for Magyar Charolais Tenyésztôk Egyesülete and will a… Read More...

A new Performance Herds Australia selection index has been released with the July 2020 Performance Herds Australia BREEDPLAN analysis results. The new index is the MSA-B2 index and was developed by Performance Herds Australia in conjunction with staff at the Agricultural Business Research Institute… Read More...

A number of significant BREEDPLAN software enhancements, along with the addition of extensive research data, will occur for the April 2020 Droughtmaster BREEDPLAN evaluation and then be included in subsequent analyses. These enhancements include: Upgrade to BREEDPLAN version 6.2 – The Droughtmaster… Read More...

Two new South African Simmentaler selection indexes have been released in conjunction with the February 2020 South African Simmentaler BREEDPLAN analysis. These are the: Simmentaler Breeders Index Simmentaler Profit Index The two new selection indexes will replace the previous Simmentaler selectio… Read More...

Good news for Brahman BREEDPLAN members with the introduction of a Gestation Length EBV into the Australian Brahman BREEDPLAN analysis in the November 2019 BREEDPLAN run. Gestation Length EBVs provide an estimate of genetic differences between the period from the date of conception (i.e. when the co…

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Over a six day period in October 2019, Armidale played host to the 23rd Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) Conference. A 220-strong crowd consisted of livestock scientists, industry service providers, educators, students and breeders from nine countries (Australi… Read More...

Four new Herefords Australia selection indexes have been released in conjunction with the October 2019 Hereford BREEDPLAN analysis. These are the: Southern Self-Replacing Index (SSR) Northern Self-Replacing Index (NSR) Southern Baldy Maternal Index (SBM) Northern Baldy Terminal Index (NBT) These f… Read More...

A range of short ‘how-to’ videos to help beef producers get started using breeding values in their herds is part of the suite of genetics resources being rolled out by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). The animated tutorials have been produced for tropical cattle, temperate cattle, prime lambs a… Read More...

A number of significant BREEDPLAN software enhancements and the addition of a large amount of research data occurred in the February 2019 Santa Gertrudis GROUP BREEDPLAN evaluation, and will then be included in subsequent analyses. This included data from Northern Multibreed Research Database as wel…

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The Australian Wagyu Association (AWA) has announced the implementation of its three new BreedObject Selection Indexes. This is a significant step forward for Wagyu breeders to achieve faster rates of genetic gain and selection for profitability in Wagyu. The AWA CEO, Dr Matt McDonagh affirmed that… Read More...

Confused about how to interpret your BREEDPLAN Completeness of Performance report? Not sure how the BREEDPLAN Completeness of Performance star rating system works? Or simply trying to improve the amount of performance data you collect in your herd? Then head to the SBTS & TBTS YouTube channel wh… Read More...

A number of significant BREEDPLAN software enhancements and the addition of a large amount of research data will occur for the August 2018 Brahman GROUP BREEDPLAN evaluation, and then in all subsequent analyses. This included data from Northern Multibreed Research Database as well as the transition …

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In 2018, both Speckle Park International and the Australian Senepol Cattle Breeders Association upgraded the software used to manage their pedigree and performance database to ABRI’s new generation of breed registry software known as ILR2.

A consequence of the upgrade to the new software is the tran…

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Australian Wagyu producers are now armed with genomic-based data enabling more robust selection decisions with faster gains and higher accuracy through a shift to a new own-breed genetic analysis model.

The Australian Wagyu Association (AWA) has announced Single-Step Wagyu BREEDPLAN will be publishe…

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In February, a team of BREEDPLAN and SBTS extension staff headed to Auckland, New Zealand to attend the 11th World Congress for Genetic Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). This congress is the premier event for researchers, extension and other industry personnel involved in the genetic improve… Read More...

BREEDPLAN is pleased to announce the release of a world first: a multi-country Single-Step BREEDPLAN analysis for the Hereford breed, released as the mid-October 2017 Hereford GROUP BREEDPLAN analysis. “This will allow the Hereford breed in Australia, New Zealand and Namibia to take advantage of cut…

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Exciting times ahead for members of the Australian Brahman Breeders’ Association with the introduction of significant changes to the BREEDPLAN software used to calculate EBVs for Australian Brahman animals.  These changes were applied in the April 2017 Brahman GROUP BREEDPLAN analysis and is now inc…

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The BREEDPLAN analysis has several different ways in which performance data from crossbred animals can be
handled, with different breed societies implementing different analysis types. These are:

1. Purebred analysis: No crossbreds are included. Only performance data from purebred animals is included i…

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