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For more information about Performance Leader Awards (PLA), or to see the required criteria for eligibility, click here. Fall 2015 Performance Leaders Alabama SHON ROYSTER – Platinum DANIEL & CHEYENNE THOMPSON – Gold DONALD COLLINS – Gold LEVON ENZOR – Gold 4 MILE CATTLE COMPANY – Silver BEAM BRANGUS – Silver CLIFF AND/OR…
Continue Reading...by Tommy Perkins, Ph.D., PAS Ultrablack® and UltraredTM Program In October 2005, the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) board of directors approved creation of the Ultrablack and Ultrared program to take advantage of the strengths of the Brangus and Angus or Red Angus breeds. Ultrablack and Ultrared animals are registered composite animals with validated…
Continue Reading...The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) has announced the release of May 2017 Genomic-Enhanced Expected Progeny Differences (GE-EPDs). In this round of genetic evaluation, over 1.4 million animals were considered. Of those, GE-EPDs were produced for more than 10,000 Brangus®, Red Brangus, UltraRed and UltraBlack® animals that have either high- or low-density genomic profiles in the…
Continue Reading...The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) is proud to host World Brangus Congress (WBC) Feb. 27 – March 3, 2018, in Houston, Texas. The event will be held in conjunction with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. A full schedule of events, as well as other helpful links and resources, may be found online at…
Continue Reading...The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) is excited to announce that a Brangus-cross was named Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) Carcass Contest Champion on April 25. Jordan Adams, a high school junior of Clear Creek FFA, in League City, Texas, exhibited the Brangus and Charolais crossbred steer. Brent Cromwell purchased the steer’s sire, DDD…
Continue Reading...by Matt Barten, Embruon A BRIEF REVIEW OF BOVINE EMBRYO BIOPSY Bovine embryo transfer is a broad term used to define the production and transfer or freezing of bovine embryos. This process gained traction in the late 1970s to early 1980s as a commercially viable option for beef and dairy producers to take advantage…
Continue Reading...by University of Missouri Extension State Beef Genetics Specialist Jared E. Decker, PhD. Have you ever evaluated a bull, either on paper or visually, and wished you could change one thing about that bull? With new technology, in the coming decades you may have this ability. For simple traits, we have that opportunity now. With…
Continue Reading...by North Dakota State University Area Extension Livestock Specialist Janna Kincheloe The relationship between nutrition and reproduction has been well established with measures such as calving interval, calf health and survival, and overall pregnancy rates affected by body condition score at calving. To date, most research has focused on optimizing reproductive response in the…
Continue Reading...by Hallie Hasel, DVM Cattle fever ticks, known, also, as Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus and R. (B.) microplus, are the most dangerous cattle ectoparasites in the United States. These ticks have been a threat to American agriculture for generations as they are capable of transmitting the protozoa, or microscopic parasite, Babesia bovis or B. bigemina, the…
Continue Reading...by Linda Jordens Galayda, Texas Rancher Girl Whew! Let’s put the winter of 2016 behind us. Time to think of warmer temperatures, sunshine, and spring rains. In the Texas area, that, also, means preparing for our spring cow work. Now, every cattle operation has a time and action plan that must be executed. Once…
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