Brangus® News and Information

by Jessica Hoerster   Barbed wire. Vaccines. Cattle trailers. Embryo transfer. At one point in time, all of these were considered new technology. Some were simply improvements on techniques or tools that were currently in use, while others had the potential to fundamentally change the industry. With so much innovation at our disposal, to use…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Board of Directors approved official parent verification rule modifications as submitted by IBBA’s Show Committee addressing original rule passed Aug. 19 in Okeechobee, Florida. The following parentage verification rule will be in effect beginning May 15, 2018: Parentage verification will be required on animals shown in the following…

by IBBA President Brandon Belt   I struggled this month on what to write. There have been so many things happening all around our country. Thankfully everyone that I know came through it all relatively unscathed, but I know there are many whose lives have been devastated. Those affected by all of the natural disasters…

by IBBA Executive Vice President Tommy Perkins, PhD., PAS   I’ve had the opportunity to participate in several Brangus sales and educational events the past month, and if you haven’t noticed, I really enjoy visiting with Brangus breeders and meeting potential new breeders during my travels. It takes a tremendous amount of time and effort to…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association’s (IBBA) mission is to empower its members to advance the quality, reliability and value of Brangus and Brangus-influenced cattle; to provide innovative programs and services which enhance the economic well-being of members and commercial customers. In order for the association to continue striving toward the advancement of these objectives,…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) has announced the release of November 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 approximately 12,900 Brangus®, Red BrangusTM, Ultrared, and Ultrablack® animals that have either high- or low-density genomic profiles in…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) partnered with Neogen Corporation – GeneSeek Operations to offer a new ultralow density DNA panel (GGP-uLD) with a lower per-animal cost. The new product offering and pricing began Oct. 1. In addition to parentage SNPs, the new panel will offer imputation up to 50K status for calculation of…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) is now accepting bull listings for its 2018 Sire Directory. The World Brangus Congress presents the greatest opportunity to our members to promote CSS-qualified bulls to the world market! We will be producing, publishing and distributing the semen directory for members to showcase their CSS-qualified bulls and market semen both domestically…

  The International Brangus Breeders Association’s (IBBA) staff actively pursues ways to collect valid data for generating new measures of expected progeny differences. The Carcass Merit Excellence Challenge program provides an opportunity for producers to know the quality of carcasses produced in their individual programs. The data collected and evaluated  in this program will provide…

by IBBA Registry Services Coordinator Tullina Wilson   Technology is continuously evolving within the beef industry. Technological advances are expanding into areas once believed to be unattainable. While these advances can be overwhelming at times, these tools, if used properly, can bring you closer to your goals as a producer. One of the technologies paving…