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Buying Stud From Nindy Sale Proves a Safe Bet
Pip Courtney presents the story of Albie Bookham borrowing $200k from his parents to stock his Ultra Black stud in Western Australia. Albie was confident spending $65,000 on 30 animals at the Nindooinbah stud sale was a safe bet. The success has...
More infoNindy Exports First Batch of Embryos to Argentina
The team at Nindooinbah are excited to have exported a shipment of 40 Angus embryos to the Pampas of Argentina. The embryos will be implanted in the San Patricio herd owned by Beno Bustingorri and family. The embryo donors were High Index ranking...
More infoColombian producers eye Australian genetics
Australian genetics could soon be helping to improve the Colombian beef cattle herd following a major trade tour of Central and Southern Queensland in the past week. When Australian producers think of the vast cattle herds of South America...
More infoIt’s the ‘Angle of the Dangle’ that matters
Another reason for buying clean sheathed Brangus and Ultrablack bulls It takes two to tango to gain high breeding levels in a herd- a prolific, fertile sire and a fertile, cycling cow. However when you consider a bull is going to be working at a...
More infoTestimonial from Paraguayan Beef Breeding Consultant
After his visit to Nindooinbah after Rocky Beef Week in May – his second consecutive Beef Week, Paraguayan-based consultant Federico Maisonnave wrote to Nindooinbah manager Nick Cameron about his second visit to the herd in 3 years. “It’s been 3...
More infoPeter Hughes on Ultrablack Bulls
Research suggests potential costs of dehorning
Abstract: The major factors significantly (P < 0.05) associated with mortality for potentially large numbers of calves included the specific production environment represented by site-year, low calf birthweight (more so than high birthweight) and horn status at branding. Almost all calf deaths post-branding (assessed from n = 8348 calves) occurred in calves that were dehorned,
Genetics: Pastoral companies leading the charge in genetic selection for weaning rate performance
Genetics is the key to long-term weaning rate improvement in the north, beef genetics consultant Don Nicol from Breedlink, argues. “It will be the cheapest means of weaning rate improvement, with long-term pay offs to users,” he says.
http://www.beefcentral.com/production/genetics/genetics-pastoral-companies-leading-the-charge-in-genetic-selection-for-weaning-rate-performance/
What is an Ultrablack
Bulls from Nindooinbah “the hope” of Mt Welcome in WA Pilbara Region
Nick went to visit some Nindooinbah clients in the WA Pilbara region and was pleased with what he saw. Clients are happy also. Read the story here. There is an audio link in this article, click on it to hear the interview with Dave talking about...
More infoBuyers provide solid endorsement for UltraBlack ‘adapted Angus’
The first Australian seedstock sale carrying any significant numbers of UltraBlack ‘tropically adapted Angus’ has produced a result well above pre-sale expectations, with PTIC registered heifers averaging better than $1760 at auction on Friday.
