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| Beef CRC has forged a new international agreement |
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The Beef CRC has forged a new international agreement which aims to give Australian cattle producers significantly greater confidence in new genetic technologies.
The collaboration brings together the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), The US National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium (NBCEC), the University of Guelph (Canada), the University of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada), the US National Beef Cattleman’s Association (NBCA), the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) and the Beef CRC, through its Participants and Supporting Participants.
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| Field Day at Yanco Agricultural Institute on 09.09.08 |
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Cattle producers attending a Beef CRC field day at Yanco will learn more about a new tool which can help them meet market specifications more often.
Developed by the Beef CRC, ‘Beef Specs’ is a simple computerised carcass calculator which determines the potential weight and fat gain for a group of animals given the available feed.
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| Field Day at 'Burrawang West Station' on 11.09.08 |
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Grow calves as fast as possible to a target weight to generate the greatest financial return per hectare.
That’s one of the simple, yet effective, messages generated from a Beef CRC research program conducted at ‘Kooba Station’ in southern New South Wales.
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| America looks to Australia to breed cattle which eat less |
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The rising cost of grain combined with the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are the driving factors behind America’s push to breed more feed-efficient cattle.
That’s the message from the Beef CRC’s Robert Herd who has just returned from the annual conference of the American Society of Animal Science in Indianapolis.
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| DNA markers for the Australian beef industry |
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DNA marker technology and its value to the Australian beef industry has received widespread media coverage recently. Major research and development bodies released the attached statement on DNA markers on 24 June 2008. The Beef CRC endorses the industry statement.
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| Gene markers key to producing tender beef |
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Scientists from the Beef CRC have proved that meat produced by cattle carrying the favourable forms of gene markers for tenderness is more tender than meat from cattle which carry unfavourable forms of the genes.
In the past, production and processing techniques have been relied upon to improve the eating quality of beef. But an experiment conducted by Dr Paul Greenwood from the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, and his Beef CRC colleagues from across Australia, indicates the genetic make-up of animal can also lead to a better dining experience.
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| Emily Piper, University of Queensland PhD student, accepts the Early Career Scientist Award from Master of Ceremonies Bernie Hobbs, ABC Science and Dr Geoff Garrett, Chief Executive, CSIRO. |
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A young scientist from Queensland hoping to discover a clean, green way of controlling cattle ticks has received a prestigious Early Career Scientist award.
Presented at the Cooperative Research Centre Association’s (CRCA’s) Annual conference, the Early Career Scientist Award recognizes the work of some of the brightest PhD students in the country.
Emily Piper, a University of Queensland PhD student working with the Beef CRC, was one of eight finalists nominated for the accolade.
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Who are we?
The Beef CRC is one of 14 successful CRCs awarded funding from the Commonwealth in the 2004 Round 9 bid. It uses emerging gene discovery and gene expression technologies to focus on precision cattle breeding and management. Read more »