E-news

Genetic Hub office moves to Wagga Wagga

The Genetic Hub business is a new collaborative business model developed by the Shorthorn Beef, Simmental Australia and Australian Limousin Breeders Group boards and is designed to provide registration, database management, accounting, communication and corporate governance requirements for breed societies.… Continue reading →

Calling for nominations for the 2021 National Show and Sale Committee

Are you keen to have input into the running of the 2021 NSS?

Simmental is looking for two committee members to join the committee to start organising next year’s event.

Please send your interest to the office by email with… Continue reading →

Finger family wins Clermont Beef Expo four out of five years

Hoch & Wilkinson’s Jake Passfield, centre with Clermont Beef Expo grand champion pen winners, Frank Finger and Scott Finger Hillview Cattle Co. Pictures: Alisha Hoch

Hoch & Wilkinson’s Jake Passfield, centre with Clermont Beef Expo grand champion pen winners, Frank… Continue reading →

Unprecedented collaboration in beef cattle genetic improvement

WA Simmental breeder Mike Introvigne, Willie Altenburg, Altenburg Simmental Ranch, Colorado USA (Bonnydale alliance stud) & Rob Introvigne. in 2018 Bonnydale genomically profiled its entire stud herd with the American Simmental Association utilising IGS, and has continued to genomically profile… Continue reading →

Simmental Australia to trial IGS system alongside Breedplan

Simmental Australia will begin trialing the American-based International Genetic Solutions (IGS) system against ABRI’s Breedplan to evaluate which database offers the greatest benefit to its breeders.

IGS is the world’s largest beef genetic evaluation system and has gained the attention… Continue reading →

Updated Website, Karragarra results and magazine update

Updated website launching Monday 19th October
Launching on Monday 19th is the revamp of the Simmental Australia website being brought to you by OGA Design. This has been in production all of 2020 and we are now pleased to bring… Continue reading →

New Registrar, Tip of the Week, new website coming

Introducing Kayla, our new Registrar

Meet Kayla Preston. Kayla has been a Registrar for many years with the Shorthorn Society and has been employed by the Genetic Hub from 1 July, as both Simmental and Shorthorn Registrar.

Kayla has been… Continue reading →