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Copley Bull Sale 2024

CBV Marlborough 20 July

by Marie Copley

Copley Bull Team 2024 has been selected. Bred here at ‘Salty’ in the ticks and the trees from selected CBV and Copley Sires under commercial conditions. Team Average top 5% Brahman Indexes.  

Copley Bulls

BUSH AGRI

TOP STUDS

Copley Pastoral is proud to appear as a significant producer of quality, analysed Brahman Genetics in the 2024 publication, ‘Top Studs’. This resource is produced annually by the Bush Agribusiness team. Top Studs is a guide for profit driven cattle producers to finding genetics from performance-recorded seedstock producers to meet their breeding needs. Copley Bulls were identified as #1 for LEx$ Index and #2 for CPI$ Index reflecting our focus on fertility and adaption driving profitability for commercial producers in harsh environments.

 

TO EBV OR NOT TO EBV?

THAT IS THE QUESTION

by Marie Copley

Marie is passionate about the use of EBVs to guide the selection of genetics for a herd. Genetic change is incremental and requires careful selection to positively impact profitability and sustainability. Marie draws upon sport, Shakespeare, and “Yellowstone” to pose the question to ‘EBV or not to EBV?’

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION EFFECTS

IN TROPICAL BEEF CATTLE

by James Copley et al

James has recently submitted his thesis which examined potential genotype by environment interaction for fertility traits. This paper is the first chapter and investigates the effect of different environmental descriptors on fertility performance of breeding females in the Northern Genomics dataset.

Beef 2024

Breeding Brilliance

by Josie Copley

It’s time for commercial beef business in Northern Australia to get curious about herd fertility to improve profitability in their operations. Breeding Brilliance will provide the forum to do just that.The forum will be an opportunity to engage with, and be informed by, industry leading reproductive scientists, geneticists and agribusiness professionals.