September 2014

Wodonga Triple A Success

  A balanced appropach to genetic evaluation paid off for South Australian breeder Allan Morgan with Herefords Australia’s first triple A rated bull. The Herefords National Show & Sale committee introduced the Breedplan-linked triple A system at this year’s event to lift catalogue quality. To achieve a triple A, a bull must have a 600-day weight and scrotal in the top 50 per cent of the breed, milk and birthweight in the top 75pc, and