2012/13 Charolais Magazine – Summer (part 2)

Tocal Beef Cattle
Assessment Course
By Keiley O’Brien, Gulargambone
This year I was fortunate enough to
be awarded Grand Champion
Junior Judge at the 2012 NSW
Charolais Youth Stampede.
As part of my prize I was offered a
scholarship by the Charolais Society to
attend the Tocal Beef Cattle Assessment
Course. The course was organised by the
New England Angus Breeders Society and
held on the 2nd – 3rd of October, on
ground, at the Tocal Agricultural College.
The two days were jam-packed with a mix
of theoretical and practical experiences.
After an hour of being at the course we
had already started participating in
in-depth lectures about the major
components that make up a beef animal.
We also further learnt about structure,
genetics, Estimated Breeding Values and
other core elements that play a key
role when assessing livestock through
presentations run by Bob Dent, of Bob
Dent Cattle Services. The amazing amount
of knowledge that Mr Dent shared within
these presentations was outstanding and
definitely allowed me to grasp a better
concept of beef judging.
The experience didn’t stop there though.
After sitting inside, viewing and listening
to those demonstrations that outlined
critical guides of what to look for in beef
animals, we would then travel out to the
cattle yards on site where many different
classes of cattle that varied greatly in
breed, sex, age and target markets would
be awaiting.
Before commencing immediately with
assessing the class before us, we would be
given a scenario that our placing’s would
depend on. Again, like the cattle, these
scenario’s varied greatly. Over the short
two days we went from judging bostaurus steers with criteria that they would
go to the local butchers within the next
fortnight to be slaughtered, to bos-indicus
steers that were to be long feed for 120
days to meet the Japanese heavy export
market and be inside the B2 carcase
weight and fat specifications.
We would then jump to judging heifers
and cows that were: to be culled and kept;
be serviced by different types of bulls for
their off-spring to meet different types of
markets; and be evaluated with their
estimated breeding value’s. And of course
this continued with the bulls as we faced
many different situations wanting many
more different outcomes.
For every class, we would number the
cattle before us from 1st – 4th and answer
a minimum of 5 questions which would
really make us think and look closely over
the cattle. While our thoughts were still
fresh in our mind, over judge Steve Chase,
Waitara Angus, would tell us his placing’s,
answers and discuss the reasons with us.
By just listening to Steve, let alone all the
other entrants of the course, I learnt an
incredible amount and have improved my
ability to asses and judge beef cattle by a
great amount.
Reflecting back over the two day course,
I am very grateful for the opportunity that
I received and would once again really like
to thank the Charolais Society for the
outstanding experience that I was lucky
enough to receive. I would also like to
recommend the course to anybody of any
age and any level of experience who wants
to better their beef cattle assessing skills
and knowledge of the industry from either
a stud or commercial perspective. The Tocal
Beef Cattle Assessment Course really is an
eye-opener and definitely worth doing,
along with the NSW Charolais Youth
Stampede.
I had a great time at the 2012 NSW
Charolais Youth Stampede and am already
looking forward to attending again in 2013.
The NSW Charolais Region did a fantastic
job at hosting the event for the first time
and combined a great mix of educational
activities among with junior competitions.
To any youth enthusiast out there no
matter what your experience, I encourage
you to come along. The 2013 NSW
Charolais Youth Stampede will be a great
chance to learn about the beef industry
and Charolais breed in particular, along
with making some inside connections and
friends. Entries are now open. Hope to see
you there. n
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Youth Stampede in Bathurst
The NSW Charolais Region is once again hosting the NSW Charolais Youth Stampede, which is an exciting 3 day
camp giving youth aged 8 to 25 years the opportunity to learn from well known industry experts and develop their
skills in parading and judging. It’s a fantastic networking opportunity and a bit of fun as well!
The program caters for all levels of experience and is based around hands-on practical
activities. The main theme for the 2013 Stampede is Artificial Breeding and several heifers
will be Artificially Inseminated during the camp.
The 2013 Stampede is being held at the Bathurst Showground from Thursday 24th to
Sunday 27th of January. An overview of the program is shown to the right. The program
may vary depending upon the number of participants, their ages and levels of experience.
Keiley O’Brien was our Grand Champion Junior Judge at the 2012 Stampede, which won
her a place in a Tocal Judging School course. Her story and experiences at the Stampede
and the Tocal course are a great testament to the opportunities the Stampede provides.
Congratulations Keiley on an impressive win!
The Stampede will cost $120 per entrant and includes accommodation and catering for
entrants. Registrations close on Friday the 14th of December 2012. Numbers are limited
and with the Christmas period fast approaching, make sure you get your forms in soon!
Late entries will be accepted, however late entrants will not receive a Stampede shirt
and will also incur a late entry fee. To register please visit the Charolais Society website
and download the Registration Pack – www.charolais.com.au/nsw-youth-stampede
Sponsors and supporters are also invited to be a part of this great youth event. Such an
event is not without expense and it is by no means run as a revenue raising exercise.
Please visit the Charolais Society website to view the sponsorship packages available or
contact Mark Ickinger on 0428 822 361. n
PROGRAM OVERVIEW 2013
Thursday 24th January
PM Participants and cattle arrive
Friday 25th January
AM Practical demonstrations
Artificial breeding and animal
selection for joining
PM Junior Judging
Practical demonstrations
Saturday 26th January
AM Practical demonstrations
Parader’s Competition
PM Practical demonstrations,
activities and games
Formal dinner and auction
Sunday 27th January
AM Heifer Judging
PM Presentations
Participants and cattle depart
NSW Charolais Youth Stampede
Stampede 2013
For Charolais enthusiasts aged 8 to 2
25
5 years
24th to 27th January 2013
Bathurst Showgrounds
Visit the Charolais website for
the registration pack
sponsorship opportunities
opp
www.charolais.com.au/nsw-youth-stamp
www.charolais.com.au/nsw-youth-stampede
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Meet me at the Show!
Meet our Regional Chairmen. They all come from diverse backgrounds, operate within unique production systems
and work towards different breeding goals, however they all have one thing in common - A devotion to Charolais.
This is your opportunity to get acquainted with your regional representative. Don’t hesitate to make yourself
known to them if you see them at the show.
Chris Knox, Chairman, NSW Region
Chris and his partner Helen Alexander run DSK
Angus and Charolais based at Coonabarabran in
NSW. Chris has been the Chairman for the NSW
Region since 2010 and is also Co Vice President
of the Charolais Society.
Showing experience: Have been showing
cattle at Royal shows for over 40 years &
have judged major breeds at every Australian
mainland Royal show & most major breed
national show & sales.
Top tip: Don’t rush the program. A slow
preparation over a long period is the way
to go.
What not to do: Don’t knock other
exhibitors cattle because you are there to
promote the breed. Look for positives in cattle.
Showing highlight: Winning the Hordern
Trophy twice at Sydney Royal. Being the first
to do so for the Angus breed & doubly so
because the cow was all homebred, not from
an AI sire.
Jim Wedge, Chairman, QLD Region
Jim and his partner Jackie Chard, run Ascot Cattle Co. based at Warwick in QLD. Jim has been
the Chairman of the QLD Region since 2011.
Showing experience: We have a small
number of show cattle as our main focus is
on breeding for commercial traits and we
believe that showing does not always
demonstrate the full genetic ability of an
animal.
Top tip and What not to do: When preparing
cattle for a show it is important to not
overfeed them, especially females as they can
develop too much fat in their udder which
can lead to milking difficulties as they get
older.
Showing highlight: My most memorable
moments were winning the Interbreed
Grand Champion Cow at the 2012 Brisbane
Royal Show, and winning Grand Champion
Cow and Exhibit at the 2012 Sydney Royal
Show.
Michael Osborne, Chairman, SA Region
Michael and his wife Julie, run Ryeview Charolais
based at Millicent in SA. Michael has been the
Chairman of the SA Region since 2011. Michael
is also a federal Council member.
Showing experience: We do not show our
Charolais, we do however show our Ryeland
and White Suffolk sheep at shows with
success.
Top tip: Have your stock fed to their best and
well broken in to tie up and lead quietly.
Untrained stock at a show can be dangerous
and even sheep can hurt & break bones.
What not to do: Don’t talk about others
stock if you can’t say anything good or act as
if you know it all, as it will all come unstuck
when you are showing your animals.
Showing highlight:
Wining our first championship!
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Chris Knox
Jim Wedge
Chas Armytage, Chairman, VIC Region
Chas and his wife Joanna and son Nick run
Delamere Pastoral Company based in Willaura
in VIC. Chas has been the Chairman of the VIC
Region since 2003.
Showing experience: My experience in
showing cattle has been focused on carcase
competitions.
Top tip: Be sure the cattle you select have the
right breed characteristics which are industry
focused. Always remember that you have to
be competitive and preferably winning!
Showing highlight: Greatest thrill was being
a member of the Royal Melbourne Show
Borthwick Trophy team of three head in
2005. We exhibited one steer along with
Ashwood Park and Longerenong College,
whose steer we had also bred. We were the
first Charolais team to win the trophy for
twelve years. Another memorable event for
me was to judge at Whittlesea Show.
Michael Osborne
Chas Armytage
Robin Yost, Chairman, WA Region
Robin and her husband Kevin, run Liberty Charolais
based in Toodyay in WA. Robin has been the
Chairman of the WA Region since 2011.
Showing experience: We have shown cattle
at most local shows, Perth Royal, Sydney
Royal, Rockhampton Beef Expo and the
Charolais National Show & Sale.
Robin Yost
Heath Dobson
Heath Dobson, Chairman, TAS Region
Heath along with his father Denis, run Pine Park
Charolais based at Cluan in TAS. Heath has been
the Chairman of the TAS Region since 2002
and is also Co Vice President of the Charolais
Society.
Top tip: Be organised. Things flow along so
nicely if you’re organised.
Showing experience: The stud has been
showing since I was born and I have been
judging at different shows in TAS for the last
12 years.
What not to do: Don’t treat your cattle
harshly. Show cattle are very forgiving
creatures. They are extremely tolerant and
deserve to be looked after well.
Top tip: Break the cattle in before they go
to the show. Start earlier than you need to,
then by the time you do actually start
preparing it is not too close to show day!
Showing highlight: Winning Grand Champion
Charolais Bull at a Sydney Royal, and a
number of Interbreed Champions at the
Perth Royal. This year winning the Supreme
Interbreed Junior Champion female was a
great thrill.
What not to do: Don't assume that the
show will break the cattle in for you!
Showing highlight:
Winning the National Judging Finals.
Don’t be left BEHIND ...
Get involved in the
Charolais Feature
at the 2013 Sydney Royal Show
20th to 25th March 2013
Featuring:
Lots of Prize Money
Separate Charolais Steer Judging
Top Line Charolais Sale
Charity Auction & Dinner
Nightly Youth Events
Record entries expected
A major breed promotion
BE PART OF IT!
To get involved contact
Chris Knox, NSW Regional Chairman
P: (02) 6842 9101
E: dskangusandcharolais@westnet.com.au
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Enhancements to Charolais
GROUP BREEDPLAN
A number of significant enhancements will be applied to the BREEDPLAN
software used to calculate EBVs for Charolais animals. They will be applied first
in the December 2012 Trans-Tasman Charolais GROUP BREEDPLAN analysis,
then in all subsequent analyses.
By Christian Duff
The enhancements include:
• Transition to a full crossbred analysis model - With the
growing frequency of Charolais-content crossbred animals
being performance recorded and available for the Charolais
analysis, the model used will be changed to allow the
performance records available on such crossbred animals to
be included in the analysis. Importantly, this will allow the
performance data collected in BIN progeny test herds
(primarily Angus x Charolais or Brahman x Charolais animals)
to be included in the monthly analyses.
Records will be pre-adjusted for both direct and maternal
heterosis based on breed content of calf and cow. These
changes mean that contemporary groups may now comprise
both purebred and crossbred animals, allowing head-to-head
comparisons where such breed types are being run together.
• Upgrade to BREEDPLAN Version 6.2 – This latest version
of the BREEDPLAN software has several enhancements
including a revised method for handling different groups of
“base” animals (as outlined below) and the ability to “blend”
genomic prediction information into the analysis. Note that
genomic prediction information is not currently being
included in the Charolais analysis, however the pathway is
available through version 6.2 to allow this to happen when
genomic predictions relevant to Australian Charolais are
available.
• Revised method for handling different groups of
“base” animals – animals without complete pedigree in the
BREEDPLAN analysis are referred to as “base” animals and
the analysis must determine how to allocate a “solution” for
the contribution from the unknown parent/s. In the current
Charolais analysis, base animals represent different periods
(historic vs current) and countries (Australia and New
Zealand, as well as imported genetics from Europe and
North America) and breeds (as used to create cross-bred
Charolais genetics such as the BIN progeny). A revised
method for handling these different “genetic groups” of
base animals has been implemented in the upgrade to
BREEDPLAN v6.2. This has resulted in an increased number
of genetic groups. Animals within each group are assigned a
starting value equivalent to the average EBVs of the group.
As additional information becomes available for an
individual animal (e.g. progeny performance) the EBVs will
change to reflect this information, including an increase in
EBV accuracy.
• New Genetic Parameters - The genetic parameters and
adjustment factors utilised within the Charolais GROUP
BREEDPLAN analysis have been re-estimated by the Animal
Genetics & Breeding Unit (AGBU). The genetic parameters
include the heritability of each trait and the correlations
between the different traits. The adjustment factors are
those required for the performance records to remove the
non-genetic effects of age and age of dam. This included all
traits apart from calving ease direct, calving ease daughters
and the direct abattoir carcase traits.
The re-estimation of genetic parameters is a standard
practice that is undertaken periodically for all breeds. It
ensures that the BREEDPLAN analysis is kept relevant
for the given cattle population, in this case Charolais.
Please Note: The above enhancements will result in EBVs and
Selection Indexes changing. In some cases, the rankings of animals
may also change.
If you have any questions regarding the enhancements to
Charolais GROUP BREEDPLAN or changes in EBVs resulting
from the enhancements please contact:
Christian Duff
Charolais SBTS Technical Officer
P: 02 6773 2472
E: christian@sbts.une.edu.au
or Charolais BREEDPLAN
P: 02 6773 3555
E: charolais@breedplan.une.edu.au
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BIN Results - Meat Science
The meat science data on the first cohort of Charolais by Angus progeny
in the BIN project show a spread of results that are very interesting.
The steers that were grain fed for 74 days produced low shear
force values with 98 per cent of the samples coming in under 5
kilograms and 80 per cent under 4 kilograms of shear force.
Lower shear force scores imply that lower pressure was required
to cut the meat sample. Studies have shown that 50 per cent of
consumers report that steak is acceptably tender when it is below
4.4 kgs shear force and 68 per cent say it is acceptably tender if it
is less than 3.7 kgs shear force. The pasture fed steers shear force
results were more variable relative to the grain fed steers with 84
per cent testing below 5 kilograms and 55 per cent testing below
4 kilograms.
The correlations between shear force and other variables for the
steer data is shown in table 1. Carcase weight and shear force
were not correlated at all. The correlation with rib fat and
marbling against shear force was also very low at 0.06. This result
supports conclusion that subcutaneous fat (rib and P8) and
marbling does not increase tenderness. Intramuscular fat (IMF)
and shear force were slightly more correlated at -0.162 which indicated that as IMF increased then shear force decreased.
The effect of ossification was stronger than marbling and rib fat
but ossification does not feature in price grids even though it is a
better predictor of tenderness than the “fat” measures such as
marbling or rib fat.
Larger eye muscle area is correlated to lower shear force values
and this confirms the results reported last year by Murdoch
University. The variable with the highest percentage of correlation
to shear force was muscle pH. Muscle pH is a measure of the level
of acid in the muscle profile and this acid breaks down the actin
and myosin protein bonds which lock fibres together and this
process increases tenderness. The correlation was -0.29 which
indicates that 29 per cent of the variation in meat shear force is
explained by muscle pH. Therefore when pH was higher (less acid)
the meat was tougher and when pH was lower (more acid) the
muscle was more tender. There was a correlation of 0.18 between
pH and carcase weight which indicates that heavier carcases
produce more acid; however, we did not find a significant
correlation between carcase weights and shear force.
The correlation between pH
and eye muscle area is stronger
than any of the other correlations which indicates that larger
muscle areas produce more acid
which increase tenderness. The
level of intramuscular fat
contributes to the level of acid
(0.216) but muscle area is a much
better predictor of tenderness.
The important message to get
from these results is that Rib
and P8 fat are very poor
contributors to tenderness and
those carcases with larger
muscle areas and lower ossification
scores will produce more tender
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FACTORS
CORRELATION
SF with Weight
-0.001
SF with Ribfat
-0.063
SF with Marb
-0.066
SF with IMF
-0.162
SF with Oss
0.107
SF with EMA
-0.249
SF with pH
SF with UpH
0.291
0.294
pH and Weight
-0.184
pH and EMA
-0.300
pH and IMF
-0.216
Table 1: Correlation between Shear force
(SF) and other carcase traits.
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meat. So next time you go shopping you will be better off with
yearling Charolais beef and it will be healthier for you. Japanese
and Korean consumers will no doubt come to this same
conclusion sometime soon.
The graphs below show the relationship between intramuscular
and shear force.
SIRE
pH
L
A
B
Cook
Loss
SF
IMF
Paringa Grid Maker D190 AI ET (P)
5.58
42.42
23.59
11.22
23.20
3.27
2.96
Paringa Western Spur D196
5.57
43.50
23.05
11.20
23.48
3.44
3.54
Ashwood Park Aristocrat A12 AI E
5.58
40.36
23.11
10.99
24.16
3.45
3.32
LT Thundering Wind
5.56
42.64
22.10
10.58
24.23
3.47
3.05
Colorado C26 (NZ)
5.56
42.74
21.93
10.43
22.98
3.52
3.54
LT Easy Blend
5.54
42.86
23.37
11.04
24.04
3.56
3.39
M6 Grid Maker
5.57
43.52
21.73
10.12
22.86
3.63
4.04
Paringa Rio Bravo D213E
5.56
42.63
23.06
10.93
23.65
4.07
4.13
AVERAGE CHAROLAIS
5.56
42.58
22.74
10.81
23.58
3.55
3.50
pH=Muscle pH, L=light colour, A= red colour, B= Brightness, Cooking loss % by weight, SF=Shear force, IMF=Intramuscular fat percentage.
Table 2: Meat science results by sire (Grain fed 74 days)
The meat science results by sire vary according to
grain or grass feeding. The progeny of some sires
are spread evenly through the distribution. The
results for the grain fed progeny show that they
all had acceptable muscle pH (below 5.6). The L,
A, and B colours were all fine. Cooking losses
were good at 23 and shear force values were very
good at 3.55 kgs. The progeny from Paringa Rio
Bravo were slightly higher for shear force but still
acceptable.
The grass fed results indicate that Elgin Columbo’s
progeny had high muscle pH but their shear force
values were fine. The L, A and B values were a
little lower for Elgin’s progeny but they were still
acceptable. The cooking loss was lower for Elgin’s
progeny given the high pH; however, the loss was
still inside the acceptable range. Paringa Grid
Maker’s progeny had higher shear force values on
the grass fed results and lower values on the grain
fed results whereas Paringa Rio Bravo’s progeny
had higher shear force values on grain and were
lower on grass.
Table 4 shows that there was no difference between the ossification scores of progeny on grass
or grain feeding. The average score was 139.6.
Eye muscle areas were 6.6 cm2 larger in the grain
fed progeny versus the grass fed progeny. MSA
Marbling scores were lower for grass fed animals
at 336.7 relative to grain fed at 365.8; however,
the level of marbling in progeny of some sires was
higher when grass fed: these sires were Lt Easy
Blend and Paringa Rio Bravo. Colorado’s progeny
exhibited the largest difference in marbling from
grain feeding relative to grass feeding.
This data will now be loaded in to BREEDPLAN
and will be included in the next run in December.
The next lot of meat science data from the
second cohort progeny with Charolais over the
Brahman cow base will be available at this time
next year. n
SIRE
pH
L
A
B
Cook
Loss
SF
IMF
Paringa Rio Bravo D213E
5.62
38.96
22.48
10.15
22.99
3.52
2.66
Elgin Columbo
5.93
37.78
20.03
8.86
19.66
3.62
2.08
M6 Grid Maker
5.58
38.61
22.29
10.41
22.99
3.78
2.86
Ashwood Park Aristocrat A12 AI
5.62
38.40
22.54
10.47
21.88
3.91
2.85
LT Easy Blend
5.62
40.40
23.31
11.14
23.04
3.97
2.24
Colorado C26 (NZ)
5.67
38.65
21.56
9.84
22.80
4.32
2.74
Paringa Pinay D194 AI ET
5.62
39.91
22.28
9.92
23.19
4.73
2.45
Paringa Grid Maker D190 AI ET
5.65
38.49
20.94
9.46
22.21
5.02
2.11
LT Thundering Wind
5.62
37.50
20.86
9.29
23.42
5.27
1.96
TOL D184
5.69
39.41
22.37
10.46
21.34
5.38
2.26
AVERAGE CHAROLAIS
5.66
38.70
21.90
10.07
22.37
4.35
2.38
pH=Muscle pH, L=light colour, A= red colour, B= Brightness, Cooking loss % by weight, SF=Shear force, IMF=Intramuscular fat percentage.
Table 3: Meat science results by sire (Grass fed)
SIRE
Oss
Grass
Oss
Grain
Elgin Columbo
130.0
-
LT Easy Blend
132.5
Colorado C26 (NZ)
M6 Grid Maker
EMA
Grass
EMA
Grain
MARB
Grass
MARB
Grain
67.2
-
230.0
-
141.7
66.5
73.7
390.0
385.0
132.6
135.6
66.1
73.5
300.0
376.3
140.0
140.0
66.0
77.0
306.0
375.0
Paringa Rio Bravo D213E
140.0
135.7
67.0
74.3
323.3
337.1
TOL D184
140.0
-
64.9
-
325.6
-
Paringa Grid Maker D190 AI ET
140.0
135.7
67.0
74.3
323.3
337.1
Paringa Pinay D194 AI ET
140.0
-
69.5
-
345.0
Ashwood Park Aristocrat A12
141.7
140.0
69.0
73.2
340.0
346.0
LT Thundering Wind
145.0
140.0
69.3
73.8
367.5
381.3
Paringa Western Spur D196
145.0
141.7
66.7
72.7
290.0
350.8
AVERAGE CHAROLAIS
138.8
139.6
67.2
73.8
326.8
365.8
AVERAGE SAME SIRES
139.6
139.6
67.2
73.8
336.7
365.8
-
Table 4: Ossification, Eye Muscle Area and Marbling by grass or grain
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#"!! " Changes to DNA collection
and reporting
From January 2013 the Society will move away from DNA testing animals with microsatellite markers
to using SNP markers. SNP markers provide significantly more detail on the DNA of animals and the
sequences can be used to run multiple tests.
Microsatellite analysis was a process that amplified fluorescent
signals from tissue samples (mostly hair). This method enabled 18
alleles to be identified by electrophoresis which separated the
alleles by their length. The presence or absences of particular allele
was then used to parent verify animals and these could also be
used to identify a limited range of disorders. The lab sometimes
ran into problems when two animals had similar parents or
grandparents in identifying a unique match to a parent.
The new SNP analysis detects chemical signals that identify pairs
of Adenin and Thymin, or Cytosin and Guanin which reside at
a particular point on a gene which is sequenced from a
chromosome. These SNP pairs are then related to phenotypic
data which provide markers for particular traits. This new
DNA method provides a much richer source of data to detect
phenotypic information.
The Society will therefore
allow parent verification
to be tested using
microsatellite (progeny) to
microsatellite (sire, dam)
tests for a period of four
years. Progressive studs
may wish to SNP test
older animals to speed up
the process for SNP
(progeny) to SNP (sire, dam) verification on their young animals.
GeneSeek offer a 10K DNA profile chip which is the least
expensive DNA test option. Illumina has a 50K DNA profile chip
and this profile will be useful for those studs that wish to move
into higher density testing. This 50K SNP chip produces more data
and this profile will enable the analysis of more alleles when new
markers are identified in the future. The Society recommends that
studs test their top sire and dam lines with the 50 K chip and other
lines with the 10 K chip.
Igenity have a horn-poll test which will be useful for those seeking
homozygous polled animals. A coat colour test is available.
The testing process requires that a hair sample is sent to the
Society and the Society then sends this to a lab. Most members will
not notice a change in the testing protocol. The lab extracts DNA
from the follicle end of the hair and the DNA is put onto a glass
slide which has numerous holes and then a machine reads the
chemical signals from the DNA in these holes and the chemical
signals then identify the sequence of Adenin (A), Thymin (T), and
Cytosin (C) and Guanin (G). The output from the machine is similar
to the diagram above right. This output would represent one side
of the helex (either the red or green helex in the diagram below).
From January 2013 all DNA
will be analysed with the new
SNP test. Labs will not be
able to do a parent verification
test by comparing SNP markers
to microsatellite marker sets.
Therefore in order for a calf to
be verified by SNP markers
both parents will need to
have been tested by using a
SNP profile and obviously we
can only do this when we
have hair, semen or tissue
samples on parents so this will
rule out dead animals.
The myostatin panel test provides a test for 9 myostatin mutations.
Myostatin restricts muscle growth which can result in animals with
“double muscling”. Some breeders actively seek animals with the
double muscle moystatin haplotypes. A haplotype is simply a
collection of alleles and alleles are one side of a pair (either an A
or T or a C or G). Charolais cattle have the Q204X mutation which
enables larger muscle growth. The Q204X mutation is common
to Charolais and Limousin. Limousin also carry the F94L substitution
and nt821 deletion. Other French breeds carry a different set of
myostatin mutations. The Q204X mutation is the T allele in the
second line which is in the place of a C allele in the first line.
Haplotype:
GGTATTTGGCAGAGCATT
GGTATTTGGTAGAGCATT
Gene companies are regularly testing
gene sequences for new haplotypes.
While much of the work is currently
being conducted on human data
there are cross over benefits to the
cattle industry and this is reducing
prices for SNP testing and animal
research. The SNP data for each
animal will be copied into a database
and that database can be used by
AGBU and other researchers to identify
new traits for Charolais and other
breeds. This move to SNP testing will
also reduce the time frame to move
to genetically assisted (gebvs). n
PRICES FOR TEST
FROM 1ST JANUARY 2013
(Prices per animal)
• Microsatellite parentage profile
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• GeneSeek
10K profile (GGP)
$43.00
• Illumina SNP50
profile
$80.00
• 96-SNP Parentage
profile
$15.00
• Igenity Horn-poll
$40.00
• Coat Colour
$10.00
• Myostatin panel
$20.00
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stud profile
Rangan Charolais
Few stud producers could claim the impact
Graeme Cook and family have had on the
southern Charolais scene in less than a
decade of breeding.
Since founding the Rangan Park herd in 2005, the family have bred
the number one ranked domestic indexing female in the breed,
had a young sire selected for semen sales by an AI company, have
numerous bulls working in studs around Australia, and established
a successful on-farm bull sale that earlier this year averaged $4400
for 30 head.
Add to this their record of topping Victoria’s largest summer
weaner sale at Wodonga in 2010 and 2011 – at up to $915 for
Charolais Angus-cross steers sold in January 2011 – and it is an
impressive CV.
The Rangan Park story started with a targeted buy-up of proven
Charolais matrons from leading studs.
Graeme doesn’t shy away from the fact they spent about
$200,000 on 20 foundation cows in the early years. Their key
purchase, he said, was 13 older and proven females, aged 10 to
12 year olds, from Palgrove in 2005.
The cattle industry, however, has its share of stories about people
who spend big on stud animals but fail to make much of a mark
within their chosen breed.
To mould together a high performance herd and build a brand,
even with some top individual cows, takes passion, an eye for
detail, as well as business and marketing acumen.
THE DECISION WAS WHITE
Graeme, his wife Liz and children Laura, Ellen, Claire and Jessica
are the third and fourth generations to farm the family property
By Jenny Kelly
at Sandy Creek in Victoria. It comprises 500 hectares of rolling hill
country in a high 30 inch rainfall zone. They lease a further 120ha.
Graeme, who worked in the wholesale and retail fuel industry for
24-years before returning to the farm, said they began looking at
breed options after becoming disillusioned with the returns from
their commercial Angus herd.
“We weren’t getting the prices for our Angus heifers that I would
have liked – they were either over-fat or too light and then
discounted in the market,’’ he said.
So like other producers, they began using Charolais bulls over their
Angus cows to get more weight and shape into their calves and
the chance of capturing similar money for heifers as for the steer
drop.
Today the Cook’s run 150 Angus and Angus-cross cows, with the
Charolais sired calves sold at the New Year weaner sales and as
vealers to the domestic slaughter market in the autumn. All the
calves are sold by 10-months of age.
They then ventured into stud breeding after finding it difficult to
source the type of Charolais bulls they wanted in the local area.
Graeme said one of the “challenges’’ of Charolais cattle, both for
breeders and potential bull buyers, was the vast range of animal
types within the breed.
“There is more variation within the Charolais breed than any other
cattle breed,’’ he said. “You have the heavy boned, latter maturing
full French types through to the polled early maturing American
animals, and then everything in-between.
“The key is to work out what suits the market you are breeding
for so you can sell bulls into that market.’’
Breed variance is one reason why Graeme said they invested in
older stud cows that had the depth of breeding and performance
to give a more consistent outcome.
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stud profile (cont.)
Even then, he is honest enough to acknowledge that some of the
high priced cows they bought didn’t live up to their expectations.
“Some of these females have been fantastic and some have been
failures,’’ he said. “Thankfully the fantastic ones have outweighed
the others and we were able to quickly assess each one and
multiply the genetics that were performing for us through
extensive AI and ET programs.’’
A success story has been the cow Palgrove Showgirl 6, which the
Cook’s paid $11,500 for as an 11-year-old in 2005. Since then she
has generated over $250,000 in sales for Rangan Park and has
been flushed 21 times for over 300 useable embryos.
THE RANGAN TYPE
Graeme said their clientele was mainly commercial farmers
running British beef cows and using Charolais bulls as a terminal
sire, with the aim of producing calves that can be finished within
a time-frame of 10 to 15 months of age.
For this they need a balance of growth and carcass substance,
along with adequate fat cover and finishing ability, as well as the
ever present demand of calving ease.
Graeme said they tried to blend the best of Australian, French
and American genetics to create an animal that could deliver to
these specifications under Australian conditions.
“The French Charolais generally have the bone, eye muscle and
carcass yield, while the American animals generally bring in shorter
gestation, lower birth weights, larger scrotal, and extra fat cover
in an earlier maturing pattern,’’ he said.
“We have settled on around 25% French as our ideal Charolais.’’
Andy Whitsed from Merial, presents Graeme Cook and his daughter
Ellen with their prize for winning the best pen of Charolais weaner
calves at Wodonga in January 2011. 20 Steers averaged $915.
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Graeme said he essentially custom-mated their 120 stud females, studying
reports and data on both local and overseas sires to try and identify matches
that could deliver progeny to suit their market.
A bull Rangan Park has recently used is the Canadian sire Harvey Redemption.
Graeme said they researched the bull on the internet, found out who held
the Australian breeding rights and spoke to them about how the bull was
breeding and inspected progeny.
“From this research we knew he was polled, had good structure, temperament
seemed sound and he had solid performance numbers,’’ he said.
“We decided to use him over cows with plenty of natural thickness and
reasonably early maturing types, as some of his progeny seemed a little late
maturing for our breeding program.
“To this end we had a flush that worked extremely well out of one cow, but
not so well out of another. But at least we know enough about the bull now
to be reasonably confident on how best to breed him.’’
Graeme said match-making genetics was both rewarding and frustrating.
He said the lack of information sharing between Australian studs on how new
release bulls were performing, particularly overseas sires, was an issue he would
like to see improved.
talking points...
There is no doubt Graeme Cook is passionate about
Charolais cattle, so we asked him to discuss some of
the key issues he believes the breed needs to talk
about and potentially tackle.
US SIRES AND STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS
“I’m getting extremely frustrated with the structure
of a lot of the new beaut AI bulls coming out of the
US. Their progeny are fine at 12 to 18 months of age,
but by three years they are culls. They might have
great performance numbers but if they can’t walk at
three then they are no good for our conditions. At
Rangan Park we manage this risk by only putting a
maximum of 25% of our cows to these unproven
bulls, as well as culling our females very hard for
structure. But it is something the industry needs to
look at.’’
CATTLE THAT JUST DON’T PERFORM
“I’ve made plenty of mistakes but as long as you learn from them that is OK,’’
he said: “If more breeders were willing to network and share information
about what bulls are working and what aren’t it could really help take the
Charolais industry forward and reduce the number of animals being bred that
can give the breed a bad name.’’
“Bull calves that are just born too big and then take
two years to look good after being pumped full of
feed, or have these fantastic figures but just don’t
reflect those figures themselves. We like our calves to
be good all the way, especially by 10-15 months off
grass, as this is the age our clients will mostly be
wanting to sell their calves by.’’
Graeme said he was particularly concerned about the structural soundness of
some of the young US sires hitting the market (see Talking Points this page).
THE NEED FOR MULTI-BREED EBVS
OR BETTER EDUCATION
THE COMMERCIAL CONNECTION
Rangan Charolais has achieved impressive brand recognition in the southern
cattle industry – in fact Graeme rates it as probably their biggest achievement
to date.
He links it to their commercial operation, with farmers able to see first-hand
the potential benefits of using a Charolais over British cows. Several clients in
north-east Victoria have also won prizes or topped store markets with
Charolais-cross calves, adding to the recognition of Rangan Park bulls.
“Our commercial operation really compliments our stud,’’ Graeme said. “I don’t
think we have a neighbor now who isn’t using our bulls and that is because
they have looked over the fence and admired our crossbred calves.’’
Graeme said they also worked closely with clients to help achieve a good
result. This involved taking into account what type of female herd people were
running, and if the calves were to be sold directly off cows or grass and grain
finished.
“An F1 cow (Friesian/beef cross) can handle a heavier muscled, heavier boned
and leaner bull as they have the milk to finish the resulting calf,’’ he said:
“A straight bred beef female needs a bull with a bit of extra fat cover and less
bone so the progeny can be finished easily by 12-15 months of age.’’
The Cooks also present a very professional front to perspective buyers, wearing
branded uniforms at sales and industry events, and having a polished website
with professionally taken photos of both their stud and commercial cattle.
This year they plan to use their website to promote Rangan Park sired calves
for clients.
“To grow the business I have to take market share from some-one else, and
for us that’s mostly from another breed, usually the Angus or Limousin,’’
Graeme said.
“To do this you have to be passionate about what you are trying to achieve
and you have to give your clients value.’’ n
“BREEDPLAN is a great marketing tool. But a lot of
our clients, and prospective clients, have been using
Angus, and they are used to numbers like +70 for
400 day weight, and +3.5 for EMA, so they are
not that keen on purchasing a Charolais with a breed
average of +17 and EMA of +1.3. There is no
correlation between the Angus and Charolais
BREEDPLANS, but people don’t understand and I’ve
lost count of the times I’ve had to try and explain this.
The sooner we have multi-breed EBVs the better, but
I’m not sure the Angus as a breed will ever let this
advantage go. Maybe better education is the key.’’
THE CHAROLAIS BIN PROJECT
“I was disappointed in the initial Charolais Society
sponsored BIN progeny test program run in Victoria in
2009/2010. The bulls represented were a number
of Charolais and one Limousin. I don’t know how
they thought they were going to get meaningful
information for the marketplace when they did not
include the biggest breed in southern Australia –
Angus. A properly constructed progeny test that
included a number of high accuracy Charolais and
Angus bulls, both joined to Angus females with the
calves carried all the way through to slaughter, could
well have given us the marketing edge I believe the
Charolais has, but which as a breed we need to prove
conclusively. Either way, lets find out.’’
SALE CREDITS
“Sale credits operating in stud sales should be announced before the start of the sale, and they should
be subtracted from the gross and average, as they
give a false high to the sale. If no bull sale credits are
operating, state that fact.’’
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Joyce Muller with the family's first draft of Charolais Roan-cross vealer calves for 2012,
which were sold at the Shepparton prime market in early November.
Low cost approach to
production pays off!
By Jenny Kelly
Fred and Joyce Muller haven’t been the type
of farmers to chase trends on their Victorian
grazing property at Nagambie.
Indeed Fred is quite proud of their conservative and low-cost
approach to production.
“We’ve never sown anything down and we’ve never put super
on,’’ he said of their 1,100 acre dryland farm which is used mainly
to run cattle, with smaller sidelines of cropping and first-cross
ewes for prime lambs.
“And all our machinery would be 30-years old except for our
tractor – why change something if it still works ’’
So the fact they have moved to using Charolais bulls over their
entire herd of 140 Roan (Shorthorn Hereford-cross) and Hereford
cows speaks volumes for their performance.
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“I like money too, and the Charolais-cross calves sell better than
all the others. They weigh better and the buyers like them,’’ Fred
said.
Although in standard Muller style, they only dipped their toe in
when first contemplating a move to a terminal European bull. They
borrowed a Charolais sire about five years ago to join to a few
cows.
“We never rush in – we always have a look and see how it goes,’’
he said.
“But we just loved the calves, we’d never had vealers weigh in the
high 300kg to 400kg before and we’d tried a lot of breeds –
Angus and Santa Gertrudis among them.’’
While the Mullers are conservative, they do have a passion for
quality cattle and are prepared to spend on their favoured breeding
cow, the roan Shorthorn Hereford-cross, which only rarely appear
in saleyards.
Joyce said they were an easy care beef cow with good milking
ability and a sound temperament.
“We’ve always had them and have become a big fan, especially of
their milking ability,’’ she said.
“When roans are advertised at markets we usually go and it is not
often that we are beaten.’’
The Roan cows, Fred said, also offered a marketing edge as they
were an unusual item and their Charolais-cross calves, which often
carried the same distinctive colored markings, could be sold as
either stores or for slaughter.
“We’ve only had to pull a couple of breech births
with the Charolais, but I don’t know how many calves
we’ve had to pull out of PTIC cows we’ve bought-in and
which were supposedly joined to low-birth weight British
bulls,’’ he said.
Cross into Profit
The Muller's use Kenmere Charolais bulls from NSW across their Roan and Hereford cow herd
based at Nagambie in Victoria.
Last year the Mullers averaged 234 cents per kilogram for their
complete drop of Charolais-cross steer and heifer vealers which
weighed an average of 355kg liveweight, returning $834 a head.
When the Charolais Magazine visited the Mullers in early
November they had just begun to draft and sell this season’s drop
of calves.
The Mullers have concentrated on the vealer market, joining the
cows in April for a mid January calving so the calves can benefit
from a full spring before being sold in drafts at the weekly
Shepparton prime cattle market.
So far they had received a top of 248c/kg for steers, but with the
southern beef market contracting as the dry season hit, prices had
fallen away each week.
They have four Kenmere Charolais bulls, bred by Matthew and
Anne Marie Collins at Cobbity in NSW.
The draft of 21 calves pictured with Joyce sold to a top of 212c/kg,
with some unusually severe discounting appearing for heifers in
the marketplace.
Fred said they looked for muscling, frame and conformation in the
bulls they selected, and had been impressed by the Collin’s family
follow-up support and interest in their breeding operation.
“Our calves are still towards the top price of the market, but it
has been a pretty poor market, particularly for vealer heifers this
year,’’ Fred said. n
He said, from their experience, concerns about calving problems
with Charolais bulls were over-hyped.
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