The Angus Table

In this episode of Behind the Beef, Scott Wright and Cheyne Twist are joined by Angus Australia Extension officer, Hanlie Jansen who has joined to discuss the 2024 Beef Breeding Insight Report and its findings.     Late last year, a comprehensive report on the 2024 Beef Breeding Insights Survey results was released, as part of the “Enhancing Technology Adoption Across the Angus Genetic Improv...

As we draw to the end of 2024 the attention of Angus Australia turns to 2025, which is set to be one of our largest years to date.    This is because Angus Australia will be hosting the 2025 Neogen World Angus Forum , taking place May 6th to 8th in Brisbane, Queensland.  This event marks the first time the World Angus Forum has hit Australian shores since 1997, and we want to s...

In this episode of Behind the Beef, we have been joined by Angus Australia General Manager – Genetic Improvement Christian Duff, who has jumped on to provide a question-and-answer session regarding what you need to know about the 2024 Annual TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation Enhancements.    The TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation is the genetic evaluation program adopted by Angus...

In this episode of Behind the Beef we are joined by Ian Mclean.  Ian is Managing Director of Bush AgriBusiness. Ian, and the team, work with large and small pastoral businesses, helping them understand and improve business performance. Ian enjoys working with and learns a lot from top performing pastoral businesses. Prior to starting Bush AgriBusiness, Ian worked for the NT Cattlemen’s Associ...

In this episode of Behind the Beef we were joined by Angus Australia General Manager – Genetic Improvement Christian Duff, for a mini-info session on how the most recent TransTasman Angus Cattle Evaluation enhancements have rolled out for producers and demystifying some common misconceptions about the genetic evaluation.   Access the Genomics – What, How, Why & When Education Centre...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef, we were joined by young professional auctioneer and stud stock specialist, Lincoln McKinlay. Currently a valued member of the Elders NSW Stud stock team, Lincoln is one of the lead auctioneers for NSW and Northern Victoria. His professional career really commenced in 2012, gaining six years of valuable experience as a commercial livestock agent at TopX Aus...

In this episode, we were joined by Diana Wood.  The Angus breed is in Diana’s blood, she grew up on parents’ property at Coonamble NSW where their seedstock operation has been run since its inception in 1989. Diana is a product of the Angus Youth program and in 2004, Diana won the Angus Youth National Judging Competition and subsequently studied at the University of Illinois as the award for...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we are joined by Sinclair Munro.   Sinclair Munro has recently been announced as the latest in a long line of Angus breeders committing to the continued betterment and governance of Angus Australia, taking on the position of President and Chairperson on the society’s Board of Directors.    Sinclair is a fifth-generation cattle breed...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we are joined by Jake Phillips. Jake Phillips is the Extension manager at Angus Australia, based in Naracoorte South Australia. Jake has a wealth of industry experience and knowledge and has worked across Australia in a variety of positions in the beef supply chain over the past two decades. Jake’s role is considered front line with Angus members and breede...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef, Angus Australia Extension Manager Jake Phillips is taking over! In March Jake had the opportunity to visit the Northern Territory and attend the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association 40th annual conference, which took place in Alice Springs.    The episode features a series of interviews hosted by Jake with producers Ted Fogerty of Palmer Va...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we were joined by our fantastic guest, Dr Peter McGilchrist, Associate Professor in Meat Science - School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England. Peter grew up on a cattle property in NSW and has a Bachelor of Rural science from the University of New England (UNE). Following university Peter travelled and also worked at Elders K...

In this episode of Behind the Beef, we are joined by Peter Collins, who hails from central Victoria.  Peter has connection with the Angus breed that spans his entire lifetime. Peter is principal of the Merridale Angus Stud, which alongside the seedstock operation also includes a commercial cattle enterprise and a 350-cow dairy. Peter is a current Angus Australia board member and is a member o...

Welcome back to Behind the Beef and Happy 2024! Although it feels we are well and truly back in the swing of things for the year, we are finally back with our first episode of 2024 and for it we were joined by Victorian producer, Brad Gilmour.  Brad hails from South West Victoria, where he and his family run a commercial Angus operation alongside a sheep operation. Brad is a past president of...

Welcome to end of year episode of Behind the Beef – where we look back in retrospect to the year that was and look forward to years to come for Angus Australia and producers around Australia.  In this special end of year episode, we were joined by Angus Australia board chairperson and president Erica Halliday and Chief Executive Officer Scott Wright.  Scott and Erica had their share on r...

Behind the Beef is back and kicking off with a bang! In this episode of Behind the Beef we were joined by Angus Australia member Rebecca George.   Rebecca and her family are commercial Angus producers from Nevertire in New South Wales.   Rebecca is an active member of the Angus Youth program, and over 20 years has taken part in various activities and events hosted by Angus Youth including the...

This episode of Behind the Beef we were joined by Jono Spence, Director of livestock agency Spence Dix and Co , SA.    Jono is a well-regarded cattleman in the beef business. Jono has a background working in many facets of both stud and commercial sectors of the beef industry.  Coordinating the cattle side of the Spence Dix & Co business, Jonathan is also a recognized...

In this episode of Behind the Beef we will be joined by Milly Nolan and Cam Parker, who through their roles in the industry are working to make change in terms of bettering and sustaining the industry in different ways.   Milly is a farmer/shearer’s daughter from regional VIC. She has experience across many agricultural supply chains all over Australia, including live export, extensive g...

Behind the Beef is back for the first episode of 2023, and this episode we had the pleasure of speaking to some young people who are doing big things in the beef industry.   We spoke to three young beef business owners - Dayna Grey, Jack Laurie and Ben Lucas - who each own and are continuing to grow a business that services the industry.   Dayna, Jack and Ben each give a little...

If you can believe it, the final episode of Behind the Beef for 2022 is here and we are doing our yearly recap for Angus Australia to look back at the year that was and reflect on the achievements of Angus producers around Australia.  To do this, we will be chatting to the managers of the various units that make up Angus Australia, who will give some insight into the happenings that have affe...

In today's episode we have been we speaking to two people positioned at two different parts of the supply chain.  We had the opportunity to speak to Libbi Thompson from Whyalla Beef and celebrity chef Fast Ed .  Both of our guests are involved heavily in the beef supply chain and with Angus beef in their roles, however, ultimately are at two different ends of it – with Libbi working towa...

In this episode of Behind the Beef we have been joined by Angus Australia Commercial Supply Chain Manager Liz Pearson, who has not long returned from a study tour which saw her take in the commercial production systems of the United States of America and Canada.    Liz has joined us to give a short overview of her tour and some of the standouts for her during her time investigating...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef, we had pleasure of sitting down with AuctionsPlus CEO Angus Street.  Angus joined us to give his interesting insight regarding his role at AuctionsPlus, how he came to be where he is today in his career and also provided some advice for those making their mark in the agricultural industry.  Angus has extensive experience with technology...

The agricultural industry accounts for 55% of Australian land use, 12% of goods and services exports in 2020–21; 1.9% of value added gross domestic product and 2.5% of employment in 2020–21 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2022). So suffice to say, as we all know, this industry is an important one.    One of the things about the agricultural industry is there is a plethora of avenu...

As winter draws to a close and we head into the warmer months, this often means one thing for producers – the Spring joining period. It is estimated that at 60% of breeding activities occur during the Spring season, whether it be natural mating, AI or embryo transfer. In preparation for that Spring period, this episode of Behind the Beef looks into the use of Artificial Insemination in a breeding...

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we will be delving into one of the tools available to Angus producers around Australia. Commercial Angus breeders wishing to utilise genomics to help inform the selection of Angus replacement females can now access Generation 2 of Angus HeiferSELECT. The development of the new generation of Angus HeiferSELECT is the result of eighteen months’ work with Angu...