ALL-ROUND ‘SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE’ SIMMENTALS MAKING THEIR MARK IN AUSTRALIA
With 2022 marking 50 years of the breed in Australia, we are delighted to include an article from Simmental Australia in The Review. Here Executive Officer Felicity Reeves outlines the bottom-line profitability of the breed with commercial producers, and also the association’s work with International Genetic Solutions to produce genomic EPDs.
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s with most of our worldwide societies, Simmental Australia is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2022. Since 1972, stud breeders have selected superior animals from Simmental’s enormous worldwide genetic pool and coupled these genetics with selection for adaptation to Australia’s wide range of environments and production systems. The Australian Simmental today has traditional, red, black and sim angus recorded in their register. The Australian Simmental, is a breed with all-round superior performance when used either as a pure breed or in crossbreeding programs. The genetics are designed to breed a better bottom line for commercial producers. Whether you’re a northern tropical, or a temperate zone producer the advantages of Simmental hybrid vigour include: • More saleable weight…10 to 15% or 25 to 60kg • Trimmer carcases – less waste fat 140
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More muscle Higher yields of saleable beef More productive F1 females Earlier turnoff at desired market weight
The successful development of the Australian Simmental owes much to the skills of stud breeders in pursuing performance selection systems and selection for commercially important conformation and structural traits. Simmentals in Australia have changed greatly from the first bred in the 1970s, showing great versatility in Australian conditions and meeting buyers needs with the introduction of black and red Angus, and Brahman breeding up to purebred status. The ability is there to satisfy commercial needs whether it be for coat colour and tick resistance in the north, to the milking ability and early maturing in the south, and overall calving ease and low birthweight.
