WEERAN BREEDING PHILOSOPHY

Breedplan, artificial insemination and embryo transfer programs have become key elements in the success of the Weeran production system. Designing genetics has become a very exacting science, and with 77 per cent of all calves born originating from a planned ai mating, the fine tuning of the stud’s production efficiency involves early ultrasounding of pregnancies to allow greater grazing and rejoining efficiency in the subsequent year. In this challenging production environment, Weeran Angus is meeting the challenges with a highly productive system and service.


Alec fastidiously collects production data and technical information on the entire Weeran herd. Every calf is weighed at birth and recorded. All bulls have received at least 6 weighing’s during their lifetime at Weeran, and have been measured for all useful production traits – fat depth, eye muscle area, intramuscular fat and scrotal circumference. All Weeran bulls are assessed on the GTS Type/Structure system by Dick Whale. These assessments cover descriptive traits of stature, capacity, body length and doing ability, and all structural soundness traits.

Our cattle run with sheep and are stocked at well above district average stocking rates, with high production of a quality product per hectare our aim.