STAYABILITY or longevity of breeding females and bulls in Australian beef herds is a hot button topic as producers seek to lift one of the most economically impactful traits in their commercial cow-calf operations.
More than 70 commercial and seedstock producers attended a NSW Angus Seminar in Wagga Wagga earlier this month to hear from a wide range of industry experts on the trait of Stayability.
Stayability is the ability of a sire and/or a female to produce daughters which stay in the herd until six years of age.
The lowly heritable trait is a measure of reproductive longevity and…
