
ABRI News
The latest industry news and information

ABRI News
The latest industry news and information

ABRI News
The latest industry news and information

The BREEDPLAN Edge
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Major Upgrade for South African Simbra BREEDPLAN
A number of significant BREEDPLAN enhancements were implemented in the February 2023 South African Simbra BREEDPLAN analysis. These enhancements include: 1. Upgrade to BREEDPLAN version

Introducing ABRI Extension Services
The Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) is pleased to introduce ABRI Extension Services. The newly formed ABRI Extension Services provides technical support and extension initiatives supporting

New Accuracy Calculation Software for Single-Step BREEDPLAN Analyses
As the volume and density of genomic (DNA) information used in BREEDPLAN evaluations continues to grow, it highlighted the need for greater efficiencies to account

Major Enhancements for Angus Australia and New Zealand Angus
In the December 2022 Single-Step BREEDPLAN analysis several major enhancements were implemented: Updated adjustment factors and genetic parameters. Revised Docility analysis New accuracy software Updated

Southern Multi Breed Project (2020-2025) Update.
The aims of this project are to collect performance information (including DNA) to support existing breed genetic evaluations for temperate cattle breeds and additionally may

The International Hereford & Brahman Project
ABRI’s research and development team regularly conduct projects that explore opportunities to address international reach and demands from breeders. Despite the low level of across-country

ABRI Extension Services on the ground in South Africa and Namibia
In October, Catriona Millen from ABRI’s Extension Services team headed to Southern Africa to present at several industry events. The first of these was the

International Livestock Register (ILR) Update
The ‘ILR’ Support team have been busy supporting existing and new clients in their use and development of our ILR system resulting in an ILR

United Kingdom South Devon Release New Selection Indexes
Two newly revised selection indexes for the South Devon Herd Book Society (United Kingdom) have been released in conjunction with the February 2023 South Devon

ABRI Welcomes Mark Christian, Chief Product & Innovation Officer
The team at the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI)would like to extend a warm welcome to Mark Christian,who has joined us as the Chief Product &

ABRI’s new App AndTheWinnerIs
This exciting new App has been developed by the team at the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) following consultations with clients and their members. AndTheWinnerIs

UNE Farming Futures Events
Late last month, ABRI were proud silver sponsors of the UNE Farming Futures events in Armidale. On Thursday, 21 July, ABRI held a booth at

BREEDPLAN Completeness of Performance Report
The Completeness of Performance herd rating system assesses the quantity of pedigree and performance information that has been submitted to BREEDPLAN by an individual seedstock

An Update from the ILR Support Team
Supporting a comprehensive system like ILR2, that is so many different things to so many different breed societies, is a logistical challenge of balancing our

Let’s Talk Competition Software
ABRI’s competition software, iCompete, is a full association system from A to Z. Not only can it handle your membership, registrations, renewals, association’s breeding certificates

ABRI Welcomes New Dairy Express Manager
The team at the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) would like to extend a warm welcome to Fiona Brierley, who has joined us as the Manager

iCompete Live Results
iCompete recently scored and ran the National Campdraft Council of Australia (NCCA) team campdraft event, as part of the 2022 Nutrien Classic Program. The participating

An Update on ILROnline
2021 has been a big year for the ILR Support Team as we continue to support our existing systems, rollout out our new systems, and

BREEDPLAN Selection Index Development
With the recent enhancements to the BreedObject software, the redevelopment of Selection Indexes has remained a strong focus for ABRI. Selection Indexes are calculated using

ABRI Research and Development Update
ABRI continues to provide research support to clients collecting genomic information. Dr Brad Crook and Dr Shalanee Weerasinghe of ABRI recently collaborated with three Australian
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