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The gross value of the Australian cattle and calf production totalled $14.3billion in 2015–16, which is approximately 50% of total value of Australian livestock industries. [6] A regional report on the Northern Australian beef industry indicates that by 1996–97, 10% of the North-West herd were Charbray out of the 23 different bull breeds. [12]
B+LNZ Genetics was founded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd with funding provided by sheep and beef levy payers and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. [5] [6] [7] B+LNZ also receives funding from third parties such as meat processors, breed societies, and other commercial entities involved in the sheep and beef industry.
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
In New Zealand, Murray Greys have been favoured because of their resistance to facial eczema, which is a problem in other cattle breeds. [7] In 1963, negotiations were made to have the similar Tasmanian Grey beef cattle accepted into the Murray Grey, but the two organizations did not combine until 1981.
The Black Baldy is a type of cross-bred beef cattle. It is traditionally produced by crossing Hereford bulls on Aberdeen Angus cows. [1]: 29 These cattle are commonly reared in Australia [2]: 190 and New Zealand. In North America, the term Black Whiteface is also used in some regions. [citation needed]
The breed was conceived at Belmont Research Station near Rockhampton, Queensland as a composite from several Bos taurus breeds: Africander (African Sanga), Hereford and Shorthorn. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The breed was released to Australian breeders by the CSIRO in 1969.
The Lim-Flex certification mark has been adopted in Australia and New Zealand, where "commercial Lim-Flex must be 25 to 75 percent Limousin and 25 to 75 percent Angus or Red Angus", [88] and in Canada, where they "must be 37.5 to 75 percent Limousin and 25 to 62.5 percent Angus or Red Angus, with a maximum allowance of another breed or unknown ...
The Australian record price AU$110,000 Brangus bull, Telpara Hills Van Damme 541H30, sold in 2015. Australian Brangus are a polled breed of beef cattle , developed in the tropical coastal areas of Queensland , Australia by crossbreeding Brahman and Angus cattle during the 1950s.