Abstract:
Producers currently use BREEDPLAN to select sires with the most appropriate traits to meet their breeding objectives. Whilst emphasis is normally placed on carcass and growth rate traits for selection of sires for use in steer production systems, breed differences in milk production are valuable when selecting sires for producing replacement females and vealer production systems. Significant across - breed variation occurs in milk production (Sawyer et al. 1994), however there is little information on milk production of beef breeds under grazing conditions in Australia.
