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CLICK HERE to visit the 2024 BEEF SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERY |
We warmly thank our generous 2024 Beef School Sponsors: |
Beef School 2024 - resounding success!
Under the auspices of Livestock Registering Federation, the Zimbabwe Herd Book hosted its 12th edition of Beef School from 17 to 19 September 2024. The theme for this year was ‘The Bottom Line: Streamlining Costs for Profitability’. Each year of the Beef School is also focussed on a particular breed, and 2024 was the Year of the Tuli. Beef School is an annual series of educational sessions designed to provide beef producers with the latest information and best practices. It has been an exceptional platform to expose producers to cutting edge technologies in beef production across a wide range of fields including genetics, reproduction, nutrition, health, meat quality, cash flows and viability of beef cattle operations, as well as management. Importantly, the event features expert-led discussions and hands-on demonstrations covering the latest trends and technologies in livestock management. Attendees also have the opportunity to connect with industry leaders, exchange ideas, and explore new business opportunities. It is encouraging to witness the adoption of many of these technologies in beef cattle production in Zimbabwe. The school is dedicated to informing and training producers to ensure their operations are efficient and lucrative. A capacity attendance of 160 delegates were accommodated and 16 companies sponsored the event. The Zimbabwe Herd Books is grateful to the sponsors of the event and all the participants who made the Beef School 2024 a huge success. CLICK HERE for 2024 BEEF SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERY Download full Beef School 2024 Programme HERE Click HERE for Agriculture Zimbabwe's write-up of event Click HERE for Agribusiness article pre-Beef School 2024
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Additional Sponsors: |
Donation | Provision of Grandstands | Provision of Meat |
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BreedPlan Completeness of Performance Recording | Fertility 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BREEDPLAN Star Rating assesses the quantity of pedigree and performance information submitted:
Completeness of Performance Recording Awards 2024 3.5 Stars, Bronze Standard Herds - Honourable Mentions
4.5 Star Silver Standard Herds: Oscar Johnson - JAMBO TULI STUD - 155.9 points BreedPlan Star Rating:
Future Measured traits: Feed Efficiency, Carcass and Meat Quality
Fertility Awards Criteria:
Categories:
Honourable Mentions for breeders within 1 month of category winner . Fertility – Averages By Year
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10 or more cows - 82 herds:
Small Herds - 36: 10 to 30 cows
Fertility Awards 2024 - Small Herds
Medium Herds - 29: 31 to 60 cows
Fertility Awards 2024 - Medium Herds
Large Herds - 10: 61 to 100 cows
Fertility Awards 2024 - Large Herds
Very Large Herds - 10: >100 cows
Fertility Awards 2024 - Very Large Herds
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For full details of the ZHB Awards 2024 and the judging criteria used, download the Powerpoint file with this link |
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The Zimbabwe Herd Book held another edition of Beef School from 19 to 21 September 2023 at the Mystique Conference Centre in Bulawayo. Beef School 2023 was fully subscribed and a great success! It offered an excellent opportunity for those who attended to enhance their knowledge on profitable cattle production. Presenters were considered extremely knowledgeable with high quality presentations. Adequate time was allowed to encourage participation and interaction, with the aim of holding relevant and beneficial discussions for understanding issues. Sponsors were well represented, and audio-visual equipment excellent. All participants reported that their time was well spent at Beef School. The breed of year for 2023 was Nkone and the Society exhibited animals and promoted the breed. Papers delivered this year are now available for download - see below! Click HERE to visit our Beef School 2023 Photo Gallery. To see the full 2023 Programme click HERE If you didn't make it this year, be sure not to miss next year's edition! You can register right now for Beef School 2024, to be held from 17 to 19 September:
email [email protected] |
Topics covered under this year's theme included: |
Our Generous Beef School 2023
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Links to the Papers Delivered at Beef School 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rinderpest in Zimbabwe 1896-98 - John Lawrence Biosecurity - Philip Reed Acaricides and Acaricide Resistance - Christopher Magona Acaricides and Acaricide Resistance - Munyaradzi Dzvene Anti quality Factors in Veld Plants & Planted Pastures - Dr Jan Myburgh Setting Breeding Objectives - Kobus Bester Live Animal Ultrasound Scanning - Nandi Kruger Cattle Handling - John Crawford Fanning the Flames - Prof Kevin Kirkman Herding for Health Model - Jacques van Rooyen |
Fattening Cattle on Pastures - Francis Yeatman Zimbabwe Beef Producers' Society Presentation 2023 - George Chiunda Financial & Production Performance Analysis for Beef Enterprises - Jaco Erasmus Cattle Disease Update - Dr Josphat Nyika Is there an Association between Soil and Cattle Health? Dr Jan Myburgh Strategies for Effective Grassland & Savanna Management - Prof Kevin Kirkman EBVs as a Tool - Kobus Bester Green Manures, Cover Crops and Soil Health - Francis Yeatman Tick Resistance and Disease - John Lawrence |
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THE SECOND ZHB AWARDS - at Beef School 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BreedPlan Completeness of
Performance Recording
BREEDPLAN Star Rating assesses the quantity of pedigree and performance information submitted:
Completeness of Performance Recording Awards 2023 4 Star Silver Standard Herds: Doug Follwell - NTUNTENI TULI STUD - 139.35 points Oscar Johnson - JAMBO TULI STUD - 137.75 points Philip and Linda Reed - ANIVAI TULI STUD - 136.80 points |
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For full details of the ZHB Awards 2023 and the judging criteria used: Download the complete PowerPoint file using this link |
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Zimbabwe Herd Book Beef School 2022
With the support of generous sponsors, the Zimbabwe Herd Book hosted the 10th Edition of the Beef School. We had an exciting line-up of local, regional and international speakers covering a wide range of topics. The 2022 Theme was: 'Financial Sustainability in Beef Cattle Production'. |
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Click here for Zimunda Magazine Issue 10, which features coverage of Beef School 2022 (see page 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tenth ZHB Beef School offered an exceptional programme, with extremely knowledgable speakers from around the world, combined with inimitable local presentations which were applicable to us all. Once again, we were indebted to the late Dr Michael Bradfield for his assistance and support from South Africa. Zimbabwean breeders are grateful for his tireless efforts for the regional beef industry.
Mario Beffa and the ZHB team were integrally involved in the setting up of this year's Beef School, and the programme for 2022 was exceptionally interesting, stimulating, and jam-packed with information. This year was the first Zimbabwe Beef School that was totally independent of the Aldam Stockman School, South Africa. We have learnt a lot from our neighbours and thank them for their assistance. |
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THE SECOND ZHB AWARDS - at Beef School 2022 | Our Generous ZHB Beef School 2022 Sponsors are shown below: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe Herd Book extends sincere congratulations to the following recipients: |
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Housekeeping Awards
Completeness of Performance Recording Awards
Fertility Awards Very Large Herds:
Large Herds:
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For full details of the ZHB Awards 2022 and the judging criteria used, follow this link |
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Inauguration of The Michael J. Bradfield Memorial Scholarship Under the tutelage of the late Dr Michael Bradfield, Zimbabwe Herd Book adopted BREEDPLAN® in 2010 to service all stud breed societies in the country. Through this relationship with Michael, many Zimbabweans attended the Aldam Stockman School in 2010 and 2011 which, with Michael’s support, heralded the introduction of the Zimbabwean version of the Beef School in Harare in 2012 and held a week after the South African event. As a result of Michael’s ardent promotion of the Beef School, Zimbabwe has managed to attract a host of regional and international speakers to support presentations by local speakers. Michael also participated and gave presentations at most of the Schools and facilitated the attendance by Chairpersons and representatives from the Livestock Registering Federation. The Beef School has been an annual event and in 2020 was a shared online event with the Aldam School. The Beef School has been an exceptional platform to expose producers to cutting edge technologies in beef production across a wide range of fields including genetics, reproduction, nutrition, health, meat quality and management. Importantly, the interactions with speakers have extended beyond the event itself and it is encouraging to witness the adoption of many of these technologies in beef cattle production in Zimbabwe. The Livestock Registering Federation (LRF) is delighted to announce that the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI), Australia, have generously provided for a Memorial Scholarship for a M.Sc. or Ph.D. opportunity at Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England, in honour and recognition of the contributions of the Late Dr Michael Bradfield. Dr Bradfield (AGBU Ph.D. 1999) was one of South Africa’s leading animal geneticists who was particularly well-known for his life-long dedication to ensuring that on-farm livestock breeding practises take a more scientific approach with more extensive use of breeding values and genomics. Besides being a passionate advocate for technology, Dr Bradfield was also a great champion for the under privileged and this scholarship is presented with this same spirit of inclusion. The scholarship is meant to inspire the next generation of scientists and future leaders in this area. While the challenge increases in complexity over time, so do the tools, including methods for precision phenotyping and breeding using genomic technologies. Although all applicants are encouraged to apply with a project idea or passion in the area of livestock breeding, preference will be given to problems related to opportunities in Africa and developing countries as well as solutions for the pastoral industries. |
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Links to 2022 Beef School Papers 2. Rotational Grazing Systems that suit your environment - Prof Kevin Kirkman 3. Disease Update - Dr Josphat Nyika 4. Beef Value Chain Efficiencies and Delivering Value to Consumers - Blessing Ndoro 5. Invasive Vegetation Management Products to Improve Grass Pastures - Ray Young 7. Invasive Vegetation Management Products to Improve Grass Pastures - Polachem 9. Supplementation Feeding Backgrounding Animals Ready For Feedlot - Anna-Marie Verhoef 10. Better Animal Selection with BREEDPLAN - Catriona Millen 11. The science behind the Venter-Drewes grazing system for sourveld grasslands - Dr Richard Fynn 12. Matching Cow Size to Environment to Maximise Fertility - Dr Mario Beffa 13. Body Condition Scoring - Dr Doug Bruce 16. Cattle Auctioneering in Zimbabwe- Charles Rundle 17. What I Learned from Years of Research in Grazing Management - Prof Kevin Kirkman 19. Diagnosis and Treatment of Theileriosis - Dr Nick Mchardy and Dr Oswin Choga |
The New ZHB Awards at Beef School 2021
At the Beef School held in October 2021, the Herd Book presented its Awards for the first time. Three categories were chosen: Housekeeping, Performance Recorded and Fertility. |
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Zimbabwe Herd Book extends sincere congratulations to the following recipients: Housekeeping Awards:
National Foods Limited Click here for details of the Awards and criteria used to evaluate studs. |
Completeness of Performance Recording Awards:
Tuli - Oscar Johnson, Jambo Tuli Stud, 4.5 Star Rating Brahman – Dr Themba Dlodlo, Nguni Brahman Stud, 4.0 Star Rating Fertility Awards
* Number of cows with two or more calves |