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Angus members achieve 1 million genotypes
The Midwest Cattleman · September 30, 2021 · P30

Angus members’ efforts make Angus Genetics Inc. milestone possible.

Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI), traits for Angus breeders. beef cattle industry econom- "While we continue to opti-
a subsidiary of the Ameri- In addition to its large geno- ically. With this amount of mize these solutions to en-
can Angus Association®, has type database, the American data in hand, AGI is looking sure accurate genetic tools, I
reached their 1 millionth Angus Association is home at ways to leverage this da- have no doubt that the next
mark in Angus genotypes. to the largest beef cattle tabase to create novel solu- ten years with genomics will
This was a monumental ac- breed phenotype database in tions to real-world problems. only continue to drive genet-
complishment for the Angus the world. With that knowl- Retallick-Riley says, Angus ic progress and profitability
breed, says Kelli Retal- edge, the pace of adoption of producers should be excited for our independently owned
lick-Riley, president of AGI. genomic technology has in- about what the future holds. farming and ranching fami-
"It has taken just a lit- creased. "The value of genomics is lies."
tle over a decade for Angus In the first four years of here," said Retallick-Riley.
breeders to reach this im- collecting genomic samples,
pressive milestone," said Re- AGI hit their first mile-
tallick-Riley. "This is a testa- stone of collecting 100,000 Angus. America’s Breed.
ment to the pioneer mindset genotypes. In 2018, AGI
Angus breeders have always had another breakthrough Adam Conover,
hung their hats on. The early of accumulating half a mil- Regional Manager A reliable business partner is difficult to come
adoption of genomic tech- lion genotypes. While it took by. Contact Adam Conover to locate Angus
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AGI began including ge- otypes enter the evaluation Contact Regional Manager Adam Conover:
nomics in the genetic evalu- each week. Cell: 816-676-8560
ation in 2010 with the idea As for the future of genom- aconover@angus.org
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