Every story, every day: Catch up on everything from the World Angus Forum
World Angus Forum 2025
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The 2025 World Angus Forum is here, and our journalists will have plenty of boots on the ground to bring you all the latest updates.
This page will be updated throughout the tour, expo and forum with all our yarns, photos and videos from the World Angus Expo and Forum.
You can also watch our livestreams.
Key dates:
- AngusTrek and Post Forum Tour: April 29 - May 14
- World Angus Forum Expo - AELEC, Tamworth: May 2 - 4
- World Angus Forum, Brisbane - May 6 - 8
Let's get into it!
Neogen World Angus Forum (May 7 - 8)
The Zoetis World Angus Youth Competition has concluded after a whirlwind event that tested the skills and resilience of the next generation of beef industry leaders.
What if the key to the future of beef breeding lies not just in traditional breeding methods, but in harnessing the power of emerging breeding technology?
At the World Angus Forum in Brisbane on Thursday, May 8, Carel Teseling, the newly appointed chief operating officer of Angus Australia, challenged attendees to think differently about genetic progress.
Negotiating a free trade agreement with Europe that delivers meaningful beef access is presenting as a solid opportunity in the wake of the United States tariff moves.
This sentiment has been expressed by a number of beef industry leaders as the situation prompts Europe to start talking deals again.
In the rush to find and adopt methane-reducing technologies, livestock industries have perhaps overlooked the consumer acceptance piece of the puzzle.
This concept was unpacked in depth at the World Angus Forum when global food and animal scientists with expertise in methane were quizzed on the severe social media backlash that the additive Bovaer stirred up when United Kingdom dairy farmers started to feed it to their animals.
The Angus breed in the United States is not taking for granted its phenomenal market share.
New frontiers are being closely monitored and the chief executive officer of the American Angus Association Mark McCully was candid about the risks when he spoke at the World Angus Forum in Brisbane.
At the World Angus Forum, the University of New England Animal Genetics and Breeding Units' Stephen Miller gave guests a glimpse of where technology may take us in the future with Angus genetics.
A cattle tick vaccine that has been in the pipeline since 2005 is close to reaching commercial availability.
The University of Queensland (UQ) developed the vaccine, coming at a time when research has shown that the traditional method for combating the issue, aracicides (tick pesticides) applied by spray or the dip, may be losing their effectiveness as globally, ticks have developed resistance to all classes of aracicides except Isoxazoline.
The red meat industry manages tariffs every day, and it's good at it.
That's the message from former MLA managing director and agriculture industry consultant Jason Strong wants producers to remember in light of the media frenzy that took off after Donald Trump's tariff announcement.
Day two of the World Angus Forum got underway on Thursday.
Continuing with the theme - beef for a better planet - It was another day full of fascinating and compelling presentation by industry leading scientists and analysts,
Gene editing and its potential benefits were key to the presentation, 'The New Frontier of Genetics' delivered by Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, USA, professor Alison Van Eenennnaam at the World Angus Forum.
Angus beef and Coca-Cola may seem worlds apart, but in 2024, they shared one surprising trait.
Angus steers will hit 750 cents a kilogram live weight by October 2026, a prominent Australian analyst is forecasting.
GlobalAgriTrend's Simon Quilty has painted a very bullish outlook for the breed, and Australian cattle prices in general, at the World Angus Forum in Brisbane.
The dominance of Angus across Australia's cattle herd was spelt out in no uncertain terms at the World Angus Forum in Brisbane but, interestingly, it was the statistics around the improvement in key beef production traits that raised the most eyebrows.
The Angus community came together in spectacular fashion on Wednesday night for the sold-out Neogen Gala Dinner, held at The Star Brisbane as part of the World Angus Forum.
Angus cattle have been hailed as a cornerstone of Queensland's beef industry at the World Angus Forum's official opening.
These were the words from Queensland Minister for Primary Industries Anthony Perrett as he gave the opening speech on day one of the forum at Brisbane.
The Certified Angus Beef brand has become a household name worldwide, but its success didn't just happen overnight.
In fact, it took nearly five decades to build what is now regarded as the world's most successful branded beef program.
Day one of the World Angus Forum offered back to back speakers offering their insights into the Angus beef industry across the world.
Almost 1000 delegates were in attendance, of which there were 500 international visitors representing 26 countries and industry organisations from Europe, North America, South America and Africa.
The global rise of Angus beef and the compelling stories of the people behind its success are at the heart of discussions at the World Angus Forum.
More than 100 young breeders, alumni and industry representatives gathered on Tuesday evening for the Angus Beef and Banter dinner and networking event at EXIS in Southbank, Brisbane, as part of the Neogen World Angus Forum.
World Angus Forum delegates continued their march north into Brisbane on Tuesday evening.
Guests met at the Norman Hotel in the city's centre, for a welcome function ahead of the two-day forum which kicks off on Wednesday morning.
AngusTrek Tour (May 5 - 6)
World Angus Forum travellers got a taste for the historic New England on their way from Tamworth to Brisbane with overseas visitors mightily impressed by the Aussie way of doing things right.
The first stop on top of the dividing range, east of Guyra was the White family's Bald Blair Angus stud.
As the World Angus Forum road trip continues through southern Queensland on the way to Brisbane, local hospitality has been front and centre.
A stopover at Glenisa Angus, Glen Alpin, did not disappoint with beers, trade stalls and Angus beef at every corner.
The Zoetis AngusEXPO (May 2 - 4)
As producers push for increased growth and carcase traits, an international professor has cautioned that productivity will need to be balanced against health and resilience attributes.
The University of Illinois' Professor Dan Shike presented at the World Angus Expo at Tamworth.
A side benefit of measuring methane emissions is presenting opportunities for grazing systems that nobody really expected, it was revealed at the World Angus Expo in Tamworth.
The influence of Angus genetics and improvements to the breed were highlighted at a presentation by JBS livestock managers at the World Angus Expo at Tamworth on April 3.
The best way a beef breeder can utilise surplus feed in good times is to have it sitting on a cow as whole body energy.
This case was made by the chief executive officer of livestock genetics consultancy neXtgen Agri International, Dr Mark Ferguson, at the World Angus Expo in Tamworth.
Macka's Beef of Salt Ash has taken home the top-priced embryo package at the Angus On Ice Frozen Genetics sale, which attracted international interest and strong demand.
The technology and tools exist to make most livestock enterprises more profitable. What needs to change is the way producers think.
And the first place to start would be with measuring success in kilograms produced rather than how many head are turned off.
This was the message from livestock sector stalwart Chris Howie.
Australian Angus breeders' focus on foot quality will stand it in good stead worldwide, and open market opportunities in countries like the United States for outcross genetics.
This is the opinion of PJ Budler, the international business manager for Transover Genetics, in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Angus Expo Invitational Campdraft was a show-and-a-half for an international crowd over the weekend, when, after four rounds of competition, two fantastic competitors were tied in first place.
World Angus Forum Youth Challenge has stepped up the competition during this tour of Australia with more industry relevant events.
Angus Australia Extension and Youth Events officer Nancy Crawshaw got the bug for this challenge during the World Angus Forum in Scotland during 2017 and she has worked hard to make the program an all-round experience.
There was a packed stadium and a buzz in the air at the Elite Angus Female Sale at Tamworth on May 4, with several interstate buyers providing hot competition as studs put forward some of their best genetics.
Read the full sale report here.
Methane-emitting microbes in the rumen could be a sign of immune vigour, and it would be detrimental to eliminate them from a beef system without first taking a good, hard look at their function, suggests cutting-edge research funded by the Angus Foundation.
It was North America all the way in the World Angus Forum Handlers Classes, with two heats going to young women from Canada, while team USA collected the broad ribbons in the other heats.
There was a round of applause and cheers from a packed stadium when the hammer fell on a six-figure sale in the Elite Angus Female Sale at Tamworth on May 4.
One of the best rebuttals delivered during the World Angus Youth Competition Debate came from the British and Irish Lions team, speaking during the Sunday morning heats.
A NSW stud has claimed the pen of three bulls at the World Angus Expo at Tamworth, with international judges praising the quality of bulls and noting the genetic opportunity for international breeders.
The opening day of the Tamworth arm of the World Angus Forum has been described as a fantastic success. and delighting the organisers.
The field of heifers judged in the pen of three competition was almost double the average herd size in Ireland, and the spectacle was worth the trip, according to County Tyrone visitors, Sandra and John Blackburn.
Dr Tom Burke and Luke Wiggan shared their top tips to ensure a reliable vaccination outcome.
Dulverton Angus stud principal told his audience at the Tamworth Angus Expo that breeders need to focus on carcase data when it comes to building a cow herd renowned for marbling.
When it comes to family succession seven out of ten will fail and those who succeed value relationships over money, reminds Ben Law, The Financial Bloke, speaking at the Zoetis Angus Expo in Tamworth this weekend.
The World Angus Youth Chute to Show Ring competition gave youngsters from around the world a chance to show off their abilities at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, Tamworth.
There were some incredible skills on display at AELEC on Saturday, May 3, and we were on the ground to capture the action.
Matched against some of the biggest names in the Australian Angus breed, Hayden and Jazmine Green, Summit Livestock Partnership, Roslyn, have peaked at the World Angus Forum, exhibiting the champion pen of three heifers.
Champions of the Angus Shoot-out, part of the 2025 Neogen World Angus Forum, were announced in front of an audience of 420 breeders and feeders at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre on Friday night in Tamworth.
A total of 64 cattle teams of five animals each, or 320 head in total, competed in the 117 day trial at Teys' Jindalee feedlot at Springdale via Temora.
Tamworth is the undisputed capital of country, as the mayor, Cr Russell Webb, stated during his remarks when welcoming the World Angus Forum to the Country Music Capital on Friday night.
The pre-tour (April 29 - May 2)
An Irish PhD student is on a mission to help his country's farmers reduce their livestock emissions by finding ways to slaughter cattle at a younger age.
John Smyth from County Cavan, one hour north of Dublin, in Ireland, is in Australia for the World Angus Youth Competition, representing the UK and Ireland team.
Millah Murrah Angus will reduce its joining periods to less than a month, anticipating conception rates of more than 90 per cent by the second year.
International and Aussie Angus breeders were given an insight into the elite Bathurst-based herd of Ross and Dimity Thompson and family as part of the World Angus Forum AngusTrek on Thursday, May 1.
From owning multiple supermarkets to running 800 Angus breeders and a large-scale contracting business, there aren't many aspects of the beef supply chain that the Mahwood brothers of Sunny Point Beef don't control.
John Reen might not have been at the World Angus Forum, but his legacy was clear for all to see.
The late Karoo Angus founder and his daughter Annie Scott were often joined at the hip until his passing last year.
ACM Agri asked 10 young paraders at the Angus Youth RoundUp just months earlier in Tamworth; why it was important to showcase the breed to the rest of the world?
Angus steers will reach record levels next year, a prominent Australian analyst is forecasting.
He will outline exactly when and at what level he sees Angus steer prices reaching when he addresses the World Angus Forum in Brisbane next week.
Read the full preview story here.
It has been 28 years since Australia last hosted a World Angus Forum and the memories of that trip are still vivid in Norman Garton's mind.
The American seedstock producer made the trip in 1997 and couldn't miss the chance to return to the international event, this time bringing his wife, Victoria, along too.
The World Angus Forum kicked off in a star-studded way on Tuesday, April 29, when around 350 guests were treated to a Sydney Harbour cruise.
