Agricultural Business Research Institute

09/10/2026

The second day of the Livestock Registering Federation’s (LRF) Stockman School at Aldam in the Free State kicked off with a session sponsored by Vytelle.

Dr Helet Lambrechts of Stellenbosch University and Catriona Millen of the Agricultural Business Research Institute presented talks on foetal programming and BREEDPLAN.

Visit our website to read more about this: https://agriorbit.com/from-foetal-programming-to-breedplan-stockman-school/

Livestock Registering Federation Molatek Vytelle Vleissentraal UnistelAgri Absa South Africa Livetrack SA Santam Insurance Zoetis FarmRanger Livestock Security Collars Sparta Beef Brahman SA Simmentaler SA Simbra SA RMIS - Red Meat Industry Services Stellenbosch University

07/10/2026

Our Extension & Engagement Team Leader, Catriona Millen, is currently in South Africa. Earlier this week she did a BREEDPLAN workshop with South African breed society staff. Thanks to the Livestock Registering Federation team for organising.

06/10/2026

ASCBA is excited to announce that our breed registry is receiving an update with BreedLOGIC launching on Tuesday the 6th of October.

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Interested in becoming a BredWell FedWell deliverer? Register your interest in attending our upcoming BWFW Deliverer training.

📣 Become a BredWell FedWell Deliverer 📣

This December join our team in Adelaide for a 2 day training package to up skill and become an approved BredWell FedWell deliverer in Sheep and Southern Beef livestock !

Held 8th and 9th December at Westminster School

Places are limited, register your interest today !

ABRI Extension Services Agricultural Business Research Institute Meat & Livestock Australia

16/09/2026

To our Valued Customers,

HerdMASTER 5.1.0.0 is Now Available!

This release is focused on EBV reporting. The EBV reports have been restored and rebuilt for the dynamic EBV configuration, the report menu items that were unavailable in earlier 5.0 releases are back, and a number of reporting bugs have been fixed.

Thank you to everyone who reported these. If something still isn't behaving as expected after you update, get in touch through the support channels below and we will take a look.

There are some exciting new changes coming for HerdMASTER soon. We can't wait to share what's in the works!

The HerdMASTER Team
Agricultural Business Research Institute
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Support: https://jira.herdmaster.com.au/
Knowledge base: https://abri-support.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HSUP/

01/09/2026

BreedLOGIC Database Search is now live for breed societies across Southern Africa

📣 BreedLOGIC is now live!

Exciting news! BreedLOGIC Database Search is now live. Breeders across Southern Africa can start exploring the new platform. Breed societies have already begun working with BreedLOGIC, providing an opportunity to become familiar with the system and identify any feedback or improvements ahead of the full transition.

Help & Support
The BreedLOGIC Knowledge Base (https://abri-support.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/43/article/2468577676) provides user guides, FAQs, videos and the Using BreedLOGIC Database Search booklet (https://abri-support.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/43/article/2995290113) to help you get started.

Access and explore BreedLOGIC now!
https://www.breedlogic.com.au/search

01/09/2026

🚨 IT’S LIVE! Welcome to BreedLOGIC! 🚨

We’re really excited to share that BreedLOGIC is now live and ready for you to explore!

https://breedlogic.com.au/UKSD/animals

The new system gives you an easier way to search and view:

🐄 Animals & pedigrees
👥 Member information
🔨 Sale information
📊 Genetic evaluation data
ℹ️ Society & breed information

You can start having a look around from today, ahead of the full transfer from our current Internet Solutions system during the week commencing 21st September.

This gives everyone a few weeks to get familiar with BreedLOGIC, have an explore and see what the new system has to offer before we make the complete switch.

👏 A huge thank you to Agricultural Business Research Institute for all their work behind the scenes in getting BreedLOGIC up and running for the Society and for their continued support throughout the transition.

Need a little help getting started? Head to the Support & Resources section within BreedLOGIC for guidance.

✨ Go and have an explore – we’d love to hear what you think!