Red Angus Association of America

The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) was formed in 1954[1] by seven breeders of reds cropped from best black Aberdeen Angus herds in the United States. RAAA was designed around the new scientific principles of performance testing. The Association's first president, Waldo Forbes, Sr., summed-up the vision of the founding members:

The policy of the (Red Angus) Association is to discourage the more artificial practices in purebred cattle production and to place its faith instead in objective tests, consisting for the most part of comparisons within herds of factors of known economic importance and known heritability... By making this an integral part of the registration system, Red Angus breeders feel that even faster progress can be made toward the ultimate goal of more efficient beef production.

The Association requires performance data for registration of all cattle with the goal to initiate a system to objectively evaluate and select cattle based on traits of economic importance.

The late George Chiga (1913 - 2007) was one of the original founding members of the Red Angus Association of America. George and his wife Vernice Chiga were responsible for creating the 'Choctaw Chief 373', one of the most prepotent bulls of the breed.

The Mission Statement of RAAA is "...to provide our members and their customers with innovative programs and services, to continue advancing the quality, reliability and value of Red Angus and Red Angus-influenced seedstock used in the commercial beef industry."


Management

The association is managed by a Board of Directors who is led by a president. Past presidents include:[2]

Their current CEO is Tom Brink. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The History of Red Angus" (PDF). 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  2. ↑ "Past RAAA Presidents". 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  3. ↑ http://redangus.org/association/staff


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