Red Angus Association of America
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The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) was formed in 1954 by seven breeders of reds cropped from best black Aberdeen Angus herds in America
. RAAA was designed around the new scientific principles of performance testing. Founding member George Chiga explained, In August 1954, the Association's first president, Waldo Forbes, Sr., summed-up the vision of the founding members:
According to RAAA's first executive secretary, Sally Forbes, So, from the beginning, performance data was required for registration of all cattle. The ultimate goal was to initiate a system to objectively evaluate and select cattle based on traits of economic importance, and to build an Association that would adopt and embrace scientific innovation.
Recently hybrids of the Red Angus
breed have become quite popular. Crossing with Gelbvieh
(Balancer), Limousin
(LimFlex), and Simmental
(SimAngus) have taken the benefits of both European and British breeds to create highly marketable cattle.
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. RAAA was designed around the new scientific principles of performance testing. Founding member George Chiga explained, In August 1954, the Association's first president, Waldo Forbes, Sr., summed-up the vision of the founding members:
According to RAAA's first executive secretary, Sally Forbes, So, from the beginning, performance data was required for registration of all cattle. The ultimate goal was to initiate a system to objectively evaluate and select cattle based on traits of economic importance, and to build an Association that would adopt and embrace scientific innovation.
Recently hybrids of the Red Angus
Red Angus
Red Angus is a red coloured breed of beef cattle selected from the population of Aberdeen Angus cattle.-Origin:Although the black was more fashionable the recessive red gene still produced some red animals. From the founding of the Aberdeen Angus herd book in 1862 red and black animals have been...
breed have become quite popular. Crossing with Gelbvieh
Gelbvieh
Gelbvieh is a dual-purpose cattle breed originating in Bavaria, Germany around the end of the 18th century. The breed is known as the "German Yellow" and "Einfarbiges gelbes Hohenvieh." In spite of the name, the breed is a honey gold to red color, but due to crossbreeding with Angus cattle, a...
(Balancer), Limousin
Limousin (cattle)
Limousin cattle are a breed of highly muscled beef cattle originating from the Limousin and Marche regions of France. The breed is known as Limousine in France. Limousins were first exported from France in significant numbers in the 1960s and are now present in about 70 countries...
(LimFlex), and Simmental
Simmental Cattle
Simmental cattle are a versatile breed of cattle originating in the valley of the Simme river, in the Bernese Oberland of western Switzerland.-European origin:...
(SimAngus) have taken the benefits of both European and British breeds to create highly marketable cattle.