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The Midwest Cattleman · February 3, 2022 · P21
Red Angus Now Available for Angus Branded Beef Programs

The Red Angus Associ- and will support efforts to
ation of America recently help these brands grow, both
completed negotiations with in quality and volume, to be-
USDA on the breed’s Live come even more successful.
Animals Specification form For more information
or GLA Schedule. The result about Red Angus value-add-
is Red Angus can now be ed programs visit www.Re-
included in Angus-labeled dAngus.org.
branded beef programs, at
the request of each individ-
ual brand program.
Red Angus has always
been "Angus," and USDA
has officially acknowledged Trust...
that fact by enabling Red
Angus and Red Angus-in-
fluenced cattle that meet
certain requirements to join the most important selection tool!
black-hided animals in as
many Angus beef brands as We measure and select for the traits that impact cow herd efficiency: Calving Interval,
decide in favor of their in- Docility Scores, Structural Soundness, Feed Efficiency, Calving Ease and Cow weights
clusion. Both genotypic and
phenotypic qualification cri- and Body Condition Scores.
teria are contained in the You can Trust your cow herd to Mushrush Red Angus!
new GLA Live Animal Spec-
ification Schedule, which Annual Production Sale
can be viewed on the USDA
website. Friday, March 18, 2022 • 12:30 pm CT
This change makes log-
ical sense, as Red Angus 100 - Age-Advantaged, Feed Efficiency Tested Red Angus Bulls
cattle originated from the 100 - Stout Yearling Bulls (Red Angus & SimAngus)
same Scottish gene pool as 50 - Fall calving Commercial bred Red Angus females
black Angus and are there-
fore genetically Angus. Beef 12 - “U Pick Em” Front-end Registered
demand is expected to re- Red Angus Open Heifers
main high in 2022 and be-
yond, so the addition of Red
Angus-influenced cattle to
high-quality Angus-based
branded beef programs fills
a need which will benefit
cow-calf producers, cattle
feeders, packers and con-
sumers.
Adding Red Angus to ex-
isting Angus beef programs
is a simple process – brand
owners simply need to con-
tact USDA and request the
inclusion of the RAAA GLA
Schedule as part of their
program's live animal specs,
then make associated minor
verbiage changes in their
own G-Schedules. RAAA can
assist in this process, which
in most cases, takes very
little time to prepare, and
is followed by a short corre-
spondence period with US-
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with many branded Angus
lines in 2022 and beyond,