1. 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.

2. It is the Association’s primary role to promote the financial well being of its members, and uses this as the method for encouraging new membership.

3. The standing policy of the RAAA is that when the science exists to make a genetic prediction more precise and reliable, the science is implemented. This is overseen by technical committee and not the board of directors.

4. There is no proxy voting in the RAAA. This policy was established in the Constitution and Bylaws at the onset of the Association to ensure that voting members were fully informed and up-to-date through their attendance at the Annual Meeting.

5. The Association’s general role in assisting marketing of the membership’s cattle is to have the best objectively described cattle in the industry and to provide the best service to our members’ customers (commercial producers). Although, RAAA promotes overall demand for the breed through activities such as national advertising, the Association does not take a role in the marketing of an individual member’s cattle.

6. The Association has a long standing policy supporting planned crossbreeding and the use of heterosis.

7. The ARA Magazine is sent to all bull customers, so in general, the editorial content of the magazine has a commercial and technical focus, i.e. typical breed journal articles such as member profiles are avoided.

8. The role of the Association is to objectively describe reproduction, growth, maintenance and carcass traits utilizing the fewest EPDs possible to achieve this purpose. The concept of Economically Relevant Traits guides this process.

9. The RAAA actively seeks out and implements new technologies that are based on sound, scientific principles.