The following changes and additions were approved at the Jan. 6, 2012, RAAA Board of Directors’ meeting held in Denver, Colo., and will go into effect immediately:

• A herd prefix code can now be five letters or numbers instead of four, but must end with a letter.
• A junior membership is limited to one junior’s name and cannot be a partnership.
• The “Question of Divisibility” is no longer a requirement for multiple-owned bulls.
• Addition to the “RAAA Sale Terms and Conditions” in regard to genetic defects and the sale of semen and frozen embryos.

For complete details on the newly approved changes to the Rules and Regulations, click on this link.