We Love Red Angus – And We Really Love High $Profit Red Angus!

Using the $Profit index is helping us find the best bulls and females to improve our herds. Using $Profit and $Ranch, we are able to find the animals that best balance all of the traits from growth to carcass, and fertility. Additionally, $Profit gives us EPD tools that we otherwise would not have.

• Claw Shape – to ensure we are improving hoof structure.

• Scrotal – to characterize this important male fertility and sexual maturity trait.

• Teat & Udder Combined – to build better udders.

Supplemental EPDs Available to $Profit Share Partners: Coming Soon:

• Pulmonary Arterial Pressure – to ensure our cattle work at high altitude.

• Mature Daughter Weight – to monitor the size of the females we are building.

• Feed to Gain – to select for lines that convert better in the feedlot.

• Breeding Soundness – to select for lines that pass their 15-month-old BSE test at higher rates.

• Cow Body Condition Score – to identify lines that produce easier fleshing daughters.

It’s all about producing the best possible Red Angus. Now, these traits are all available to commercial ranchers via the Zoetis Inherit Select ® test. Pick your replacements using this powerful tool!

Bertz, Mitchell and Woodruff Leave Their Mark on RAAA Marketing yard page, which became the most-visited page on the RAAA website under her management.

Mitchell resides in Justin, Texas, with her husband, Travis, and sons Callaway and McKray. She is now the director of marketing for Paris Farm & Ranch, Big Country Farm Center, Farm Country, Inc., Pittsburg Tractor and Alba Tractor – a multi-location tractor and farm supply dealership servicing northeast Texas.

Nolan Woodruff, originally from Ventura, California, began his career at RAAA in January 2018 after graduating from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science in animal science. He worked for seven months in RAAA’s registration department before joining the commercial marketing team as a commercial marketing specialist. Woodruff was good humored and known as the office prankster.

His experience in the registration department and time spent working from the RAAA headquarters provided a unique perspective that made him a great resource for producers with questions that bridged multiple RAAA departments.

“Nolan will be remembered for his ever-present smile, keen eye for cattle and the wide-brimmed hats he wore daily,” Brink said. “He’s one of those positive-personality people who exhibits a ‘can do’ thought process in all situations.”

Woodruff traveled thousands of miles on behalf of Red Angus, actively marketing RAAA programs and working with breeders and commercial ranchers. Woodruff’s wide smile became a staple representation of Red Angus at bull sales, video auctions and other beef industry events. He was instrumental in getting the Red Choice program off the ground and oversaw the distribution of RAAA’s coveted Grid Master awards.

“Nolan was great to work with on the Grid Master award,” said Troy Olson of Poison Creek Ranch in Salmon, Idaho. “He always reached out in a timely manner to request data and I enjoyed visiting with him about cattle.”

Woodruff and his wife, Kelly, currently reside in Wheatland, Wyoming, with their infant daughter, Riata. Woodruff offered the following thoughts as part of his resignation letter, “After much consideration, I have decided to accept a position with a State of Wyoming Fire Department at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center which will allow me to be home more with my growing family, as well as run our own herd of cattle.”

The RAAA would like to thank Bertz, Mitchell and Woodruff for their years of service to the Red Angus breed. Their expertise, work ethic and camaraderie will be greatly missed. We wish them well on their future endeavors and will be forever grateful for their contributions to the breed. //