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Information
Information GREEN MOUNTAIN RED ANGUSAIN RED ANGUS
GREEN MOUNT
PREMIUM GENETICS
FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CATTLEMAN.
Benefits remium
Premium Red Baldy is a tagging program P
designed to take advantage of hybrid vigor by
maximizing the best traits of both Red Angus RED BALDY
and Hereford and providing commercial
producers with premium replacement females.
The program will help producers access
genetically verified females that have the
best combination of longevity, fertility
and adaptability to incorporate into Qualifications
producers’ herds.
Premium Red Baldy is a heifer-only program,
As the nation’s cow herd expands to meet capitalizing on hybrid vigor. No steers will be
beef demand, Premium Red Baldy females tagged in this non-PVP tagging program.
will rise to the challenges of producing more
beef sustainably and profitably, without To qualify for Premium Red Baldy, females
sacrificing quality. must be sired by bulls in the top 50% of the
breed for Baldy Maternal Index (BMI$) or
The Premium Red Baldy program has the Herdbuilder Index (HB).
ideal balance of maternal and carcass traits,
which will yield cattle poised to increase the Targeted breed percentages will range from
profitability of the commercial producer. 25%-75% for both breeds, with the balance
being the alternate breed.
Premium Red Baldy uses genetics supported by
the only two beef breed associations backed by Females must be red-bodied with either a bald
whole herd reporting. or brockle face. No black-hided cattle will be
admitted, regardless of genetic makeup.
Please contact your respective breed representative for more information.
American Hereford Association Red Angus Association of America
Trey Befort Chessie Mitchell
Director of Commercial Programs Tag Program Coordinator
(816) 842-3757 (940) 387-3502, Ext. 2
tbefort@herefordbeef.org chessie@redangus.org
4 – Green Mountain Red Angus GMRA is a certifi ed Brucellosis-Free Herd • GMRA has no known carriers of any genetic defect in any pedigree.