Wade Shafer was recognized with the Red Angus Association of America’s 2025 Industry Service Award during the 72nd Annual National Red Angus Convention in Loveland, Colorado. The award honors individuals, companies and organizations whose efforts have significantly advanced the Red Angus breed and the beef industry. Shafer’s first exposure to Red Angus came as a graduate student in animal breeding at Colorado State University in the mid-80s, when RAAA's genetic evaluation program was centered there. That experience left a lasting impression. “It became obvious to me that RAAA and its members were highly focused on the traits of greatest economic...