Jealousy rears its ugly head.

CAB is the largest branded program on the planet.

Acceptance rates of "Black" cattle has been 17% but source verifyed has been as high as 80%. That alone tells you how the breeds compare.

Maines and Simmys got black how? Yep Angus crosses. So a black Maine Simmy steer might have been more Angus than Maine or Simmy. For that steer to be entered in a CAB program is deception of the owner not the association.

The new tags are a step in the direction of weeding out the cheaters, but the branded specs assure a consistant product for consumers.

Angus being the only black breed in the 70's was a reference to North America not the entire world.

Keep telling yourselves CAB and other branded programs are not the way to increase consumption because packers are involved. Any new venture needs a target. Any new venture that becomes profitable will have cheaters.

Trading the current system for a less efficient one that will have to learn the same lessons in marketing and consumer satisfaction makes no sence.

I will rather keep doing what I know makes for better beef, and watch market signals to stay in business as I have for the past several years.