How do you register black angus cattle?

To register Black Angus cattle, you have to get a membership with your country's Angus Association. In some parts of the USA, there are state Angus associations you can sign up at (Texas, Iowa, Miama Valley and A.L.O.T [Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas] are those states that have their own Angus Associations), but for most states that do not have their own state Angus association, you have to sign up through the American Angus Association. If you live in Canada, you can sign up via the Canadian Angus Association, or through the different provinces' associations (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and P.E.I have their own Angus associations). Other countries that have their own associations (if you live there) are New Zealand, the U.K., Portugal, Denmark and Australia. Depending on where you live, you first have to pay the joining fee (it's $80 to join the American Angus Assoc.), then pay a fee per calf, cow or bull you have to register.

You also have to remember that for all Angus Associations, both parents of the calf must be purebred stock and must be proven as purebred Angus cattle. DNA tests are done primarily on the bulls, and this is to prove they are purebred Angus. Both the dam and sire MUST have records that link them to other purebred Angus stock, otherwise you cannot register your calf.