2024 TWA Bylaws Changes Matter
The Texas Wagyu Association (the "TWA") recently sent out a notice for the upcoming meeting of members that included a set of changes to the…
The Texas Wagyu Association (the "TWA") recently sent out a notice for the upcoming meeting of members that included a set of changes to the…
The Bowman Farms dispersion sale held March 27, 2021 was a huge success. Many lots were high-end genetics. Plenty of bidders and very active bidding.…
It is well known among experienced Wagyu breeders that Wagyu bulls have some of the best libido and semen quality of any cattle breed. However,…
Many Wagyu breeders refrain from breeding Red Wagyu/Akaushi to Black Wagyu. While we concur that there is little to be gained from introducing Red Wagyu/Akaushi…
It is popular with many Wagyu “seed stock” producers to breed their top female animals to the well-known “foundation sires” to produce offspring that are hoped to be desirable for sale to others as breeding stock. While this is an effective approach for producing animals that other Wagyu breeders desire to buy, it will not lead to improvement of the breed and to the development of animals that are superior to the original foundation animals because such does not constitute “selective breeding” required to select for improved attributes.
Jerry Reeves of Bar R Cattle Company is one of a relatively small number of prominent Wagyu breeders that uses testing of progeny to find second-generation and even third-generation bulls that are better than their foundation bull sires. Jerry has stated for several years now that Shigeshigetani 30T (FB8177) is the best overall “balanced” bull he has ever produced.
The SCD DNA Test is a test performed by Geneseek and offered by the American Wagyu Association in a package together with the Igenity Tenderness…
During the early years of Wagyu breeding outside Japan, breeding of Wagyu was limited to breeders in the United States, Australia and Canada. The pool…
The scientific study report "Meat Produced By Japanese Black And Wagyu Cattle", published in the October 2014 issue of Animal Frontiers, contains great information about…