The Fullblood Red/Black Wagyu (“FBX”) Animal
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…
How We Used The “TWA Elite Wagyu Performance Test” To Confirm That “Shigeshigetani 30T” Is In Fact An Outstanding Sire While Also Identifying 3 Promising New Young Bulls
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
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…
Chronological History Of All Wagyu Animals Exported From Japan
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…
Meat Produced By Japanese Black Cattle And Wagyu
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…
Rocking 711 Ranch Consigns Wagyu Seedstock Genetics To 7th Annual “Steaks Are High” Sale
Rocking 711 Ranch has consigned entries to the April 23rd "Steaks Are High" Wagyu sale hosted by the Texas Wagyu Association and held in Salado,…
Igenity Tenderness DNA Test
The "Tenderness" DNA Test developed by Igenity is a DNA test that is offered by the American Wagyu Association in conjunction with the SCD DNA…