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We have developed an index to be
able to rank these Wagyu animals
as feedstock animals. In the last
four months we have been able to
identify some superior bulls which
are remarkably better than any-
thing that anybody thought was
possible. The leading bull identified
in the last two days has produced
progeny with a carcass value in the
order of $700 better than the aver-
age bull that we have analysed.
Sadly we have identified him too
late, because he’s actually now dead.
But if he were alive and artificial in-
semination with that bull was used it
would be quite possible to inseminate
1000 females and produce 1000
cows a year from that bull. Therefore
that bull is producing commercially
$700,000 worth of value better than
the average Wagyu bull. So the ability
of the genetics now that we are iden-
tifying them as superior ones is quite
remarkable and at a level never seen
before in the world beef industry.”
In addition to genetics, the quali-
ty and taste of Wagyu beef derives
from the grain it is fed for up to 600
days. The cattle are kept in a feed-
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