South Texas Wagyu Genetics Meeting

In a meeting with South Texas Wagyu breeders coordinated by Don Brown, Dr. Hyde Kojima, Managing Director of Mr. Shogo Takeda’s Australian Wagyu Beef Pty Ltd company, led a discussion and workshop on Japanese Black Wagyu foundation genetics and breeding principles.  The discussion included commercial rotational breeding, line breeding, and hybrid breeding methods.  According to Brown, all of the breeders commented that this was by far the most informative and valuable information on these topics that any of the breeders had learned to date.

Also in attendance was Sepp Kraetz, founder of the German Wagyu Academy.  Mr. Kraetz met up with Mr. Brown and Dr. Kojima earlier in the week in Dallas and toured several South Texas ranches and the Graham Land & Cattle Feedlot in Gonzales, Texas.

(Photo) From center front and clockwise around the table, Bubba Kay, Les Crane, Sepp Kraetz, Jim Chisholm, Dr. Hyde Kojima, Don Brown.