Gone Too Soon – Tom Ross of Florida Wagyu Company
Tom Ross of Florida Wagyu Company was taken from this earth far too early at the age of 61 years on February 4, 2024 in…
Dr. Jimmy Horner of Protocol Naturals Teaches Wagyu Producers How To Feed Wagyu Cattle At The Texas Wagyu Association Meeting In Fort Worth, Texas
On May 18, 2024, Jimmy Horner, Ph.D., the founder and CEO of Protocol Naturals, presented at the Texas Wagyu Association annual meeting of members, presenting…
Jim Long Presentation At the Texas Wagyu Association Meeting in Fort Worth – “Should Wagyu Producers Be Focusing More On Lipid Quality”?
Jim Long, of Rocking 711 Ranch, presented "Should Wagyu Producers Be Focusing More On Lipid Quality" to Wagyu producers at the TWA annual meeting in…
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…
Our Vaccination & Deworming Program
A blog post about how we at Rocking 711 Ranch treat our cattle with vaccinations and dewormers for customers that ask us this question
Research – Fatty Acid Composition of Meat Animals as Flavor Precursors – Dinh – 2021 – Meat and Muscle Biology
A blog post about how we at Rocking 711 Ranch treat our cattle with vaccinations and dewormers for customers that ask us this question
Sale Results – Bowman Farms 3/27/2021 Sale – Catalog & Results
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.…
Small Scrotal Circumference vs. Outstanding Breeding Ability of Wagyu Bulls
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,…
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.