The attached report was written by Dr. Kiyoshi Namikawa, the then Executive Director of the Japanese Wagyu Breed Registry, and provides a wealth of valuable information related to the way Wagyu cattle were developed in Japan.

The attached research paper was co-authored by five Japanese scientists including T. Gotoh and H. Takahashi of Kuju Agricultural Research Center, Faculty of Agriculsture, Kyushu University, Japan. The report contains infomation about the way Wagyu are raised in Japan, how meat is graded in Japan, and various reasons Wagyu beef is superior to beef from […]

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 DNA Test.  The usefulness of the SCD DNA Test is a much-debated matter amongst Wagyu producers.The attached research paper was co-authored by eight Japanese scientists including Masaaki Taniguchi of the […]

See the attached paper, published by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Uiversity of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Washington State University (“WSU”) has a long history of researching the Wagyu breed in the United States.  Attached is an index of the various WSU papers published.

Washington State University (“WSU”), under the direction of Dr. Charlie Gaskins, has performed several “National Wagyu Sire Summary” progeny tests and published the results of such tests.  EPDs were generated based upon the results of these progeny tests.  See the attached reports.

The attached is the presentation slide deck used by Dr. Jerry Reeves of Bar R Wagyu Genetics for his presentation to the AWA general meeting assymbly in Kansas City, Kansas in September 2007.  This presentation covered the history of importation of foundation genetics from Japan, covered the relationships of certain foundation animals, and touched on […]

On 4/21/2017, Dr Stephen Smith, Regents Professor at Texas A&M University (“TAMU”), and a preiminent expert on all things “lipids” presented at the Texas Wagyu Association annual general meeting in Salado, Texas.  See the attached slide presentation.

Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources professor Brad Johnson, the Gordon W. Davis Regent’s Chair in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at Texas Tech, partnered with Texas A&M professor Stephen B. Smith and discovered the key to finding the most palatable, preferable cut of meat is in its marbling. And […]

On 11/4/2015, Dr. Stephen B. Smith, Professor of Animal Science, Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science published the attached report titled “The Production of High-Quality Beef with Wagyu Cattle” This report contains a wealth of information, with sources cited, regarding the difference between Wagyu cattle and other breeds of cattle in terms of the quality of […]

In 2014, Stephen B. Smith, Regents Professor, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, and Bradley J. Johnson, Gordon W. Davis Regent’s Chair, Department of Animal and Food Science, Texas Tech University, co-authored a detailed and informative scientific research paper titled “Marbling: Management Of Cattle To Maximize The Deposition Of Intramuscular Adipose Tissue”. This research paper presents […]

WSU published the attached paper on foundation (imported) Wagyu animals, their parentage and the relationships between such foundation animals.

WSU published the attached paper on the Japanese meat grading system.

The attached presentation slide deck was produced in 2008 by Dr. Charlie Gaskins of Washington State University (“WSU”).  It includes information about the major “lines” of Wagyu cattle exported from Japan, along with the general characteristics of each, and also includes diagrams of the relationships of the imported foundation animals.

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 Test as a package.  The result of the test is a “Tenderness Number” of 1 through 10, with 1 being the least desirable and 10 being the most desirable.  This […]