A fullblood Wagyu on pasture at WagyuRanch

Elite Wagyu Genetics

The King of Beef, documented.

A world-class seedstock program and the definitive field guide to the Wagyu breed — home of the incomparable Tajimax, and one of the largest CSS/EU export-eligible fullblood semen selections anywhere.

Home of Tajimax

Two herds, one standard: a no-holds-barred high-marbling terminal-sire program, and a balanced maternal × growth program — both bred to move the breed forward.

The real goal

The story of the breed, told by someone who was there.

How the first Wagyu and Akaushi cattle left Japan and reached America — the 1993 shipments, the quarantines, the lawsuits, the legends. A first-person account, carefully separated into what the record documents and what the breeders remember.

The import history
Wagyu cattle on pasture