AkaushiBuilding Blocks

Bill Fisher

Parys, South Africa

August 10th, 2018

SOR Hastings 1066

Mitsutake

HarutamaShigekawaShigetakaraShigenami

Shigetama

Asasakae

Akiko Maternal Grand Sires

• Higo and Korean Cattle crossbreeding • 1881-government advised to add Devonshire to the breeding

program• 1900- Government modified the plan- to crossbreed with

Simmental and Brown Swiss• 1914- The government forbid the breeding of Red Hair and Black

haired cattle together• 1922- segregated the Brown cattle- Simmental mix 25%• 1944- Government decided that the population was stable and

did not generate variations when bred• 1960- 1st feed trials on Kumamoto Island

1. The cows sired by Mitsushige ET, Mitsutake, Mitsumaru, Dai 5 Harutama, Dai 10 Mitsumaru and Namimaru had good quality in carcass traits, especially MLTA and MS.

“SIRE EFFECT ON CARCASS TRAITS OF JAPANESE BROWN COW” 1993Japanese Sire & Cow Evaluation

88 Bulls evaluated , 38 Finalist, 11 Related to 1993 ImportsCows Involved in the study

9468 cows of which 4394 were sired by bulls related to the importsStudy evaluated

Musculus Longissimus Thoracis Area (MLTA), Subcutaneous Fat Thickness (SFT), Intramuscular Fat Thickness (IMFT), Rib Thickness(RT), Marbling Score ( MS)

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MS

Dai 10 Mitsumaru

Mitsushige ET

Mitsutake

Dai 3 Mitsumaru

Dai 2 Mitsumaru

HikariBig Al

• 1974 Kumamoto prefecture planned the central control for Japanese Brown cattle

• 1975 The start of meat sales promotion by the Federation of Agriculture COOP

• 1976 Rueshaw & Judo exported to the USA

• 1981 The government produced the Natural Grass Feed Method

• 1984 Breed refinement and promoted as Natural, Juicy and Healthy

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Shigenami

Tamanami

Dai Go Tamanami

Dai 10 Eihou

Dai 28 Shigekawa

Dai 5 Shigekawa

Shigekawa

Dai 2 Shigekawa

Dai 10 Shigekawa

Dai 2 Shigenami

Namimaru

Dai 13 Shigekawa

Shigemaru

Tamamaru

JUDO

Rueshaw

Haruhime

Harutama

Asasakae

Shigetakara

Dai 5 Harutama

Mitsutake

Dai 2 Mitsumaru

Dai 10 Mitsumaru

Big Al

Hikari

Kaedemaru

Hitomi

Himaware

JVP Kunisakae

T504E

Naomi

MomGiMaru

Dai 3 Mitsumaru

Dai 8 Marunami

Tamamaru

Fuyuko Haruko

Mitsuko B

Akiko

Noriko

Ume

T504E

Sakae

Namiko

Dai 2 Shigenami

Namimaru

Akiko

Namiko

#1 Ringo

JVP 27 Homare

MomiGiMaru

Shigemaru

Dai Go Tamanami

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Tamamaru

23 animals sired in Japan1976 2 bulls Judo & Rueshaw imported into the USAIn 1993 21 additional animals were exported from Japan17 cows, 2 are related on the maternal side

“Akaushi Building Blocks”Shigenami

High Marbling Foundation

Sires

Import with an extreme carcass

quality producing foundation

Ume

Haruhime

Dai 5 Harutama

Hime

Noriko

Mitsutake

Ichi

High Marbling

Foundation Sires

High Quality Beef sire

Dai 10 Mitsumaru

Dai #2 Mitsumaru

Mitsutake

Dai 3 Mitsu

Godai

Dai 5 Shigekawa

Hatura

T504E“The Elephant Cow”

“Mass, Marbling and Growth”

Big Al by

Z cow

Big Al

Dai 10 Mitsumar

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Dai 2 Mitsumar

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Mitsutake

Godai

Akiko

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Dai Ni 2 Maruhana

Mitsuko B

MitsutakeMitsu

Z cow

RueshawAkiko

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Dai ni 2 Maruhana

Mitsuko B

MitsutakeMitsu

Kotsukariby Z cow

Kotsukari

Hikari

Dai 10 Mitsumar

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Dai 2 Mitsumar

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Mitsutake

Godai

Kazutomo

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Dai Ni 2 Maruhana

Kikumi

Akiko

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Dai Ni 2 Maruhana

Mitsuko B

MitsutakeMitsu

Z Cow

RueshawAkiko

Namimaru

Dai 2 Shigenami

Dai Ni 2 Maruhana

Mitsuko B

MitsutakeMitsu

Development Program: High Marbling Akaushi “Building Blocks”

Stage 1 born 11/6/2017Stage 2 due 10/31/2018

Stage 3 calves due1-1-2020

Genetics available6-1-2022

* Generation 4 & 5 due 4/19/19

Premier ne puis, second ne daigne,

Mouton suis!

The Proof -USDA Prime-

Take Away:• Continually Learn, Stay Curious

• Understand the breed’s development

• Collect and analyze important data

• Stick to proven breeding programs

• Use Best Business Practices• Decide what business you are in...• Pass on customers that are only looking for distressed pricing• Form alliances with similarly minded goal oriented breeders

• Use expert advice• Leverage Teamwork

• Avoid Myths & Legends• Use only reputable Seed Stock suppliers

• Determine the size of their inventory, genetic diversity, and breed expertise.• Understand their business model.

• Focus on client satisfaction• Produce High Quality Products

3 Time Grand Champion

SOR 1090 Mr. Hiromitsu

Credits• Ronald & Jordan Beeman, JoJo Corrales and the entire HeartBrand Beef Team

• Wagyu Sekai Ken Kurosawatsu & Kevin Hayden

• The American Akaushi Association

• Jurusan Produksi Ternak, Fakultas Peternakan, Universitas Hasanudin