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What do buying a cow bred to Maestro, aspirating a Kunisakae donor to Heavy Duty, leasing Spectrum for 2 years, and steering more Akaushi bull calves have in common?

They are all viable strategies for improving the quality of YOUR herd.

In this episode, you'll learn about:
- Why you should be using polled Akaushi bulls on your cows
- Analysis of the Akaushi bull market
- Why more Akaushi bulls should be steers
- Why a 2 year lease on an AI stud bull is the best option for a small herd
- Heavy Duty - the best bull produced to date in the Christensen Genetics program
- The rare and valuable genetics of Maestro, a Master Chef x Kaedemaru bull
- Using carcass ultrasound to identify animals with off-the-charts marbling
- The importance of DOCILITY in Akaushi cattle
- Making great beef from great cows with the Akaushi breed
- What an IVF aspiration is and how to use it
- Japanese imports Kunisakae and Dai 10 Mitsumaru
- The value of adding hybrid vigor or heterosis to your herd
- What is the difference between the different Akaushi breed registries?

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How do you get the greatest quality eating experience out of feeding an Akaushi?

Tad Seamons of Tad's End of the Road Custom Butcher shop has a lifetime of experience in feeding and processing beef, and shares with us:
- Why he feeds Akaushi cattle
- Feeding oat hay plus corn, barley, and beet shreds
- The relationship between amount of time on feed and amount of marbling in the carcass
- Importance of quality feed and an appropriate weight at harvest
- Balancing getting well marbled steaks with leaner ground beef
- Why he prefers to dry age his carcasses for 14 - 21 days before processing
- Cutting steaks vs roasts vs burgers
- Packaging beef in plastic and paper rather than vacuum seal
- Why flat iron is his favorite cut of beef
- Cooking in a sous vide vs cast iron on the stove

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What will you see if you watch the video of this podcast at gotanycows.com?

• The 577 donor: dam of Heavy Duty, whose semen will be available for the first time April 29, and 4435M, a full sister to Heavy Duty who sells in the April 29 auction
• The 19273 donor: our highest marbling outcross polled purebred Akaushi donor, whose embryos sired by Guapo sell as lot 15 in our April 29 auction
• The 3370 donor: Polled purebred JC Rueshaw 75 donor and dam of a Guapo heifer pregnancy selling as lot 10 in our April 29 auction
• Direct daughters of Rueshaw, Umemaru, and Master Chef that sell in our April 29 auction as lots 5, 6, and 7
• CG Blackcap 1051: a full sister in blood to S A V Resource 1441 who sells in our April 29 auction
• CG Growth 3335: our #1 $Maternal cow at 117 who sells in our April 29 auction
• Lucy 20084: top 1% weaning weight and yearling weight female backed by Isabel Y69 and Lucy 178E whose IVF aspiration sells as lot 14 in our April 29 auction

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Why buy Akaushi bulls year after year to use on commercial cows?

Paul Marchant of Marchant Ranch in Oakley, ID joins the podcast to talk about:
Print vs digital advertising
His experience working with Akaushi for the last 14 years
Feeding cattle to sell finished fats to Heartbrand
Rate of gain of Akaushi feeder calves
Longevity of Akaushi sired cows
The importance of the people behind the cattle
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WATCH this episode at gotanycows.com to see three of the top donors from the Christensen Genetics herd live in person! 

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What are some of the most important lessons learned in over a decade of breeding Akaushi cattle?

Jim and Kathy Moore of JMK Cattle in McGregor, TX, take us through:

How they selected their first donor, JC Ms Rueshaw 122

Why it was worth it to spend what it took to start with the best 

The quality of Akaushi beef and cattle selling them on the breed 

The story of winning three national shows and a world championship with Hiromitsu 

Some of their favorite herdsires, GK4 Rueshamaru and Mr Rueshaw 233F

The Auto Easy Feeders that they use to feed their cattle 

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What is in the February auction at Christensen Genetics? Seth Christensen takes us through:

A Rueshaw x Big Al x Namimaru x Dai 8 donor

An Outback x 919 heifer 

Sons of Master Chef, Big Al, All Polled and Rhubarb

A Red Emperor x Rueshaw aspiration

Embryos sired by Rueshaw, Master Chef, Umemaru, Tamamaru, Guapo and more 

The initial semen offering of Spectrum and 3123.

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What would make someone fly around the world to look at cows?

John Phillips from Queensland Australia explains to us how valuable it is to see the cattle in person.  In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why it's worth traveling to see the cattle in person
• What traits brought John to Christensen Genetics
• Which bulls John saw at stud at Hoffman AI
• How Akaushi beef is to eat
• What Akaushi beef looks like on the rail

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What’s in the January 2026 auction at Christensen Genetics?

- A maternal granddaughter of the original import Fuyuko
- A full brother to the $2300/straw stud, Atreides
- A lease on the $3200/straw stud, Shoshone 
- An aspiration on a full sister in blood to S A V Resource 1441
- An aspiration on a full sister in blood to the national champion, Double Your Miles
- Embryos sired by the Japanese National Champion, Rueshaw
- The initial release of a Rueshaw son from the Kaedemaru maternal line 

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What do you get when a guy from Florida meets Temple Grandin at the Akaushi convention?

Mark Ganskop of Florida Akaushi shares a funny story from last year’s Akaushi convention, and shares his experiences with

• Akaushi cattle
• Akaushi beef
• Raising cattle in the Southeast
• ET and IVF
• Mineral options for cattle
• The Akaushi Association board of directors
• Nutrition
• Genetics
• Marketing
• The importance of going to convention
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