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Veteran Wagyu breeder’s quest for the elusive double: Consistent high marbling plus carcase weight

Paul Harris and daughter Jennifer accepting their award for winning the 2023 Brisbane Show Wagyu Challenge, with Ryan Brown, group livestock manager with host feeders Smithfield Cattle Co

AT 84 years of age, one could excuse Central Queensland cattleman Paul Harris from taking his foot off the throttle a little in his large-scale Wagyu breeding operation.

Instead, he is embarking on an ambitious  ten-year program designed to deliver more abundant and more consistent marbling, ultimate carcase weight and growth rate and better feed conversion  in his herd.

His team of six Fullblood…

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