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108 Business View Australia - May - June 2016
The work on the farm is done by
Rick and his wife, Dawne. Their two
daughters, Hallie and Abby, help out
in busy times and more particularly
with the media side of the work.
Abby has just finished a degree in
media and communications and she
looks after the company website
and social media platforms.
The company has employed
several interns - two young ladies
from Norway and a young man from
Texas who have come over to learn
about cattle and cattle breeding in
Australia.
This family operation produces
some of the finest Wagyu genetics
in the world. “The Australian Wagyu
Association just had their, annual
conference and an international sale
at Yeppoon, Queensland on the 9th
of May. Bald Ridge Wagyu’s six red
embryos topped the embryo section
of the sale, and that too, was the
highest price of the entire sale.
We achieved top price in January
at the Mile High Sale in Denver,
Colorado, likewise at the Texas
Wagyu sale in Salado, Texas. We
have a world renowned Red Wagyu
bull, Red Star C402 who has just
won the Wagyu Champion of Asia
and Africa Award in the Wagyu of
the World Competition. Along with
that, this bull’s heifer calf won Grand
Champion at the inaugural Houston
Livestock Wagyu show and was later
sold for a record price of $44,000 at
the Texas Wagyu Association sale.”
Further expansion
Bald Ridge Wagyu and Genetic Edge
Australia has entrenched itself into
the Wagyu beef industry and has
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