AKAUSHI NFORMATION

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In 2013, we took a chance and bought twenty straws of Akaushi semen to A.I. Some of our Charolais heifers. To say I was a skeptic would be an understatement. Most promoters of any breed overstate all the great attributes their breed offers. For our experiment we used the same selection criteria that we used when starting our Charolais program in, 1993. Eye appeal, disposition, fescue tolerant, sound feet and legs. Akaushi checked all the boxes and then some; giving us more growth than expected.

 Combining our premium grading Charolais with front end Akaushi sires from HeartBrand we developed a herd of F1's. Using both A.I. and E.T. our experiment had exciting results.  

Our next step was to purchase foundation Akaushi females for embryo production. We only wanted genetics that were direct descendants of the original imports, that also met our original selection criteria. This was a big challenge given the fact that the only full blood imports were three bulls and eight cows about thirty year ago. After extensive research we found what we wanted with the purchase of five full-blood females. 

 As 2021, rolls around our excitement for this Japanese breed has increased. Over the past years we have discovered Akaushi fertility is outstanding, with embryo and semen production way better than other breeds we have sampled.