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In 1978 Bubba utilized the services of the first 4 Wagyu bulls imported from Japan to build his Wagyu cattle herd. In 1990 he sold that herd and 5 years later became ranch manager for Harrell Ranch producing Wagyu cattle for an all natural, organic Kobe beef program. The ranch was the only one of its kind in the United States. Harrell Ranch was condemned under imminent domain laws by TXDOT to build the SH 130 toll road. The road split the ranch in half leaving only small non-contiguous parcels useless for ranching. After the condemnation, Bubba and Donna purchased the Harrell Ranch seed stock and have continued the breeding program at their ranch. (Please read the news article under Media/Press for more information regarding this and more about Bubba’s experience with the Wagyu breed.)
In 1999 Bubba and Donna along with 9 other ranches founded the Lone Star Angus Alliance and actively participated in 2 registered Angus sales each year. Due to the encroachment of the city on our available forage, and after much soul searching, we decided to devote our full attention to our Wagyu cattle breeding program. We kept our good registered Angus females and are breeding them to our full blood Wagyu bulls. We now have a registered Wagyu F-1 program to accompany our full blood Wagyu cattle program.
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