Family ranch uses higher-end breed to produce healthier meat

FAIRMONT, Okla. — Linda Woodruff and her family raise the Japanese breed of Wagyu cattle on their family farm, Silverwood Wagyu, east of Fairmont. “It’s a family farm,” Woodruff said to the Enid News & Eagle. “They are calm and mild-mannered.” In the United States, Wagyu are bred for superior meat quality traits and calving ease ability and are also used with breeds such as Angus and Holstein to increase the meat quality grade of the first cross progeny, according to the American Wagyu Association Woodruff said another reason for the selection of the breed is its health benefits. “When you produce high quality beef, you also produce healthy beef,” Woodruff said. “The feedback is excellent.” Woodruff said the goal is to see the farm continue to grow and have more people try and become consumers of Wagyu beef.