On the occasion of Bill and Melinda Gates' visit to the Australian Agriculture Company’s Wylarah Station in Central Queensland, Australian Wagyu Association president Peter Gilmour said his organisation had long held the belief the Wagyu breed had the ability to transform Australia’s beef herd by bringing in softer meat and more edible cuts through the influence of intramuscular fats.
That transformation had the potential to spread overseas, he said.
The Wagyu breed was on the cusp of extraordinary technology and genetic advancements and there was extremely widespread international interest in that, he said.