date:Jul 30, 2014
-Mouth in 2010) and increasing costs.
According to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of beef cattle farms, as of February 2014, declined 6.2 per cent from last year to 57,500 farms, with the number of female breeding stock reducing 3.8 per cent, to 595,000 head.
As a result, Japanese Black Wagyu calf saleyard throughput during JFY2013 was 2.9 per cent lower than the previous year, at 351,119 head.
Demand for Wagyu calves was also supported by relatively