2F AKAUSHI BEEF
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elcome to Rancho Santa Fe, home of Felo and Stephanie Martinez. Rancho Santa Fe was established in 1927 by our Grandfather, Felix Flores Martinez. For the past 30 years, we have preserved the legacy of the 2F Brand by sustaining who we are and what we stand for. We pride our operation on self - reliance, integrity, authenticity, and true grit. Our livelihood is rooted in the raising of cattle and horses as we tend to God’s land. After many years of studying maternal longevity, carcass merit, calving ease and growth, we discovered the Akaushi breed had all these characteristics and more. They have superior confirmation and structure and genetically can increase the intramuscular fat in their meat through a corn based feed program. Not only does this wagyu breed grade out mainly prime and top choice it has the hIghest concentration of monounsaturated fat than any other breed in the U.S. It is America’s Healthy Beef. In 2014 we switched our breeding program over to Akaushi Bloodlines and 2F Akaushi Beef was established in 2018. The foundation Wagyu bloodlines of our Akaushi herd traces back to the 1994 importation of several Akaushi cattle from Kumamoto Japan. The American Akaushi Association was later established to maintain and verify the purity of the breed by starting a DNA
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