The Mizusako Farm Group is one of Japan’s largest Wagyu farms under family management. It manages breeding and fattening of Wagyu at 39 locations and ships 750 heads of cattle every month. While the total number of fattening cattle is over 16,000, which is 200 times the average number of Wagyu farms in Japan, only 1,000 of them are bred at their main farm. This rare breeding cattle has been created by improving pedigrees from Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima and Okinawa. It is the foundation of Satsuma Craft Wagyu. 

Mizusako Farm has succeeded in creating delicious, robust red meat by enhancing the aroma of Wagyu beef in a well-balanced manner through many years of research on feed mixtures and the establishment of its own feed mixture factory. The most important aspect of producing quality red meat is the protein contained in the feed. Satsuma Craft Wagyu’s feed creates delicious red meat, mild fat and a soft texture by blending roasted soybeans that are the most expensive and highest-quality grains.

In addition, soybean curd residue, sweet potatoes and various other vegetables rich in quality protein are collected from local food factories and elsewhere. Recycled fermented feed is produced with a microorganism-based technology to ferment these ingredients with the farm’s original koji (rice malt).