AMERICAN AKAUSHI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 2026
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AMERICAN AKAUSHI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION 2026 *
Thank you to our members and everyone who joined us in College Station! Your energy, support, and participation made the convention a tremendous success. We’re grateful for each of you who helped create such a memorable and meaningful event.
Branded Beef Challenge Champion
Congratulations to the Grand Champion, Sixteen Peaks Cattle Company !
Our goal with this challenge is simple: to identify the highest quality Akaushi beef in a way that is both meaningful and measurable. We did that through a comprehensive evaluation process that includes genetic classification, laboratory analysis, mechanical tenderness testing, and real consumer sensory feedback. That combination gives us something powerful — a reputation backed by results
Each entry consisted of a Beef Loin-Strip, and then was evaluated across four core metrics, visual Marbling Texture, IMF %, Warner-Bratzler, Sensory Panel Evaluation, with a weighted scoring system to reflect their importance in overall beef quality.
This honor comes with even more opportunity — the right to use this label on their packaging and marketing, giving them a powerful way to showcase their achievement and share this accomplishment with their customers.
2026 Hall of Fame Inductees
Tim & Suzie Stallings
2F Akaushi Beef
San Jacinto ranch
Herff Cornelius
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