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Join Australian agricultural identity Lyndsey Douglas in exploration of the Wagyu sector in Australia and around the world. There will be characters, there will be wisdom and there will be Wagyu, delicious Wagyu. Beyond the Marbling is produced by the Australian Wagyu Association and aims to build awareness of the Wagyu industry, its supply chains, its history and its future. In each episode, Lyndsey will engage with the sector’s most prominent experts, breeders, economists and scientists to go beyond the marbling and explain what makes Wagyu the world’s luxury beef.
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Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
In this episode of Beyond the Marbling, Georgia Stormont sits down with Aaron Van den Heuvel from the Australian Wagyu Association — one of the few people in the country whose job is literally to capture the inside story of a Wagyu carcase.
Aaron travels across Australia using cutting-edge imaging technology to assess marbling, texture and quality traits that shape the future of the Wagyu industry.
In this conversation, Aaron breaks down how the MIJ camera works, why accurate data matters and how the images he captures directly influence breeding selections, profitability and long-term herd improvement.
He also shares his unlikely path from poultry science to meat science, why he fell in love with Wagyu and how technology is giving producers more confidence than ever before in their genetic decisions.
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