Only A3 to A5 wagyu is certified for sale in Japan ... they can already fetch 40 times the price of US cattle. The fattening farm will keep the animals in small pens and feed them a mixture ...

Tokachi Farms makes our list with its beef raised ... of Japan raises Black cows whose meat qualifies for the A5 Wagyu rating. These cattle feast on a diet of rice stalks and barley grain ...

Wagyu beef is a gourmet meat from farms that must adhere to ... by the Japanese government. To earn the A5 certification, the beef must come from cows that undergo elaborate rearing processes ...