Joe Grose
General Manager
Joe Grose has been involved in the Wagyu industry for over twenty-five years owning and operating a Wagyu breeding herd enterprise (3D Genetics) in New South Wales, Australia. His involvement in the industry has extended to being both a board member and President of the Australian Wagyu Association (AWA).
Joe graduated from University of Queensland in Brisbane with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science with his early years focusing predominantly on consulting to the dairy and pig industries; two industries which rely on the collection of objective data on inputs and outputs to make informed operating and financial decisions.
This ignited an interest to operate a livestock venture and a product that provided price differentiation in the marketplace. Hence, Joe’s decision to breed Wagyu cattle which provide an increase in gross margin per hectare due to a higher value product that has similar input costs to traditional beef production. In 1997 Joe purchased his first Fullblood Wagyu heifers that were imported from the USA, which became the start of 3D Genetics.
Prof. Wayne Pitchford
Genetic Analysis
Wayne is Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics and Director of the Davies Livestock Research Centre at the University of Adelaide. He studied Agricultural Science at the university, completed his Ph.D. in Sydney, and has been lecturing at Waite and Roseworthy since 1992. He has been a program leader in the Beef CRC, director of Pork CRC and continues to lead multiple sheep and cattle projects.
The Davies Centre focuses on livestock health and wellbeing utilising medical technologies, Genetic gain utilising genomics and assisted reproductive technologies, improving breeder herd and flock productivity, meat and wool science utilising objective measurement, and training and adoption with trans-disciplinary teams. He has a farm at Keith run in partnership with his son.
Wayne has worked closely with 3D Genetics since 2015 and is directly involved in the genetic analysis for the 3D Genetics breeding program.
David Keyte
Farm Manager
Dave has been involved in the Agricultural/ Beef industry for over 18 years. He has developed his knowledge and skills by working for various Agricultural businesses, gaining invaluable experience in cattle breeding, backgrounding and fattening. For the past 5 years Dave has managed the 3D Genetics nucleus herd and property and is an integral part of the business. Dave is progressive and has adopted a range of new technologies and ideas to aid farm management whilst still utilising practices he has learnt over the years.
Dr. Maddie Facy
Quantitative Geneticist
Maddie joined 3D Genetics as a Quantitative Geneticist in 2023. Growing up on piggery and cattle property in South-East Queensland. Maddie developed a passion for both livestock and genetics and consequently studied Agriculture Science at the University of Queensland and recently completed her PhD in quantitative genetics with a focus on fertility in tropically adapted cattle through the University of Adelaide.
Maddie has worked both within research and industry with a passion for practical ways to improve production and sustainability with a focus on genetics. Maddie currently runs the in-house genetic analysis which includes managing genotypes and phenotypes, exploring new novel traits and development of selection indexes.
Adam Lloyd
Systems & Software Engineer
Adam focuses on developing new pipelines and applications for the 3DG suite of genomic analysis tools. Having developed and rolled out products and platforms across various industries, such as rail, agriculture, healthcare, and government, Adam is experienced in commercial delivery that exceeds expectations across a wide range of industries.
Adam has a Bachelor's Degree in Cyber Security, with 6 years of industry experience in Engineering and Data Science. Although being a bit of a concrete cowboy, Adam has a passion for Agriculture and improving animal and commercial outcomes using technology.
Dr. Peter Grose & Roslyn Grose
It would be remiss not to acknowledge the role played by Joe’s father, Dr. Peter Grose & mother, Roslyn, both now retired but still living on the family farm at "Wickiup", Biddeston on the Darling Downs, QLD., where, in the 1990's, our Wagyu business had its inception.