farming: Farmer set to produce Kobe beef in the North

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IN his self-styled quest for the best, organic livestock farmer Steve Ramshaw has imported embryos of rare Wagyu cattle from Canada to produce the highly sought-after Kobe beef, probably the most expensive in the world.

Steve, of Monkridge Hill Farm, near Otterburn, will be one of the first farmers in the UK to produce the beef, which he hopes to start selling late next year through his meat marketing business, Northumbrian Quality Meats, to top restaurants, speciality food shops and his butcher's shop within the Fenwick food hall in Newcastle.