Many know Shane Baghai — one of the country’s most successful luxury real-estate developers — as the man behind more than 1,000 homes in the Greater Toronto Area and 3,000 high-end condo units.
Less well known is his hobby: cattle breeding.
At Paradise Farms in Caledon, Ont., about a 45-minute drive north of Toronto, Mr. Baghai can be found at least once a week, he says. He knows all the animals, and has been active in the farm’s day-to-day operations since he purchased it six years ago.
What may be Mr. Baghai’s proudest moment as a part-time farmer came this past week, when he successfully crossbred a rare tri-hybrid calf, born on Canada Day.
The calf combines genes from a black Aberdeen Angus, a black Japanese Wagyu and a white Italian Chianina. Mr. Baghai said experts at univerities in Guelph and Nebraska have told him that this combination is a first.
In Canada especially, the latter two breeds are rare themselves. According to the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation, only one Chianina was registered in Canada as of 2011.
“Nobody had the three breeds together,” Mr. Baghai said.
The unusual crossbreed has been in the works for three years, with the hope that each one’s most desirable traits would permeate in the final product, a black calf he classified as a “Chi W Angus.”
Less well known is his hobby: cattle breeding.
At Paradise Farms in Caledon, Ont., about a 45-minute drive north of Toronto, Mr. Baghai can be found at least once a week, he says. He knows all the animals, and has been active in the farm’s day-to-day operations since he purchased it six years ago.
What may be Mr. Baghai’s proudest moment as a part-time farmer came this past week, when he successfully crossbred a rare tri-hybrid calf, born on Canada Day.
The calf combines genes from a black Aberdeen Angus, a black Japanese Wagyu and a white Italian Chianina. Mr. Baghai said experts at univerities in Guelph and Nebraska have told him that this combination is a first.
In Canada especially, the latter two breeds are rare themselves. According to the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation, only one Chianina was registered in Canada as of 2011.
“Nobody had the three breeds together,” Mr. Baghai said.
The unusual crossbreed has been in the works for three years, with the hope that each one’s most desirable traits would permeate in the final product, a black calf he classified as a “Chi W Angus.”
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