Bull Basics: The Fundamentals of Buying Bulls

From: The Cattleman | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Clement, Annie | Copyright information

There are many tools today that can give bull buyers a fairly accurate perception of a bull which will help them make genetic progress in their herd.

In the past, ranchers relied on their eyesight and other people's knowledge about a bull's bloodlines to judge the quality of a bull. The widespread availability of performance data and expected progeny differences (EPDs) allow a rancher to narrow his or her scope of bulls and use visual appraisal as the final deciding factor.

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