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Podcast: Cattleman U Podcast
Episode: How to Find Mr. Right: Bull Selection with Brady Blackett
Description: Calving ease, birth weight, carcass traits...which EPDs do you lean towards when selecting bulls?
In this episode, Brady Blackett from Intermountain Genetic Alliance in Utah, discusses how he selects bulls, trends in the industry, and what genetics to keep a lookout for. EPDs play a role, but there's no substitute for getting out and seeing a bull in person.
Brady Blackett is a 3rd generation cattleman. Sixteen years ago he partnered with other seed stock breeders in Utah to establish the Intermountain Genetic Alliance Bull Sale. The sale is held annually on the first...