Also called: Bucking Stock Contractor
Owns, breeds and hauls the bucking bulls and broncs used at rodeos, and is paid by rodeos for supplying the animals.
Feeds and checks 80 bucking horses and bulls on your ranch, then loads a semi-trailer for a weekend rodeo three states away. At the arena you choose which animals buck in each round, work the chutes and keep the animals healthy. Breeding a champion bucking bull can be worth a fortune.
Estimate; a business with big costs; income swings with rodeo contracts and bull sales.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No degree required; most grow up in ranching and rodeo and learn from family or mentors.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science, Agribusiness.
Growing about average. Small, stable industry.
Low risk for 10 years. Breeding, hauling and handling bucking stock is hands-on ranch work AI cannot do.
Classes: Animal science (FFA), Ag business, Welding or ag mechanics.
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