NEW YORK — Each year, when the bucking bulls arrive at Madison Square Garden, livestock trailers pull into 33rd Street and back up to ramps that lead five floors up to the arena.

NEW YORK — Each year, when the bucking bulls arrive at Madison Square Garden, livestock trailers pull into 33rd Street and back up to ramps that lead five floors up to the arena.

Over the past half-century, livestock producers have increasingly focused on breeding bucking horses and bulls who thrive in rodeo competitions.

He then turned his attention to breeding bucking bulls. "Sid had some cows and I said take whatever bull you want," said Rodney Newman.

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Kyle Searle has been raising bucking bulls for young bull riders for many years on his farm near Idaho Falls, Idaho. These ...