Over the years, the late Ed Mears worked to produce top-quality Red Brangus by combining "high selected" Nelore bulls with his outstanding Leachman-bred and McFee-bred Red Angus females. In addition, he used the genetics of the outstanding half-blood bull, Copper Nine, and his son, El Cid.

In 1995, Ed's longtime friend, Marcos Machado Borges Jr, purchased a group of highly selected Red Brangus females females from the Mears herd to start the Red Brangus operation, MBJ Ranch.

In 2008, MBJ Ranch partnered with Fagan Ranch in a joint embryo program. Fagan Ranch has probably one of the best herds in the country. Their acquisition of 65 foundation females from Sureway Farms made them a leading source of superior genetics.

Throughout the years, from one generation to the next, we have placed the highest priority on breeding performance-oriented cattle, making sure that our cattle could adapt and do well in all environments. To raise our program to the next level, in the past five years we have made a concerted effort to build and refine our elite herd. These cattle and pedigrees have provided us with an additional purebred customer segment and appeal in the breed. The MBJ Performance and Elite herds will meet just about every objective from raising bulls for the commercial cattleman to registered replacement heifers to a competitive show heifer.

We selected our core herd based on the following selection criteria first: performance of the females, calving intervals, and average weaning weights. By selecting for reproductive efficiency, we established our program with problem-free females. From this solid base, we improved the performance curves of each generation without sacrificing trait balance.

Most of our MBJ animals have been produced through our artificial insemination and embryo transfer program. The MBJ donors have generations of offspring in our registered herd; and you will find their genetics behind many of the powerful Red Brangus cattle in the U.S., Mexico, and around the Brangus world. With MBJ genetics, you will find a wide variety of pedigrees that will enhance your program with outcross bloodlines and bred-in productivity.

A key aspect of our approach to the development of our genetics has been the pinpointing and inclusion of bloodlines from across the breed that we believe will compliment and improve our cattle. We selected and acquired genetics from many respected U.S herds like Sureway Farms, Cox Excalibur, TRIO Cattle & Genetics, Dos XX, BKC, Triangle K, Fagan Ranch, -C- Red Brangus, Markham Cattle, McDonald Ranches, Buffaloe Cattle, Oak Creek, Triple JR, Broken A Ranch, and others. We are always searching for the top trait leaders from each breeder that complemented our program.