Do you realize that Bull Pen is read by tens of thousands of readers?

Do you know that most of those readers are not directly involved with breeding or producing bucking bulls?

For those of you who are producers, how can you involve some of the traditional cattlemen reading this publication into the business? Let’s take an innovative look into the current breeding operations and how we might benefit from branching out a bit.

Cooperator herds, also called satellite herds, are becoming increasingly popular in the beef and dairy cattle industries. The rationale behind this is to increase your ability to produce animals by using animals in another herd. There are different forms of satellite herds depending on the needs of the producers. You can trade bulls, you can trade females — there’s really no finite set of rules for cooperator herds.