Purchasing a bull is one of the most consequential decisions a cow-calf operation can make. Bulls play an outsized role in the long-term genetic progress of our herds, especially when females are retained.

As the genetics business becomes increasingly competitive, commercial cattlemen and seedstock producers are ramping up their efforts to market the most desired traits as efficiently as possible. Among the ways they have accomplished this is developing composite herd sires.

By definition, to “cooperate” means to work jointly toward the same end. This is the idea when it comes to the development of cooperator cattle herds.

Fall calving continues to increase in the U.S. Approximately 30% of the herds in the U.S. are calving in the fall. Depending on where you are in the country, calving could start in late August, mid-October or anywhere in between.

In 2016, they didn’t have a high school. Today, Wildorado, Texas, has a high school – and the only student-led registered black Angus seedstock operation in the country.