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This year our group was able to visit the following:

• Shorty’s Caboy Hattery, a custom cowboy hat maker in Oklahoma City, OK.
• Express Ranches, one of the premier Angus seedstock suppliers in the nation, Yukon, OK.
• Quality Beef Feedyard, ~ 42,000 head of grain-fed beef, Wilderado, TX
• Palo Duro Canyon park
• The Big Texan Restaurant, home of the 72 oz. steak challenge, which they were all too chickenÌýto attempt, Amarillo, TX
• Cargill Meat Solutions – modern beef packing plant in Friona, TX that processes ~ 4,500 headÌýper day resulting in the production of ~ 3 millions lbs of beef daily.
• National Ranch Heritage Center, a museum of ranching history on the campus of Texas Tech.ÌýUniversity.Ìý Lubbock, TX
• Jake Cowen Ranch, Benjamin, TX,Ìý a commercial stocker-backgrounder and cow-calf operation
• National Roper Supply, Decatur, TXÌý a large western apparel, ranch wear and ranch equipment supplier
• 44 Farms, Cameron, TX. Another premier Angus seedstock supplier
• Historic Ft. Worth Stockyards, Ft. Worth, TX.
• National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.Ìý A comprehensiveÌýcollection of western paintings and related artwork
• Cattleman’s Steakhouse, Oklahoma City, OK.Ìý A premier steakhouse
• Oklahoma National Stockyards, OKC.Ìý The world’s largest stocker and feeder cattle market, ~ 7000 hd weekly.
• Stillwater Milling Co. Stillwater, OK.Ìý Producer of various types of cattle feed.
• Oklahoma State University Beef Center, Stillwater, OK.

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