Cattle Farmer Research Paper

Why did cattle ranching develop on the Great Plains? Cattle ranching developed on the Great Plains because vast fortunes were made. The cattle industry was based on some very important factors which were wild cattle, wild horses, and grass. These factors made cattle ranching very profitable, but however, for the cattle barons the bonanza didn’t last forever. In the North the market for beef was growing huge, and that meant ranching was a good way to live.

When eating anything, most people check the labels to see what the food all consists of. Just like when eating hamburger, some people may want to know if the hamburger came from grass-fed or grain-fed cattle. Depending on the person, they might prefer one over the other. Some people may think that one tastes better than the other or they may just think it is healthier. Not only might the meat coming from the cattle be affected, but also the milk coming from a cow. Either way, further explanations for grass-fed vs. grain-fed cattle will be discussed in this paper.

Vet Ranch is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless animals with medical conditions not only get better, but to find loving forever homes. They do most of their work on their Youtube channel - Vet Ranch. The Youtube channel was started in 2014 by Dr. Matt Carriker after posting a video of the progress of a dog that was hit and left by a car. Dr. Matt is a vet in San Antonio, Texas who created the website to make it easier for viewers that wanted to donate to help save animals. Although it started out with just Dr. Matt, Vet Ranch is now made up of four amazing veterinarians that include, Dr. Karri. Dr. Wendy, and Dr. Dave who help save animals lives. Vet Ranch has an effective non-profit organization website

In the years after the Civil War, Texas seemed to be the land of opportunity. Northern pioneers, newly freed slaves, some Mexican citizens, and cattle poured into Texas. Business savvy cattlemen acted on the high demand of beef in the United States. They assembled herds of free-ranging wild cattle together in South Texas for drives up the trail to railhead markets in Kansas. The men who worked on the cattle trails imagined themselves as cowboys, but never imagined the hard labor that would follow. They left home as young, naïve, but brave men only to return after one season on the trail toughened and wise.

Early cattle drives headed west to the California gold fields after 1850, when cattle worth $5 to $10 a head in Texas would garner five to 20 times that amount in San Francisco. Most drives to California took five or six months. Some ranchers held contracts to supply beef to frontier forts and to Indian reservations in West Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico beginning in the late 1850s. Cattle ranching virtually halted during the Civil War years, as the frontier retreated. Beginning in 1866, however, ranching and cattle trailing expanded rapidly. Cattle drives to northern and western markets, and later to railroad-loading facilities, started in earnest in 1866, when an estimated 260,000 head of cattle crossed the

The term cowboys, or vaqueros, originated as an attempt to raised and rounded up cattle in Texas. By 1860s, this cattle business, copied from the Mexicans, soon flourished with five million heads of cattle roaming freely over Texas greenlands. With the development of railroads into Kansas, Texas cattle industry was finally intertwined with the eastern markets of the nation. It all started with Joseph G. McCoy who built the first stockyard at Abilene, Kansas, to hold cattle bounded for Chicago. McCoy initiated the cattle system when he charged high prices from $30 to $50 per head. Soon, nearby towns and cities would engulf themselves in this profitable business, where they would leap up along the railroads to handle the millions of cattle driven

Everyone has heard that age-old adage in one place or another: one man's trash is another man's treasure. For instance, I could ramble for 300 words about how lovely I find the smell of peaches in summer, or how there’s nothing like that cleansing scent that comes after a Colorado rainstorm. But to me, they’re just another perfume on the breeze. To me, nothing is more dear than the stench of a horse barn.

Ranching is starting to slowly disappear in all parts of the country. Nevertheless it is common to hear about a ranch that has been in the family for four generations still running and making good profits, but it is very rare to hear about a ranch starting up and being successful. People that are starting up a ranch ordinarily want new equipment, such as tractors, trailers, and pickups just a few ways how people go broke ranching. More often than not it is better to work with what you have or possibly buy older equipment. Starting ranches always need to look for ways to save money or cut costs.

Thursday morning i wake up at 4 to go load cattle to take them to the sale barn to get money for them.

We are in east Texas moving cattle to south Kansas. We all are hungry,hot,and tired. we all just want to get these cattle sold and get back home to our wife and kids.

Retirement for many means slowing down or having leisure time, but for this entrepreneur, it means returning to his roots and fulfilling his longstanding post-career of owning his own cattle business.

Livestock production is used in nearly every country worldwide. Among those countries, the United States ranks near the top, but when compare the Livestock system in the US to a less wealthy country such as Haiti many differences exist. Among these differences between the two countries livestock nutrition, livestock housing, and livestock health reign the most contrasting between the two.

In the last two centuries the beef industry has undergone many changes, from the coming of refrigerated train cars to government regulations. As the population of humans on earth has grown, cattlemen have had to change their operations in order to produce more meat on less space in order to feed the world. But as we try to feed more cattle in a smaller area problems arise. Sickness can spread like wildfire if not treated with antibiotics. Concern has grown that waste from cattle in feedlots flows into creeks and rivers, polluting them and killing fish. The government has stepped in and placed regulations on feedlots in order to attempt to fix these problems.

Those who live on a ranch, and those who wish they did will enjoy fun, ranch Christmas ornaments. From rustic stars, horses, and cowboys, to tractors, and horseshoes, adorn tree branches with reminders of quiet, country living, and the hard, but satisfying work of ranch life. Low prices make it easy to do up the entire tree, or add just a few pieces.

If you ask me, the only possible pet a person should have is a cow. Cows love you, they are harmless, they look nice, they don't need a litter box, and they keep the grass down. Cows are so trusting that you can't help but lose your heart to them. Where I live, in Yorkshire, there is a herd of cows down the lane. You can stand by the wall any hour of the day or night and pretty soon the cows will all waddle over to stand nearby. They aren’t smart enough to know what to do next, but they seem to be happy just to be in your presence. Mired in their contentedness, they will stand there indefinitely. They will listen to your problems and never ask for a thing in return. Cows will be your friends forever, and when you