Who would have predicted the devastation that hurricane Ian would have done to Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The tv pictures focused on homes, buildings, and boats destroyed. Let’s not forget about the orchards of fruit, small businesses, and livestock. Our prayers go out to all of those that have suffered.
Tune in as host Monte James speaks with Ryan Siecke of Creighton Livestock Market.
I have been making and sharing my Buckaroo Brownie recipe for years. Chances are if you have ever been a part of the crew that works cattle at our ranch, Buckaroo Brownies are always on the menu, especially if I am serving lunch somewhere out in a pasture.
America’s Hot Barn Report hosted by NAFB Award Winning Monte James brings the latest in cattle market news, interviews with industry leaders and price discovery from prolific sale barns across the USA!
The Omaha Stockyards spurred growth of jobs in other industries related to the stockyard. Immigrants flooded in from all over Europe. The men worked long, grueling hours to build a life for themselves and their families.
Tune in as host Monte James speaks with Jay Nordhausen co-owner of Ogallala Livestock Auction Market and new co-owner of North Platte Stockyards.
By 1892 the Omaha stockyard was pulling in 25 million dollars’ worth of business. Around 1900, the stockyards added new pens and brick floors along with new concrete watering troughs and weighing scales. The sheep barn was also rebuilt to hold 100,000 animals, and the new block horse and mule barn was hailed as “the largest and best single barn in the world. At its height of, the Omaha stockyard covered almost 250 acres! In 1910, 20,000 animals were arriving DAILY including cattle, sheep, hogs, and goats from all over the American west!
America’s Hot Barn Report hosted by NAFB Award Winning Monte James brings the latest in cattle market news, interviews with industry leaders and price discovery from prolific sale barns across the USA!
Before there were livestock markets and sale barns dotted the Midwest prairie towns, the big ranches were sending their market stock to the huge livestock market in Chicago, IL.
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