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The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic .
The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival is an annual gathering of fiber-arts enthusiasts in the United States that draws approximately 30,000 visitors and more than 300 vendors. [1] It is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York .
The next World championships are at the Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 22-25, 2023. Despite the advent of a World Championships every 2–4 years, the Golden Shears in Masterton every year remains the mecca for sheep shearers worldwide, and entries in all classes have in peak years exceeded 600.
The 2021 Stock Show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; only the second time in the event's history. After returning in 2022, the event set an attendance record in 2023 with more than 1.27 million visitors, creating a local economic impact of more than $142 million. [10]
Since 1906, it has become the world's largest stock show by the number of animals and offers a carload and pen cattle show. Originally limited to livestock from the western United States, the show was expanded in 1908 to include entrants from around the world. A horse show was added in 1908, and a rodeo was added in 1931.
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North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) is a livestock show held each November in Louisville, Kentucky and lasts for two weeks. It is billed as the "world's largest all-breed, purebred livestock exposition", with nine major livestock divisions with competitors from the 48 contiguous states.
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