Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. was established with the mission "A volunteer organization that emphasizes agriculture and education to develop the youth of Texas". The focus on educating the youth of Texas lead to integrating 4-H and FFA high school students and making educational commitments to support their interest in the ...
It is the largest livestock auction operation and barn in Wyoming, and ranks as the third to fifth largest livestock auction in the United States. Drawing cattle from a nine-state region ( Nebraska , Colorado , Arizona , Nevada , Utah , Idaho , South Dakota , Montana and the bulk of Wyoming ) the Torrington livestock auction barn attracts ...
The World Livestock Auctioneer Championship is an annual competition of livestock auctioneers who practice the auction chant typical of rural areas in the United States and Canada. The competition is sponsored by the Livestock Marketing Association and was first held in 1963. [1] Brian Curless won the competition in 2017.
Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) originated as an idea from the livestock committee of the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1966. In 1967, the Public Auction Yards hosted an event to showcase the region’s vast livestock industry. [1] By the fall of 1968, a full-fledged livestock show with 250 exhibitors and 600 entries was ...
Auction chanting is a method of conducting live auctions frequently found in North America where it is practiced in English, Spanish, French and other languages. It is much less common outside North America, [ citation needed ] and the most notable exceptions within North America are auction houses with significant ties elsewhere in the world ...
Livestock ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees [1] Year Name Category Species Breed Ref(s) 2023 Night Jacket* Bareback Broncs Equine [356] [357] 2020 Grated Coconut* Bareback Broncs/ Saddle Broncs Equine [358] 2019 Commotion* Bareback Broncs Equine [359] 2017 Smith & Velvet* Bareback Broncs Equine [360] 2012 Khadafy Skoal* Bareback Broncs Equine ...
In 1842, John C. Frémont completed his exploration of the Platte River country with Kit Carson in Bellevue. He sold his mules and government wagons at auction in there. On this mapping trip, Frémont used the Otoe word Nebrathka to designate the Platte River. Platte is from the French word for "flat", the translation of Ne-brath-ka, meaning ...
Livestock could be traded for fresh stock and letters sent back to the states. The fort continued to expand over the years, until there were over 30 buildings before its closure in 1871. It took on additional roles as a Pony Express station, an Overland Stage station and a telegraph station .