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Texas leads the nation in number of cattle, usually exceeding 16 million head. The sprawling 320,000 deeded acres (130,000 ha) La Escalera Ranch, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Fort Stockton, is one of the largest cattle ranches in the Southwestern United States. [citation needed] Texas leads nationally in production of sheep and goat ...
Highways in Texas; Interstate; US; State; Toll; Loops; Spurs; FM/RM; Park; Rec; Farm to Market Roads in Texas are owned and maintained by the Texas Department of ...
Nolan Ryan Beef operates several ranches in the area raising cattle. Monthalia was first settled in 1846. It had a church and masonic lodge by 1868 and a post office was established in 1893. [2] The community later built a school. The school closed in 1948 and the post office was closed in 1968; both were moved a short distance to neighboring ...
Critics say the new Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act could stress South Plains & Panhandle producers. Proposed cattle bill causes beef among Texas ranching community Skip to main content
Data shows the nation's cattle supply has steadily dropped since 1998 from about 110 million cattle head, despite a small bump in inventory between 2013 and 2018, to 87.2 million head this year.
Map of major cattle trails between 1866-1890. The first large-scale effort to drive cattle from Texas to the nearest railhead for shipment to Chicago occurred in 1866, when many Texas ranchers banded together to drive their cattle to the closest point that railroad tracks reached, which at that time was Sedalia, Missouri.
The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to produce oil.
The ranch was established by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1900 after he purchased the land from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [3] [7] Legend has it that he won the ranch from a card game, where he scored four sixes. [3] However, Burnett and his descendants have denied this folklore tale. [3]