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I am still in the thick of it up here at the Black Hills Stock. Yesterday was an amazing day starting the morning off with the first ever Cattle Industry Townhall meeting at the Stock Show. A strong crowd of a couple hundred people were on hand. Views of the livestreaming were strong and there is no doubt that event was well received.

Today is a huge day! Check out the Your Ag Network Facebook page or YouTube channel to watch the cattle industry town hall meeting! What?!?! Your Ag Network even has a YouTube channel! Amazing, right! Truly thee best farm and ranch radio network out there, covering the events that are important to producers.

THEE Hot Barn Report! Heard ONLY on American radio stations across the nation and online at hotbarnreport.com!

I had a blast last week walking through history and sharing with you stories and facts about the Omaha Stockyards! If you missed an episode or love cattle industry history, you can catch all of those episodes from last week on the Your Ag Network app or website.

I am a complete sap for cattle industry history. Learning about the Omaha Stockyards just leaves me in complete awe!

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.

THEE Hot Barn Report! Heard ONLY on American radio stations across the nation and online at hotbarnreport.com!

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!

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.