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Trowbridge Farms utilizes new ideas and talent to expand its vision

Christmas is the celebration of the most important event in history – the birth of Christ. At Christmastime, we pause in thankful remembrance, realizing all the things this event means in our lives today.

Kipp Sparrow, with his family near Mercer, North Dakota, has built quantity and quality on his family ranch since coming back from college.

The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) special rangers work diligently “to honor and protect the ranching way of life” by hunting down cattle rustlers and bringing justice to ranchers across Texas and Oklahoma. On average, the rangers work 800 to 1,300 cases a year.

A trailer door slams shut behind a herd of black heifers while the truck engine hums in the background.

Quickly after the loading chaos settles, the truck quietly shifts into gear and eases away from the lone corral.

More than 600 feedlots call Rock County, Minnesota, home.

With a land area of a little more than 320,000 acres, Rock County houses feedlots with fewer than 300 animal units to more than 3,000 head.