The Garden City Telegram
Beef Empire Days celebrates an industry that has a long history of contributing to the economic well-being of southwest Kansas while providing quality beef to the state, the nation and the world. Salute the beef industry with events that will entertain young and old alike, from parades to the PRCA rodeo.
2009 Beef Empire Days schedule of events
Published 5/26/2009 in Beef Empire Days
Wednesday, May 27
Livestock Judging - 4-H and Adult — 8:30 a.m., Finney County Fairgrounds
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Live Show — 10 a.m., Finney County Fairgrounds
K-State - Mock Cattle Feeders Day — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Finney County Fairgrounds Grandstand
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Springer: Beef Empire Days goes beyond Finney County's borders
Published 6/13/2009 in Beef Empire Days : Columns
Several people stood at the side of the Horse Barn on Thursday about noon and watched as two of the 10 Budweiser Clydesdales received a bath and a haircut.
When the groomers led the horses back into their stalls, the five people who were watching, including myself, took a step back so our back ...
Marshall: From the mouths of the Budweiser Clydesdales
Published 6/12/2009 in Beef Empire Days : Columns
Hello. My name is Jake, and I'm one of the lead horses for the Budweiser Clydesdale show team. This week, we're in Garden City for the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo.
It was 11 a.m. Thursday, and we were getting some of our early morning leisure time in our stalls at the Finney County Fairgrounds ...
Ahmad: A new resident learns the ropes of Beef Empire Days
Published 6/8/2009 in Beef Empire Days : Columns
I can't wait until next year when I get to say, "Remember last year, when..." and "Is this your first Beef Empire Days?"
Instead, some serious flubs over the last few weeks have got me laughing lightheartedly. I hope imparting some of these mistakes will absolve me of any sins.
Mistake No ...
Farley: More to being a cowboy than just a good hat and pair of boots
Published 6/1/2009 in Beef Empire Days : Columns
The cowboy boots are polished.
The hats — clean, white and stiff as a board — sit on the floor around tables and chairs, off cowboys' heads because they're indoors.
The men wear tighter, crisp blue jeans and collared shirts with variations of stripe or square patterns.
And the genuin ...
Behlmann: Learning where your burger, steak come from educational
Published 5/28/2009 in Beef Empire Days
A life cycle flashed before my eyes.
In the Finney County Fairgrounds grandstand arena, cattle were herded into pens for professional livestock judge Marcine Moldenhauer to pick the best in the Beef Empire Days Live Show.
In the background, cattle trucks waited to load up the cattle and t ...
Producers dealing with economic challenges, too
Published 5/26/2009 in Beef Empire Days
By SHAJIA AHMAD
The U.S. beef industry is weathering tough times along with the rest of the American public and private sectors, as cash-strapped consumers "trade-down" their meat cuts, thereby decreasing profits for producers.
As unemployment continues t ...
Three-week schedule keeps with tradition
Published 5/26/2009 in Beef Empire Days
By SHAJIA AHMAD
In efforts to keep from breaking traditions, organizers have stretched this year's Beef Empire Days festivities over the course of three weekends.
The culinary carnival of 41 years always begins the first weekend after Memorial Day — the la ...
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