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Encyclopedia > Drovers Magazine

Drovers, America's beef business source (popularly referred to as Drovers Magazine or Drovers) is a monthly magazine that claims to be the oldest livestock publication in the United States.[1] Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...


It derives its name from Drovers which is a British term for livestock herding. Drovers is a magazine published by Vance Publishing Corporation. ...


Harvey Goodall started the Chicago Daily Drovers Journal in 1873 to report on the Chicago Stockyards. Union Stock Yards, 1941 The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. ...


In 1917 Jay Holcomb Neff purchased the publication and merged it with the Kansas City Drovers Telegram, which covered the Kansas City Stockyards. Jay Holcomb Neff (July 6, 1854-August 14, 1915)[1] was a newspaper publisher and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1904-1905. ... Kansas City Stockyards in 1909 The Kansas City Stockyards in the West Bottoms west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri flourished from 1871 until closing in 1991. ...


In 1901 an editorial in the Kansas City Drovers Telegram entitled "Call It The American Royal" was end up causing the Kansas City Livestock Show to change its name to the American Royal. The American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri is a livestock show, horse show and rodeo held each year in October and November in the West Bottoms next to to Kemper Arena. ...


The magazine later became a monthly and is now published by Vance Publishing with offices in Kansas City suburb of Lenexa, Kansas. Lenexa is a city in the central part of Johnson County, located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.drovers.com/bovine_veterinarian.asp?pgID=665

External links

  • Official site


 
 

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