Its Not a Football Stadium, it’s a Stockyards

May 27, 2022

Argentina’s Mercado Agro Ganadero had been open for two weeks when a delegation of Montana Angus producers toured the facility.

The market sold 8,000 head of slaughter and cull cows in just 3 hours. Montana Angus ranchers took a tour of the market today.

Source: Western Ag Network

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