USA Beef Tour and the Calgary Stampede
Join this exciting and educational tour to the USA to learn first‐hand about the American beef cattle industry. Fly into Denver, Colorado and travel north through "Cowboy Country" visiting cattle producers and spectacular sites in Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, then head to Calgary in time for the "the greatest outdoor show on earth", the Calgary Stampede! The 2012 Stampede is the centenary show, so expect a big one!
Offering the opportunity to come to grips with the US cattle industry's infrastructure, the tour includes visits to seed stock breeders, commercial cattle operations and feedlots. As well as the agricultural aspects, there's also time to discover and enjoy some of the spectacular scenery of the USA and Canada with visits to national parks and reserves, including Yellowstone ‐ the world's first national park.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Visits on the tour include:
- Ranch, feedlot and technical visits in the states of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana
- Leachman Cattle of Colorado in Wellington ‐ over 60 years experience in the purebred cattle business
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial ‐ monumental heads of US presidents carved in granite in the Black Hills of Dakota
- The Crazy Horse Memorial ‐ dedicated to the spirit of the North American Indian
- Little Bighorn Battlefield ‐ home of 'Custer's Last Stand'
- Calgary Stampede and Livestock Exposition
- The breathtaking Canadian Rockies ‐ Banff Springs, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake, Moraine Lake and Sulphur Mountain
