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HUMBLE, Texas, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to a sponsorship announced today by Baskins, the Official Western Store of Texas(TM), 20 of the state's top young cowboys and cowgirls have gained support in pursuing their dreams of becoming rodeo stars. The first "Baskins Rodeo Team" has been named in partnership with the Regions of Texas High School Rodeo Association. Twenty high school seniors were selected to the team on the basis of outstanding performance in statewide...

Rancho Cortez, a Bandera, TX Dude Ranch and Cowboy Fat Farm, is hosting a 7 day weight loss challenge early next month. The winner receives a free stay. Contest starts December 3 and runs through December 10. Bandera,TX (PRWEB) November 07, 2011 Rancho Cortez, a popular Texas Dude Ranch and Cowboy Fat Farm, has an alternative to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Instead of spending the first week in December fighting the crowds at the mall, spend it at Rancho Cortez losing...

October 22 Marks Opening of Masterpieces Exhibition from Buffalo Bill Historical Center Vast Collection Showcases the Mythic West through Art, History, and Culture NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a landmark collaboration, Cheekwood and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (BBHC) bring the epic romance and adventure of the American West to Nashville in Visions of the American West: Masterworks from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The 200-piece exhibition,...

Ticket sales begin September 6 for Western Folklife Center members ELKO, Nev., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 28th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering -- the nation's greatest celebration of the American West, its people, culture and traditions -- will take place January 30 to February 4, 2012, in Elko, Nevada. Every winter for the last 27 years, cowboys, ranchers, rural and urban people have traveled en masse to this small high desert community, to join with friends, family and...

TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Head 'em up and move 'em out!" Trail Boss Gil Favor's famous words from TV's "Rawhide" will once again echo over the plains as the Kansas 150th Anniversary Cattle Drive gathers south of Caldwell, Kan. the weekend of September 3-4, for the historic 200-mile trek north to Ellsworth. Drovers will be gathering 400 head of Texas Longhorn cattle just south of the Kansas border in preparation for the Kansas 150th Anniversary Cattle Drive. The town of...

Oklahoma cattle ranchers have been selling off their herds in record numbers this summer, as grasses have gone dry during the 80 straight days of 100+ degree heat in this year's extended drought. But according to SweetPro Feeds, cattlemen like Ronnie Glover from Elgin, Oklahoma are maintaining their herds and looking forward to high profits in Spring, by keeping their cattle on non-molasses lick blocks made from distillers grains. Elgin, Oklahoma (PRWEB) August 29, 2011 With 1.8...

Texas cattle ranchers Rick Reeves and Bobby Campbell are using SweetPro supplemental lick blocks made from distillers' grains to maintain herd health during one of the worst summer droughts in history. While other ranchers have been forced to sell off cattle due to poor forage conditions, cattle operations using the supplements are holding on. Hallsville, TX (PRWEB) August 20, 2011 The headlines all across cattle states have been telling the story of Summer 2011: "Texas farmers and...

30-Day Weight Loss Contest at a Cowboy Fitness Ranch Guarantees Weight Loss Bandera, TX (PRWEB) June 24, 2011 For the person who has tried every diet out there, a fitness vacation may be just what the doctor ordered. Especially when results are guaranteed. The 30-Day Fat Farm Challenge at Rancho Cortez Fitness Ranch is a contest designed to give people the opportunity to lose both pounds and inches"¦ the healthy way. Rancho Cortez ran their first 30-day challenge earlier this year....

Cowboy Weight Loss Camp Delivers Reality TV Results Bandera, TX (PRWEB) May 26, 2011 Overweight people all over America have secret hopes of being chosen for the next fitness ranch reality show to help them shed unwanted pounds. Although the average obese person has little chance of a starring role on reality TV, an adult fat camp is now within reach to Joe and Jane American. Rancho Cortez Fitness Ranch offers the same sort of all-inclusive, results-based weight loss program as seen on...

DAVIE, Fla., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Florida Crackers: The Cattlemen and Cowboys of Florida", produced by the Self Discovery Production Team, is an 87 minute high quality documentary and the only feature-length movie about the Florida Cracker Cattle Culture produced by a man raised in the culture, who grew up as a working cowboy on a ranch near Fort Pierce, Florida. Filmed in high definition format, this movie portrays this formerly unrecognized aspect of the beautiful state's...