At the same time the Panhandle cattleman took up a challenge also - the feedlot. For years, grain and cattle from this region were shipped to the West and to the North where the cattle were put on feed. This region finally woke up. With plenty of grain on hand, plus abundance of cattle, the two were merged. Today this region leads the nation in production of fed cattle.
Challenges still face present-day farmers and ranchers.
It was the top of the line at the time. And folks, that big price tag doesn't include any extras. Plows, planters, combines have all gone out of sight. Land costs have zoomed. Lumped on top of these costs you will find the price farmers receive for their products have not changed all that much.