Join Barb Downey of Downey Ranch, and Amy Langvardt of Lyons Ranch for an introduction to ranching in Wabaunsee County.
Wabaunsee County is in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, one of the largest surviving contiguous areas of tallgrass prairie left in North America. The landscape has shaped Wabaunsee County’s history and culture. When settlers headed west looking for ground to plant crops, the Flint Hills were too rocky to plow, leaving the area for the ranchers who made raising cattle their crop. The rocky, rolling terrain excels at growing nutritious grass for cattle.
We hope you will enjoy the videos below
– Videos courtesy of the Kansas Beef Council –
Explore different approaches to cattle ranching, inter-generational ranching, past ranching techniques, and new sustainability-seeking technology.
Thank you to our
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Presenting Partners
Humanities Kansas
Volland Foundation
Arla & Tony Barelli
Kansas Beef Council
Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Community Exhibit Partners
Alma Area Foundation
Bruce & Tina Breckenridge
Bank of the Flint Hills
Downey Ranch
Hendricks Hardware
Carl & Mary Ice
Jim & Barbara Meinhardt and KanEquip, Inc.
Lyons Angus Ranch
M7 Ranch – McGee Family
Matfield Station
Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards
The Native Stone Scenic Byway
Heidi & Nelson Nast
Henry & Cara Newell
Patty & Jerry Reece
Stockgrowers State Bank
George Terbovich
Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau
Community Event Partners for Ranching Week
Eskridge Lumber LLC
Kent & Janna Glasscock
Hafenstine Construction
EXPLORE Map printed courtesy of Wabaunsee County Economic Development Office
