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Cattle Feedlot Cowboy, Kansas

Harold "JR" Hoskinson at the "riding the range" at the Ingalls Feedlot. Hoskinson grew up on a farm 15 miles from this feedlot and spend a number of years cowboying (amongst other things). Now he is the night watchman at the Ingalls Feedlot, part of the Irsik-Doll chain of cattle operations. The innovation of feedlots was to bring the cattle to the feed and thus reduce labor and stress on the cattle producing higher profit margins. Here you can see the central feed bins with the "alleys" designed for effecient feeding by special feed trucks. Hoskinson says he likes being on the range better but the pay and benefits are better in the feedlots, which came in handy two years ago when he lost his voice box to cancer.

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Jim Richardson
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Harold "JR" Hoskinson at the "riding the range" at the Ingalls Feedlot. Hoskinson grew up on a farm 15 miles from this feedlot and spend a number of years cowboying (amongst other things). Now he is the night watchman at the Ingalls Feedlot, part of the Irsik-Doll chain of cattle operations. The innovation of feedlots was to bring the cattle to the feed and thus reduce labor and stress on the cattle producing higher profit margins. Here you can see the central feed bins with the "alleys" designed for effecient feeding by special feed trucks. Hoskinson says he likes being on the range better but the pay and benefits are better in the feedlots, which came in handy two years ago when he lost his voice box to cancer.