Below are news articles about Camp Cooley Ranch®, as well as some of its cooperators, that have been published or announced in various publications. This information does not originate within Camp Cooley but we are proud of our accomplishments and so repost them here for your convenience.

June, 2005
“Brangus Fill the Bill for DJM Farms”
       Brangus cattle have almost always been a part of Danny Meyers life and he sees them clearly in his future.
Meyers, who operates DJM Brangus Farms, Byars, Oklahoma started with just a handful of Brangus cows in 1978. Today the operation, includes a purebred Brangus herd, a Brangus influenced commercial herd, stockers and some wheat farming.

June, 2005
“Small Breeder Finds Way to Beat Marketing Challenge”
       Raising purebred Brangus cattle is something Beck Gipson, Superior Brangus, enjoys and has for the past 20 years.

June, 2005
“Brangus Adds Diversification to Kansas Operation”
- The Link
       The Hurla family is a traditional Kansas agricultural entity in most ways, as they raise hay, crops, and cattle. But where they differ from their central Kansas neighbors, is in their choice of cattle breeds, as they breed Brangus and have for almost two decades.

June, 2005
“Congratulations to Our Cooperator Mays Ranching Company”
- The Link
       Mays Ranching Company, of Brady Texas was recognized as the American International Charolais Association (AICA) 2005 Commercial Producer of the Year at the annual Board of Directors Meeting March 30, 2005 in Kansas City Missouri.

June, 2005
“Mississippi Cattleman Finds Ways to Stay Competitive”
       Tommy Sanders and his dad are in the cow-calf business and like most, they are looking for ways to stay in the business and be competitive.

June, 2005
“Striving for Success”
       Mike Vann made some changes in his business three years ago and one of the changes was to incorporate Brangus genetics.

May, 2005
“Shaping The Future”
by Steve Cornett - Beef Today
       Sometimes you just need to take off your cowboy hat, don your—oh, say, lederhosen—and look at the cattle industry from a different perspective. That's exactly what Klaus Birkel did when he decided to be a rancher in Central Texas. Birkel, whose family owned one of Europe's largest pasta manufacturing companies, bought 12,000 acres in the high-priced rolling hills east of Waco in 1991. He named the ranch Camp Cooley. A little different, perhaps, than most ranch names in that neck of the woods. But Camp Cooley would not be a typical Central Texas ranch.

May, 2005
“The Camp Cooley Way”
by Joe Roybal - Beef Magazine
       In beef industry circles, Camp Cooley Ranch® is a fairly recognizable entity, though most folks initially wonder what's behind the name. To those a little more familiar with the Franklin, TX, seedstock operation, the puzzling thought is how a former pasta executive from Germany could flourish in a singularly American business like U.S.-style ranching?

March, 2004
“Youth Beef Industry Congress Visits”
      On March 27, Camp Cooley hosted over 150 young beef industry leaders from across the U.S. The Youth Beef Industry Congress toured the ranch and attended sessions on cattle photography, donor management, bull marketing, early weaning, and leadership. The group was comprised of officers of junior beef breed associations.

March, 2004
“Angus Association Recognizes Camp Cooley Ranch®”
       Camp Cooley Ranch® is recognized in the Pathfinder Program

February, 2004
“Judging Team Workout”
      Fifteen states were represented at the first annual Camp Cooley Ranch® Spring Judging Team workout. Collegiate livestock judging teams on their way to the Houston contest evalulated ten classes during their stop at the ranch.

April, 2003
“Camp Cooley Ranch® – 2002 IBBA Breeder of the Year”
       Camp Cooley Ranch® Named IBBA Breeder of the Year