After going through a pandemic, the hope is this year, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo's 126th year will be the biggest yet.
"This is Cowtown, the city of cowboys and culture, some say the modern West," FWSSR spokesman Matt Brockman said."It's all celebrated here for 23 awesome days!"
After going through a pandemic, the hope is this year, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo's 126th year will be the biggest yet. The FWSSR brings exhibitions and competitions into one place. There are people from all over Texas and 34 states competing this year.Sign up for NBC DFW newsletters"These cows are our babies," dairy farm manager Justin Burris said. Burris is showing dairy cows like 1,800-pound Pizzaz at the stock show."We treat these like our own kids."
Burris, who drove in from the Panhandle area, says the FWSSR gives people a chance to see where their food comes from. "Dairymen are some of the hardest working people in the country," Burris said."They get up before the sunrise and don't go home to see their family until 9 or 10 o'clock at night."
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