# Drovers Magazine

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Drovers Chicago Daily Drovers Journal ad 1905 Categories Trade magazine Frequency monthly Founded 1873 Company Farm Journal Media Country United States Based in Lenexa, Kansas Language English Website www.drovers.com ISSN 1097-9131 OCLC 38330625

***Drovers, America's beef business source*** (popularly referred to as *Drovers Magazine* or *Drovers*) is a monthly magazine that claims to be the oldest [livestock](/source/Livestock) publication in the [United States](/source/United_States).[1] It derives its name from [Drovers](/source/Droving) which is a British term for livestock herding.

## History and profile

Harvey Goodall started the *Chicago Daily Drovers Journal* in 1873 to report on the [Chicago Stockyards](/source/Chicago_Stockyards).

In 1917 [Jay Holcomb Neff](/source/Jay_Holcomb_Neff) purchased the publication and merged it with the *Kansas City Drovers Telegram*, which covered the [Kansas City Stockyards](/source/Kansas_City_Stockyards).[2]

In 1901 an editorial in the Kansas City Drovers Telegram entitled "Call It The American Royal" was end up causing the Kansas City Livestock Show to change its name to the [American Royal](/source/American_Royal).[3]

The magazine later became a monthly was published by [Vance Publishing](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vance_Publishing&action=edit&redlink=1) until December 1, 2015. Today, the magazine is published by [Farm Journal](/source/Farm_Journal_(magazine)) Media[4] with offices in Kansas City suburb of [Lenexa, Kansas](/source/Lenexa%2C_Kansas).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Drovers - FAQs](http://www.drovers.com/bovine_veterinarian.asp?pgID=665) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070609222839/http://www.drovers.com/bovine_veterinarian.asp?pgID=665) June 9, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [A Condensed History of the Kansas City Area: Its Mayors and Some V. I. P.s by George Fuller Green 1968 (first edition 1950) - Retrieved October 21, 2009 via kchistory.org](http://kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Local&CISOPTR=6851&CISOBOX=1&REC=2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [American Royal Origin of Name - The American Royal: 1899-1999 - June 21, 1905 - Retrieved October 21, 2009 via kchistory.org](http://kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Local&CISOPTR=2877&CISOBOX=1&REC=1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Vance Publishing Split Up in Three Separate Deals - Folio"](http://www.foliomag.com/2015/vance-publishing-breaks-three-pronged-deal/). *Folio*. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.drovers.com/)

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