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2023 USA INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR
Dust off the passports… Beef Australia is going to America!
Limited in numbers, this intimate 13-day escorted land based study tour will experience the Cattle Industry
Convention & NCBA Trade Show in New Orleans, America’s premier agricultural event, before embarking on a
cattle focused tour of Louisiana and Texas touring properties, meeting industry leaders and of course indulging in
the country’s culture and beef culinary cuisine.
LAND BASED TOUR COSTS TOUR OPERATOR
Twin share/double room AUD $12,499 per person Quadrant Australia are Beef Australia’s official tour
Single supplement additional AUD $2,500 operator and are managing all bookings for the 2023
USA International Study Tour. Chat to their friendly
BOOKINGS AND DEPOSITS team about trip extentions and return flight packages.
To secure your place, please complete the booking form Phone: 07 4922 2989
attached and send with your deposit of AUD $2,000 per Email: studytours@beefaustralia.com.au
person to the contact details provided.
WHAT’S INCLUDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• All land travel in the exclusive use of a modern The minimum number of passengers for this tour is 20,
coach with numbers capped at 30.
• Registration fee of US $925 to the Cattle Industry Prices quoted in Australian dollars with
Convention and NCBA Trade Show
• Qualified cattle industry guide whilst in the USA AUD $1.00 = US $0.69.
• Special events, technical visits and sightseeing as
outlined in the itinerary
• Quality hotel accommodation – or best available
throughout
• Meals shown in itinerary as BLD (B=Breakfast,
L=Lunch and D=Dinner)
• Tips and gratuities for drivers/guides TEXAS
Dallas
LOUISIANA
Waco
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED Lake Charles
New Roads
• Return international airfares Aus�n
Katy
New Orleans
• Any other fares, taxes or charges not specified San Antonio
• Meals not shown in the itinerary
• Expenditure of a personal nature; ie. alcoholic
beverages or phone calls
• Travel insurance, passport and/or visa fees
ITINERARY high quality beef since 1987. Continue to San Antonio and get to know
this attractive city on a riverboat cruise through the downtown area which
TOUR COMMENCES - ARRIVE NEW ORLEANS connects you to the city’s culture, history, architecture, and timeless
31 JAN On arrival in New Orleans, guests travelling with the Beef charm. Evening free.
Australia group will be met by your experienced US guide and taken on Meals: B L Overnight: San Antonio
a Panorama City orientation tour of New Orleans before check in at your
downtown hotel. Welcome Dinner tonight. Situated on the Gulf of Mexico SAN ANTONIO
and on the banks of the Mississippi River, New Orleans is a colourful 7 FEB Morning visit to the famous Alamo, a historic Spanish missionary
city with a lively music scene, vibrant nightlife and distinctive cuisine founded in the 18th century and part of the Texas-Mexico war. Next, visit
developed from French, African and American cultures. Loma Vista Farms, owned by the President of the Texas Farm Bureau.
Meals: D Overnight: New Orleans With over 500,000 members, Texas Farm Bureau is the voice of Texas
agriculture, providing a leadership and advocacy role for farmers and
NEW ORLEANS ranchers. Afterwards, visit a mixed farm producing fruits, grains and
1 FEB Morning walking tour of the French Quarter and the famous dairy. Following lunch, visit Texana Feeders, owned by Jason Peeler, an
Bourbon Street, a historic and lively thoroughfare which stretches for 13 agricultural economist who graduated from Texas A&M in 1990, who also
blocks and is known for its nightlife, bars and Mardi Gras Parade. This co-owns Dean and Peeler Meatworks, LLC. Texana Feeders’ feedlots hold
afternoon is the opening session of the Cattle Industry Convention and 10,000 head with an annual turnoff of 20,000 head. Later, return to San
NCBA Trade Show, with exhibition hall activities and a keynote address. Antonio for a free evening.
Lunch is included at the convention with your conference registration. Meals: B L Overnight San Antonio
Dating back to 1898, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is the
marketing organisation and trade association for America’s one million SAN ANTONIO - AUSTIN
cattle farmers and ranchers. Evening free for dinner at one of the many 8 FEB Leave San Antonio and travel to Austin, the capital of Texas,
restaurants within walking distance of your hotel. with a visit to Southwest Stallion Station en route. This impressive equine
Meals: B L Overnight: New Orleans breeding and broodmare facility, owned by Dr Charles Graham and
grandson Tyler, provides full equine services including, reproduction, sales
NEW ORLEANS - CATTLECON preparation, rehabilitation, colt starting and race training. After lunch with
2 FEB After breakfast it’s a full day at the Cattle Industry Convention the Texas Beef Council CEO, meet with government officials with a chance
and NCBA Trade Show with meetings, business sessions, events and to discuss Beef Australia 2024. In the afternoon take a tour of Austin,
lunch. A great opportunity to network and help promote interest amongst concluding with a free evening and a chance to watch (or even participate
delegates attending or considering attending Beef Australia 2024! This in) some of the line dancing that is very popular in this vibrant city.
evening provides an excellent opportunity for business networking with a Meals: B L Overnight: Austin
sponsored dinner cruise on the mighty Mississippi River with a buffet meal
and live music. AUSTIN - WACO/COLLEGE STATION
Meals: B L D Overnight: New Orleans 9 FEB Depart for College Station in eastern Texas for a full day of
visits at the Beef Center at Texas A&M University, along with a visit to
NEW ORLEANS - CATTLECON ST Genetics, a leader in sex sorted semen technology servicing the beef
3 FEB Today there’s a morning tour of the Henry Clay refrigeration cattle and dairy industries. Texas A&M is building a solid herd of purebred
terminal at New Orleans Port. An impressive facility, the Henry Clay cattle represented by Angus, Brahman, Hereford and Simmentals, along
Avenue Wharf facility can store 38 million pounds of poultry and beef and with a commercial cow herd consisting of composite cattle. These herds
has the capacity to blast-freeze 1.25 million pounds of product each day. provide students with hands-on experience within all areas of beef cattle
After lunch and a tour of one of the packing facilities, the afternoon is management and marketing. Afterwards visit Brazos Valley Livestock
free to enjoy New Orleans or return to the Cattle Industry Convention and Commission for an overview by owner Pete Scarmado, a cattle broker with
NCBA Trade Show. This evening there’s a Convention Farewell Reception a large stocker cattle operation. Evening free.
and country music concert. Meals: B L Overnight: Waco or College Station
Meals: B L D Overnight: New Orleans
WACO/COLLEGE STATION - DALLAS
NEW ORLEANS - LAKE CHARLES 10 FEB Travel into Dallas today to meet with the Texas Farm Bureau, one
4 FEB Checkout after breakfast and depart New Orleans for New Roads of the largest farm bureaus in the US. After lunch here, there’s a chance
to visit the founder and current board member of the Louisiana Stock to shop at Buc-ee’s – supposedly the world’s largest convenience store!
Horse Association. After lunch, sponsored by the Louisiana Beef Council Afterwards, visit Farmer Cattle Ranch, a cattle backgrounding and farming
(LABC), meet with members of the LABC and visit a Brahman ranch with operation, before travelling to Dallas to visit the Dallas Cowboys Football
300 head near Baton Rouge. Continue to Lake Charles for overnight. Stadium, home of the world’s largest domed structure.
Evening free. Meals: B L Overnight: Dallas
Meals: B L Overnight: Lake Charles
DALLAS
LAKE CHARLES - KATY 11 FEB Today there’s a guided tour of Dallas with time to explore this
5 FEB This morning, take an Alligator and Swamp Tour. This ride modern city of 7.5 million people. Dallas is the city best known as the
through the expansive marshes by airboat; is a great way to spot alligators place where President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. This
and birds in their natural habitat. After lunch on the bayou, inspect Gray evening there’s a Farewell Texas Style Steak Dinner and possibly the
Ranch, one of the largest ranches in southwest Louisiana. Situated close chance to attend a rodeo.
to the Texas border and running to the Gulf of Mexico, this vast ranch Meals: B D Overnight: Dallas
runs Brahman crossbred cattle and quarter horses in a high humidity
environment and provides an ideal opportunity to contrast and compare TOUR ENDS - DEPART DALLAS
cattle raising in similar regions in Australia. Later travel to Katy in Texas. 12 FEB Travel this morning to nearby Fort Worth in time to witness the
Meals: B L D Overnight: Katy daily cattle drive of Texas Longhorns in the iconic Stockyards District. Free
time for lunch (own cost) in any one of the saloons that complement the
KATY - SAN ANTONIO Stockyards precinct. The tour officially ends here with a transfer to the
6 FEB Leave Katy after breakfast and travel to San Antonio with visits to Dallas Fort Worth Airport available to delegates travelling with the Beef
the iconic J D Hudgins Ranch (established in 1908) to inspect the Brahman Australia group to meet your flight back to Australia.
herd – which is the foundation for much of the breed in Australia. Next Meals: B
visit is to Graham Land and Cattle Company, owned by Dr Charles Graham,
a leader in the South Texas cattle feeding industry and has been producing
BEEF AUSTRALIA 2023 USA INTERNATIONAL
STUDY TOUR
Tour code: A14823
Departure Date: 31st January 2023
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Any cancellations must be made in writing by email, post as trails, roads and tracks.
or fax to Quadrant Australia. Cancellations received up to Participants accept such risks as inherent to such programs.
90 days prior to departure may incur a fee of $750 plus any
unrecoverable costs incurred As there can be moderate walking requirements to experience
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which include, any non-refundable costs incurred on the
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Passports wars, whether declared or not, hostilities, civil disturbances,
strikes, riots, acts of terrorism, thefts, pilferage, epidemics, re-joining the tour. Travellers are responsible for all
Passengers will require a current passport with 6 months
validity beyond the date of return. quarantines, medical or customs regulations, delays or associated costs and government medical advice must be
cancellations of or changes in itinerary or schedules or followed at all times.
USA ESTA overbooking or default, or from any causes beyond the firms
Persons travelling to, or via, the USA, are reminded of their control.
obligation to comply with US entry and transit requirements. Travellers presenting for a tour with an unvaccinated
TRAVEL INSURANCE Also for any loss or damage resulting from improper or COVID-19 status and no medical exemption may be
insufficient passports, visas or other documents, and that refused entry and access to itinerary inclusions. This is
Travel insurance is strongly recommended for this program neither the firm nor its servants, agents or employees shall be
and Quadrant Australia can arrange this for you. Should we or become liable or responsible for any additional expense or beyond Quadrant Australia’s control. Travellers will be
supply travel insurance information and application forms, you liability sustained or incurred by the tour member as a result responsible for any financial losses incurred as a result of this
must ensure you read and understand the insurance details. of any of the foregoing causes. refused entry and there will be no refunds for unused portions
Once we have received your completed insurance application of the itinerary.
and Medical Appraisal Form (where necessary), we will accept
your information in good faith. Please note we act as agent for Participants should be aware that programs such as this visit
the principal insurance provider or broker. Quadrant Australia rural and research properties, parks and conservation areas
cannot provide recommendations. Documentation will not and occasionally stay in home hosted farm stays, safari camps
be released until proof of insurance is provided or declined, and on houseboats. In addition our programs may also utilise
in writing. services and accommodation provided on river and other
cruise/water based vessels. All such visits carry inherent
potential risks, including but not limited to health risks andCONTACT
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