A “celebration” for the cattle industry occurs each fall in Turtle Lake as cattle producers bring in steers – one or two groups of three or four – for the feedout program. “I always call it ‘celebration day’ for the cattle industry over there at Turtle Lake. It’s focal point for the North Dakota cattle industry,” said Karl Hoppe, North Dakota State University Extension livestock specialist at CREC. “We spend all this time producing a calf and then that fall, we wean the calf off and bring it to town and let everybody else see what type of cattle we bring.”