IBERIA, Mo. — Down in south central Missouri, the Circle A Ranch sprawls for thousands of acres where the cattle graze on the rolling hills of the Ozarks. Headquartered near Iberia, part of the ranch includes about 10,000 acres, and then Circle A has a second location to the north at Huntsville, which has about 8,000 acres. The Huntsville location also includes a large feedlot.
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