In addition to a 27-year career as one of the most honored players in baseball, Nolan Ryan owns and operates cattle ranches in South Texas and has been breeding and raising Beefmaster cattle since 1972. Ryan is a limited partner in Beefmaster Cattlemen LP, a branded beef company that markets Nolan Ryan’s All-Natural Tender Aged Beef. The product line began out of a desire to produce the very best beef through a process that starts at the ranch and carries through from licensed feedlots to the meat counter.