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Dodge City Kansas The area of Dodge City and Ford County Kansas has had a long history of supplying the right needs for industry from the early cattle drives to todays agricultural energy and manufacturing markets. Ford County has two of the worlds largest beef processing facilities National Beef and Cargill Meat Solutions and four of the states major wind farms. It is also been ranked in the top 10 Least Economically Stressed Counties in the United States by the Associated Press. It has become a growing center for the energy and tourism industries.