Ramsey Hughes on Arizona Conditions

This conversation is a casual chat between two ranchers — Hale Broadcasting and Ramsey Hughes of Anchor Brand Ranch — covering ranch conditions, water systems, feed challenges, and related topics across their respective regions in the American West.

### Weather and Range Conditions

Both participants note an unusually warm and pleasant stretch of weather. Ramsey's area received beneficial soaking rains without flooding, triggering early grass growth. His ranches in both his home valley and in Wickenburg, Arizona, had been suffering through a dry summer without monsoons, leaving reservoirs empty and feed scarce, but the recent rains are helping both locations recover.

### Feeding and Livestock Management

Due to the drought conditions, Ramsey has been feeding his cattle rather than grazing them. He currently has about 500 cows in the yard and is waiting a few more weeks for the new grass to get ahead before turning them out. He hauls hay in large loads from a farm near Rachel, bringing roughly 40 tons at a time over a significant hill between the two locations.

 

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