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Raising cattle in tough conditions

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Last August we did this video for Dusty A Ranch, Arizona. They raise cattle in some pretty tough conditions compared to us. What are some of the challenges that you guys face?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLIuoa_z64

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Northern Rancher said:
Other than 6-7 months of winter it's pretty sweet where I'm at!!!
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Oh come now NR. The first foot of snow is just the end of fall and the last counts as the start of spring. It's really only 5-6 months of winter. :shock:

We are pretty lucky here. Water (some solid, some liquid), grass and cows. Four seasons (3 of them short).
 
RSL said:
Northern Rancher said:
Other than 6-7 months of winter it's pretty sweet where I'm at!!!
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Oh come now NR. The first foot of snow is just the end of fall and the last counts as the start of spring. It's really only 5-6 months of winter. :shock:

We are pretty lucky here. Water (some solid, some liquid), grass and cows. Four seasons (3 of them short).
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Where we're at the three short seasons total two and a half months. :D :roll:
 
Northern Rancher said:
Other than 6-7 months of winter it's pretty sweet where I'm at!!!
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I was going to say the same thing, but your suppose to have 6-7 months of winter, not us :wink:
 
Other than the 3 or 4 months of green grass (which means I gotta sit in a tractor) everything is pretty good here.
 
Tough conditions? It looks beautiful in that video. They even have a pivot. I know they have extreme heat and I wish they would have shown more tough conditions, as there was a quick scene of some desert.
I looked up their annual precipition in Arizona which was a little over 12" and looked up ours which is under 12".
I would say my tough conditions are:
There's not a tree on the place except for the ones that were planted. I can't remember a single summer that the temperature never went over a 100 F and I can't remember a single winter that the temp. never went below -40. The only thing the weather man can predict is the wind.
Other than that I wouldn't want to ranch any other place. (Well I guess I would like a stream, creek or river bottom with some brush. Heck even a coulee)
 

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