A Tumbling T Ranches - a glimpse of Arizona agriculture, water and adapting to challenges

While attending the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Phoenix, Arizona, Farm News Media staff had a chance to tour A Tumbling T Ranches, located on the outskirts of Goodyear. The 5,000-acre operation, known for innovative crop management and use of laser sloped fields for surface flood irrigation, is owned and operated the Rayner family, which moved to the valley 70 years ago from California.
Today, 75-year old Ron Rayner says the third generation and 25 year-round employees manage most of the day-to-day operations, including 2,500 acres of alfalfa cut 10 times annually and merchandised through a broker to nearby dairy farms and to export markets.
The balance of acres are devoted to a double-crop rotation of high-quality durum wheat for a nearby Con-Agra pasta plant followed by cotton, which is processed at a 12-member Cooperative that Rayner helped establish in 1981.
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[@branwhite4973]

Love to see that Canadian steel on site!
P.s you know what you need?
A vertical farm that doesn't worry about land shrinking, recycling the water making usage 5% of what you're using now.
Plus, you harvest and plant every da y, all year so it's only full time American employment required!
Keep up the good work fellas, I'm hungry! 😊