Esty Ranch - Gunnison, Colorado
 

Timothy Hay (Premium Horizon Variety) / Mountain Meadow Mix Grass Hay and All Natural Beef Cattle from Esty Ranch


Esty Ranch's restored historic 1880s horse barn
Restored 1890's three-story horse barn (on left) and blacksmith shop (on right)
Historic Esty Ranch is located in the scenic Gunnison River Valley. It borders approximately one mile of the Gunnison River, which is a tributary of the Colorado River, and is only three miles north of the town of Gunnison. The ranch was one of the very first homesteads in the area and was established by John B. Outcalt, a pioneer and one of the founding members of the town of Gunnison in the 1870's.

Esty Ranch has operated continuously for more than 130 years. Today, the ranch produces high-quality Timothy and Native Mountain Meadow Grass Hay, and raises Simmental/Black Angus cross-bred cattle.

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Esty Ranch / New Holland News (11.3 meg)



NOTICE

A substantial quantity (approximately 2,000 tons) of the Esty Ranch 2011 Timothy/Mountain Meadow mix grass horse hay crop ( in small and large square bales ) has recently been harvested. The quality is very good to excellent. A portion of this hay crop remains intentionally uncommitted at this time.

Due to the severe droughts in E CO, W OK, W TX, S NM and S AZ, high quality Timothy grass hay is currently in very short supply throughout much of the South-Central and South-West US, and this shortage is expected to continue for the remainder of 2011 and possibly into 2012 as well.

Consequently, we will be allocating our 2011 grass hay crop first to our historic hay customers, and then to new hay customers, with new customers initially limited to one semi-truck shipment each.

Thank you for your understanding of the very severe high quality Timothy grass hay shortage that currently exists.

Sincerely,

The Esty Ranch

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