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Volume II Where Our Hay Goes

Hay from Saragosa to the wider country.

West Texas hay has a reputation, and it travels. From our fields in Saragosa we put up hay for ranches, stables, dairies, and feed rooms all across the Trans-Pecos, the Permian Basin, and the Pecos Valley of New Mexico. Here's a look at the communities we know well.

Reeves Co., TX~25 min
Pecos
Texas

Home of the world's first rodeo (1883) and the legendary Pecos Cantaloupe.

Pecos →
Pecos Co., TX~55 min
Fort Stockton
Texas

Grew up around Comanche Springs; the first irrigation ditches were dug by hand in 1870.

Fort Stockton →
Ward Co., TX~1 hr
Monahans
Texas

Built on Pat Monahan's Well, 1880 — the first reliable water on the sandhill edge.

Monahans →
Culberson Co., TX~1 hr
Van Horn
Texas

Cattle-shipping town at the foot of the Guadalupes; 1.69 million acres of ranchland.

Van Horn →
Jeff Davis Co., TX~1h 30
Fort Davis
Texas

Trans-Pecos ranching hub since the 1880s; 79 ranches, 96% pasture.

Fort Davis →
Eddy Co., NM~1h 30
Carlsbad
New Mexico

Alfalfa country since the Eddy brothers dug the first Pecos River ditch.

Carlsbad →
Ector Co., TX~1h 45
Odessa
Texas

Hereford cattle country long before the Permian oil boom of 1926.

Odessa →
Brewster Co., TX~2 hrs
Alpine
Texas

Service town for a Big Bend ranching country of sheep and Herefords.

Alpine →
Eddy Co., NM~2 hrs
Artesia
New Mexico

Shipped 711 rail cars of alfalfa in 1913 — one of the earliest alfalfa hubs in the country.

Artesia →
Midland Co., TX~2 hrs
Midland
Texas

A cattle-shipping hub on the Texas & Pacific four decades before oil.

Midland →
Presidio Co., TX~2h 30
Marfa
Texas

Home of the famous Marfa Highland Hereford, introduced to the county in 1884.

Marfa →
Lea Co., NM~2h 30
Hobbs
New Mexico

Once the range of the Hat, Four Lakes, and JAL ranches — today one of NM's leading ag counties.

Hobbs →
Howard Co., TX~3 hrs
Big Spring
Texas

Watering hole on the old buffalo trails; home of Slaughter's Long S Ranch.

Big Spring →
Talk to Ray About Your Load

Don't see your town? Ask anyway.

If you're feeding animals within driving distance of Saragosa, chances are we can help. Give us a call or drop a note — Ray will be straight with you about what we've got on hand and what it'd take to get hay to you.