Livestock Breeding, Plant Hybridization & Agricultural Production
Thunder Cactus Ranch is a family-owned agricultural operation in Tombstone, Arizona, specializing in livestock breeding, plant hybridization, greenhouse growing, and agricultural production.
Our programs include cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, working dogs, vegetables, and seed-producing plants. We use selective breeding, open pollination, and controlled hybridization to develop and evaluate breeding lines and plant varieties.
Alongside our breeding programs, we raise livestock, grow seasonal crops, and develop agricultural products for direct sale.
Our Animals
Cattle, Dorper and Longhorn Dorper sheep, goats, poultry and Ardards Mastiff working dogs, each with its own breeding and selection program.
Our Plants & Gardens
Vegetables, culinary herbs, orchard crops and seed-producing plants. We grow for harvest and for seed, selecting and crossing plants to develop our own lines.
Plants & gardens
Our Greenhouses
Greenhouse space is where we start seed, propagate plants, raise vegetable starts and run growing trials for our selection work.
Greenhouse growingBreeding & Development
Selective breeding in our livestock and working dogs. Open pollination, controlled crosses and seed saving in our plants. Public project records show what each program is working on and where it stands.
Products & Availability
Live animals by inquiry, seasonal produce and greenhouse plants when in season, and bulk pre-orders on select upcoming products. Each listing shows whether it is available now or still coming.
What is available
Ranch Operations
Solar-supported power, water infrastructure, feed and fodder, paddock grazing, greenhouse and garden systems, and soil building.
How the ranch runsContact the Ranch
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