About Five Rivers Cattle Feeding- McElhaney Feedyard
Come late July the thunderheads stack up east of Wellton, and the whole valley smells like wet dust a full hour before a drop ever lands. That is the season Five Rivers Cattle Feeding- McElhaney Feedyard likes best for lawn work: the grass finally pushing, the mower leaving a dark stripe instead of a pale one. Weekly cuts, string trimming along fence lines and the feet of the date palms, edges walked straight down the caliche driveway. Between the Gila Mountains and the long run of the interstate, the yards here take real effort, and keeping one thick and level is the entire point. The crew leaves a place looking swept, not just shortened.