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Hermiston, Oregon
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Koester Farms
Farm and Area:
This property is located 4 ½ miles NE of Hermiston, Oregon. It is close to potato processing and vegetable processing plants. The area is adaptable to a wide variety of row crops.
Zoning:
The zoning is zoned as EFT Exclusive Farm Use Zone.
It is the purpose of this use zone to provide the automatic farm use valuation for farms, which qualify under the provisions of ORS Chapter 308.
Rainfall, Elevation and Growing Season:
The elevation varies from 450 feet above sea level to 460 feet. The rainfall varies from about 8” to 10” per annum and the growing season of frost-free days from 160 to 190 days.
Soils
Winchester sand with 0 to 5 percent slopes. The soils are deep, excessively drained on strath terraces of the Columbia River. It is formed in eolian sand.
Power:
The power supply for this farm is through Umatilla Electric Cooperative.
Irrigation:
The farm is irrigated with circle irrigation. There are 203.9 acres more/less under irrigation with 7 circles.
The water rights are as follows:
1.Certificate G-6052 61.2 acres shallow well.
2.Certificate G6041 78.3 supplemental shallow well.
Hermiston Irrigation District. 73.2 acres.
3.G4920 80 acres water right shallow well.
Improvements:
1-1998 Valley pivot circle irrigation machine, having 8-160 foot spasm, with pivot, panel and controls.
1-Gifford Hill pivot circle irrigation machine having a 590-foot span, with pivot, panel and controls.
1-Gifford Hill pivot circle irrigation machine with a 500-foot span, with pivot, panel and controls
1-40 Horsepower motor and pump panel and controls – approximately 6 years old. The well is approximately 28-feet deep with casing. Static water level is approximately 10-feet.
Underground pipelines:
Approximately 1600 feet of 8 inch PVC pipe
Approximately 2400 feet of 6 inch PVC pipe
1-approximately 20-year old Pierce pivot circle irrigation machine with 4-120 foot spans, serial number unknown, with pivot, panel and controls.
1-approximately 6-year old Zimmatic pivot circle irrigation machine with 4-157 foot spans, with pivot, panel and controls.
1-40 horsepower motor and pump with panel and controls-approximately 25 years old. Static water is at 13 feet.
Underground pipelines:
Approximately 750 feet of 6 inch PVC pipe
2-2000 Valley pivot circle irrigation machine, 4 towers, with pivot, panel and controls.
1-40 Horsepower motor and pump panel and controls, with double rotating screens. Well is approximately 28-feet deep with the static level at 9 feet.
1-20 Horsepower motor and pump panel and controls.
1-40 Horsepower turbine motor, shallow supplementary well
Hermiston Irrigation District water charges for 2005 were $1846.75.
There are no building improvements on the property.
Other Resources:
The primary resource is row crops, alfalfa hay and wheat. However, there are other possibilities, for example: The location lends itself to a variety of livestock opportunities. This is a mild winter area and the farm would lend itself to a wintering operation for livestock. It would also lend itself to a background lot for calves growing them out for the feedlot. There are several growing lots in the area that feed calves for ranchers for the whole Northeastern Oregon and Washington areas. Another possibility is the wild life that abounds on this property would satisfy the most avid hunter. Ducks and geese use the fields in the fall and winter. There are some pheasants and dove and quail. The farm is but a short distance to the Columbia River for steelhead, salmon, crappie, perch, bass and trout fishing.
Distribution Methods:
This farm is situated just off Interstate 84, a major East-West freeway. The major route of the Union Pacific railroad from Portland, Oregon to Denver, Colorado is close by.
The farm is 6 miles from the Port of Umatilla on the Columbia River. This provides access to barge transportation. Pendleton Grain Growers has a grain elevator at the river for receiving. Wheat is then delivered to them and then shipped on barges to export elevators in Portland, Oregon. Thus this farm has an advantage for shipping as then can select competitive rates and the best method of transportation. This area has grown into one of the major food processing areas in the State of Oregon. The area continues to attract new food processing business and opportunities.
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Offered by:
Robin Fletcher
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