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FARMING THE IMPERIAL VALLEY

PROVIDING ALFALFA, BERMUDA, AND TEFF GRASS FOR FEED

Our family started farming in the Imperial Valley in 1946 to produce alfalfa for the family dairy. Geographically, the ranch is rare in the Imperial Valley as the entire farm is in one location. As the ranch expanded, we have learned to understand the needs of the individual fields and adjacent properties. At Osterkamp Farms, our priority is improving the land through conservation. We have had three fundamental missions of stewardship: land preservation, water conservation and wildlife protection.
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Alfalfa Hay Bales

Big Bales & Retail Available

Graded based on: visual inspection, color, stem size, leafiness, texture, and moisture. Highest nutritional value of commonly grown hay crops.

  • Perennial crop. We harvest big bales January through March. Retail is harvested April through October.
  • Alfalfa Straw available in August
  • Baled in weights of 97lbs, and 1300 lbs.

Inventory stored in barns / tarped, providing year round supply.

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Bermuda Hay Bales

Big Bales & Retail Available

Graded based on: color, texture, length

  • Baled weights- 97 and 120 lbs
  • Harvest retail and stable weights April through October.
  • Bermuda straw baled available.

Inventory stored in barns / tarped to provide a year round supply.

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Teff Grass

Graded based on: visual inspection, color, stem size, leafiness, texture. Highest nutritional value of commonly grown hay crops.

Inventory stored in under tarps, providing year round supply.

All Products are seasonal. Please check availability.
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Carrots

Grown for sucrose (sugar made naturally by green plants) production. Sucrose is used as a high energy food or food additive.

  • Typically grown under contract - Planted October, and harvested March-April

Dehy Onions

Higher in pungency than market onions. Typically grown under contract. Planted in October and harvested in late April – early July. Eventually available in powdered, granulated, minced and chopped forms.

 

Wheat

Durum Wheat

Used to make pasta. High in protein. Typically planted in December and harvested in May.

Silage

Feed for dairy cattle

Corn planted and harvested as silage to feed dairy cattle. Important to grow, harvest and preserve the silage correctly for quality feed.

  • Has a high energy content and easy to digest.
  • If properly harvested and preserved it can be stored for long periods of time without losing quality.
  • Timing of harvest depends on proper moisture levels (60% - 70%).

Broccolli Seed

Planted October , Harvested in April

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Address: 802 East Keystone Road Brawley, CA 92227
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