Eastern Oregon Dog Mountain Farm

Dog Mountain Farm
25 miles south of Burns off Weaver Springs Rd
This Eastern Oregon farm, located at 30040 Weaver Springs Rd, is truly one of the nicest alfalfa hay farms in Harney County. Most of the soils are sandy loam and the owner has been proactive in water management which they have installed a Precision Mobile Drip Irrigation (PMDI) on 5 pivots plus have oversized most of the main lines to reduce friction losses.  The crops have been regularly rotated for good production.  All of the improvements and roads show pride of ownership and are in excellent condition.  There is a private cinder pit for the roads.

The improvements include 4 hay sheds of which 3 are sided, 2 manufactured homes for farm labor and a custom built main house, large shop with pull through doors and an office.  This hay farm is turn-key.  A complete package with over 1000 acres of some of the oldest water rights in the valley.
ACREAGE:
1,719.45 +/- deeded acres consisting of the following:
– 1,306.5 +/- acres irrigated
– 407 +/- acres of pivot corners, roads & native pasture
– 5.95 +/- acres of improvements
STATE LEASE: 318.69 acres sagebrush
WATER RIGHTS:
Cert. #             Permit             Acres              Priority Dates
81597              G-8979            1,056.5            June 4, 1980
–                       G-17943          354.0               May 23, 2007*
*The CBU has been completed in September 2018  
Crops:           Acres:           
Alfalfa           310+/-                  
Barley            996+/-
IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT:
Pumps:
(1) 100 hp turbine (VFD)
(7) 75 hp turbine
(1) 40 hp turbine
(1) 150 hp turbine
(1) 40 hp submergible
(1) 60 hp turbine
Sprinklers:
10 – Valley pivots (of which 4 pivots have Precision Mobile Drip Irrigation)
1  – Pierce Pivot

IMPROVEMENTS:
3 – 82′ x 180′ hay sheds with sides
1 – 44′ x 108′ hay shed
1 – 92′ x 108′ equipment/hay shed
1 – 70′ x 84′ shop with doors at each end , 12′ x 20′ office, used oil furnace
1 –  20′ x 30′ pump house
1 – 24’ x 48’ Doublewide house
1 – 2016 Fleetwood Doublewide MH, 4 bdrm 2 bath
1 – 1800 plus sq ft custom home built in 2000.  This 3 bedroom, 2 bath house has cherry cabinets in the kitchen, the great room has a gas fireplace, hot tub room with cedar siding, wired for stereo speakers. There is a nice screened in porch overlooking the crop land. Large lawn with automatic sprinkler system. There are several Poplar trees surrounding the home on three sides. Last but not least there is a 30′ x 30′ double car garage.
IRRIGATION COST:
Season             Amount
2019                $75,282.86
SCHOOLS: This is in the Crane School District but children may attend the Burns School District from the bus stop 11 miles from the farm.
TAXES: $18,984.26  (2023/2024)