Longview Ranch’s addition of a small sawmill to the property has been a pivotal step in our ongoing commitment to sustainability and the flourishing health of the Longview Ranch forest. One of the key functions of our newly acquired sawmill is the efficient processing of dead or dying trees resulting from our meticulous efforts to space trees properly across Longview Ranch. Creating a well-maintained 12 - 15-foot range for trees ensures not only a healthier ecosystem but also a sustainable supply of timber for the many projects on Longview Ranch. Research has shown that trees within this opti ..read more

Longview Ranch has a mare named Surprise who has just had her third foal this past April. Her first two babies are now in training at Longview Ranch.  They are incredible colts that are bred to be outstanding cow horses.   The stud horse is a very famous Hickory Holly Time stud from DT Horses LLC.   https://oswoodstallionstation.com/hickoryhollytime ..read more

The Longview Ranch is in the process of changing our cattle herd over to Red Angus mother cows.  It has been a busy spring calving out 160 first year heifers and another 140 second year mothers.  All has gone smoothly and Longview Ranch looks forward to these great cattle producing calves for the next 12 to 15 years.  These better quality cattle allow us to run fewer numbers of cattle total and still create the income we need to operate the ranch and ensure we have plenty of feed for the cattle and wildlife at Longview Ranch.   ..read more

Longview Ranch is happy to announce we have established carbon rights for our 16,000 acres of timber ground. Longview Ranch partnered with ANEW to get the forest inventoried and credits finalized. It has been a 2 year project getting this done. This will ensure that the forest ground stays in tack for the next forty years and the timber will never be clear cut. One of our biggest goals on the ranch is to have a healthy forest that will grow enormous healthy trees for generations to come. By establishing and selling the carbon rights it ensures the forest will be preserved and taken care of ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape. In an effort to maintain the main Longview Ranch house, the property’s talented crew undertook several renovations this summer, including replacing windows and restoring a corner of the 100-year-old home. Longview Ranch used rough sawn lumber milled at the full thickness of a 2’ x 6’ board and cut an angle on the outside, stacking them on one on top of the other, just as they would have 100 years ago. While this is a very slow process, Longview Ranch is committed ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape. This past May, Longview Ranch welcomed Stetson, the newest colt born onto the ranch. Stetson is a stud colt out of the great Metallic CD stud horse that stands at DT horses in Scottsdale, Ariz. Longview Ranch’s Stetson is a full brother to Boone, a colt the ranch welcomed last year. Longview Ranch is very excited to see what these two young horses accomplish in the years to come ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape. Longview Ranch is a hay-producing property and is in need of new storage space. The Longview Ranch team is currently constructing a 84’ x 84’ hay shed, which will hold more than 400 tons of hay.  With lumber costs running very high right now, Longview Ranch harvested dead trees from the property and sent them to a local mill. This allowed Longview Ranch to afford to build the hay storage during tough times ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape and is committed to responsible, sustainable land-use practices. This year, Longview Ranch is experiencing a severe drought. For the first time in more than 25 years, Longview Ranch’s irrigation system has been turned off for junior water rights on the main stem of the John Day River from Dayville to Kimberly. This has caused Longview Ranch to stop irrigating more fields.  Longview Ranch is hoping weather patterns shift and bring more rain ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape. Oregon’s Longview Ranch is committed to responsible and sustainable land-use practices, as well as conscious of the importance of water conservation. Thus Longview Ranch is investing in two new sprinkler pivots to ensure that fields are not over watered, while still able to keep the fields green and growing great crops.  The summer of 2020 brought drought conditions to Central Oregon, yet Oregon’s Longview Ranch charted record hay production, a tribute to its ..read more

Longview Ranch, located along Central Oregon’s historic Route 19 in Kimberly, maintains 30,000 stunning acres of diverse landscape. In recent years, Longview Ranch partnered with Monument Soil and Water Conservation District to reseed 800 acres of forest. Moving forward, Oregon’s Longview Ranch will only use seeds native to the surrounding forest and establish more native grasses for the wildlife in the area. After spacing the trees in the area properly, last summer, the forest floor is now prime for new seeds this fall.   Oregon’s Longview Ranch is committed to responsible and susta ..read more