Bently Agrowdynamics - Progressive and sustainable agricultural practices with crop, cattle, and compost production - A Bently Family Company.
Operations
As an organization, Bently Agrowdynamics must address the administrative, staffing, and infrastructure needs of a modern, multifaceted agricultural operation. Our combination cattle ranch, forage crop farm, and compost production facility sprawls over 38,000 non-contiguous acres, and requires careful planning to run efficiently.
Trucking
Our trucks are on the road up to 16 hours-per-day, shipping silage to feed lots and dairies in Fallon, Nevada; Smith Valley, Nevada; and Stockton, California. These daily deliveries ensure our clients receive the freshest, most nourishing feed possible for their livestock.
Irrigation
We maximize our limited water resources by using rotating pivots, low-velocity sprinklers, and several innovative irrigation projects. An example is our recently constructed, 1000-foot Mud Lake Reservoir Dam. This rock-filled, concrete-faced structure stores up to 5,300 acre feet of water and is designed to withstand earthquakes of up to 8.0 on the Richter scale. Some of the collected water will be sent via the new "Mud Lake-to-Carson River Pipeline" into the East Fork of the Carson River. The deposited water will be extracted several miles downstream for crop irrigation. Our pipelines are designed to take full advantage of elevation differentials between the Reservoir and fields. This gravity-assisted approach eliminates pump stations and adds to overall operational efficiency.
Staff
Bently Agrowdynamics employs approximately 50 full- and part-time people, and employs as many as 25 additional seasonal workers during the growing season. Our seasonal workers are housed on-site in "bunk-house-style" facilities. Approximately 50 percent of Bently Agrowdynamics’ full-time employees and their families live in ranch-provided housing.
Community Service
In many instances Bently Agrowdynamics goes well beyond necessity in its operational activities. Owner Don Bently’s commitment to the quality of life in Carson Valley is such that his "bottom line" includes a number of items not related to profit. One example is the Buckeye Creek realignment project. This addresses flood threats posing only minimal danger to Bently Agrowdynamics properties, but have great potential to damage our neighbors. In fact, the Buckeye Creek realignment will actually divert a flood path away from a local community and into Bently pastures - the logic being that it’s much better for Bently Agrowdynamics to lose a crop than for our neighbors to lose their homes and businesses.
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