Celebrating 59 Years This October marks 59 years since Dari Mart Stores first opened its doors in the Willamette Valley. The Gibson family is grateful to still serve our local communities from Albany to Cottage Grove decades later. Although our family was around and busy creating Lochmead Farms in the 1940s, it wasn’t until […]
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RSS feed for this sectionVOTE NO ON MEASURE 118
What is it? Measure 118 is a gross receipts tax on businesses with more than $25 million in annual Oregon sales. The problem is the tax is on sales, not profit. Say a business has sales of $25 million a year but their expenses and current taxes equal that $25 million. Essentially they make enough […]
Corn Silage
From Harvest to Silage Lochmead Farms’ field corn is harvested and turned into corn silage to add to our cow feed. Corn silage makes up a large part of their diet, about 50% which is why at the end of every summer season we harvest on average 12,000 tons […]
National Chicken Month
September is National Chicken Month but here at Dari Mart, we like to celebrate chicken. Every. Day. Chicken is the most consumed meat in the United States, so it’s pretty fair to say (mostly) everyone loves chicken. But what makes chicken so delicious and popular? Is it the macro-friendly nutrition facts? The versatility in […]