Kendal Aldine Horst

Kendal Aldine Horst, operating as Horst AG Service, is a small business sole proprietorship based in Alturas, California, that supplies grass hay, pack stock feed, corral infrastructure, and manure disposal services to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company competes exclusively under small business designations and operates under NAICS 111940 (Hay Farming) for its core forage procurement work, with ancillary services in metal fabrication and waste removal.

Horst AG Service's entire customer base consists of a single federal agency — the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) — which accounts for all eleven awards and $1.8 million in combined potential value. This concentration reflects the company's specialized role supporting wild horse and pack animal management programs on national forests throughout California. The vendor has delivered between 720 and 881 tons of grass hay per contract at the Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals in Alturas and has provided ancillary services including manure disposal (3,500 cubic yards hauled from the corrals for $28,000), corral panel and gate fabrication (144 six-by-twelve-foot heavy-duty panels and nine six-by-sixteen-foot gates for $29,385), and river pack stock feed procurement for the Shasta Trinity National Forest. Recent representative awards include a $414.8 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order for 100 tons of grass hay bales awarded April 21, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of April 21, 2027; a $197.5 thousand purchase order for 1,632 three-string grass and alfalfa mix hay bales under disaster supplemental funding with an October 30, 2027 completion date; and a $107.3 thousand order for 720 tons of six-string rectangular grass hay bales completed May 30, 2026.

Activity has been sparse and irregular — one or two awards per year from 2022 through 2026, with nine of eleven awards falling under the Hay Farming NAICS and the remaining two distributed across metal fabrication and waste collection. Two awards with combined potential value of $612 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor obligated $1.7 million across the portfolio, representing 95% of combined potential value, indicating stable execution against Forest Service requirements. Horst AG Service operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data; the company does not sit on any parent contract vehicles, GWACs, or BPAs.

Kendal Horst is a small local business with 15 years experience in providing seed, grass, pasture, grain, alfalfa, and wildlife mixes to farms and agricultural businesses. They also specialize in aerators, no-till drills, discing, and seeding.