Lovelace Farms Inc.
Elsberry, MO Doing business as Forrest Keeling Nursery
- UEI
- EEW4ESWYGM86
- CAGE
- 1EHL9
- Primary NAICS
- 113210 Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 88 Forrest Keeling Ln, Elsberry, MO 63343, USA
- Website
- fknursery.com
- Founded
- 1948
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Food Products
- Agricultural Products
- SIC code
- 08 Forestry
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $69,893 |
| FY2025 | $123,172 |
| FY2024 | $37,534 |
| FY2023 | $51,967 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $69,893 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Engineers, P.C. | W912P923F0181 | $94,565 |
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About the company
Lovelace Farms Inc., doing business as Forrest Keeling Nursery, supplies native tree seedlings and plant materials for federal habitat restoration and reforestation projects as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, operating from Elsberry, Missouri. The vendor is a self-certified small disadvantaged business competing predominantly under set-aside vehicles, with 99% of awards structured as prime contracts. Lovelace Farms specializes in Upper Mississippi River floodplain native species — sycamore, cottonwood, and populus varieties — propagated using a proprietary Root Production Method (RPM) technique that differentiates the company in sole-source federal procurement. The vendor holds primary NAICS classification 111421 (Nursery and Tree Production), which aligns to federal PSC Seeds and Nursery Stock categories.
Customer concentration centers on environmental agencies focused on ecosystem restoration. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers dominates both volume and value — 29 awards (15 under the general Corps designation and 14 under the St. Louis Engineering District sub-office) contributing $2.1 million of the vendor's $5.3 million combined potential value. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (17 awards, $469 thousand) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region (8 awards, $678 thousand) round out the top three customer agencies, accounting for 60% of recent awards. The two rankings track closely, indicating sustained deep relationships rather than dollar concentration among fewer large primes.
Lovelace Farms' primary vehicle is a $1 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established February 7, 2022, expiring April 14, 2027, against which three task orders totaling approximately $489 thousand have been issued to date. Representative recent work includes a $69,892.50 Total Small Business BPA call from the Defense Logistics Agency (Engineering and Technical Services Branch, St. Louis) for FY26 forestry work, completion December 2027; a $21,985 firm fixed-price contract for the Reds Landing Reforestation Project (Diamond Island Boat Ramp, Hardin, Illinois) awarded October 1, 2025; an $82,299.60 sole-source purchase order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Inflation Reduction Act RPM tree seedlings at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, April 2025 through November 2026; and a $54,922 task order for sycamore and cottonwood seedlings issued September 19, 2024. Activity has declined recently — two awards in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, and one award in each of 2025 and 2026 — with only $152 thousand in combined potential value facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Lovelace Farms holds one named subcontract as a minor role, performing tree planting and forestry vegetation maintenance under Prairie Engineers, P.C. on an October 2023 award.
Quick answers
Is Lovelace Farms Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Lovelace Farms Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through October 16, 2027.
What is Lovelace Farms Inc.'s CAGE code?
Lovelace Farms Inc.'s CAGE code is 1EHL9, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is EEW4ESWYGM86.
How much has Lovelace Farms Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $123,172 to Lovelace Farms Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $282,565 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Lovelace Farms Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Lovelace Farms Inc. ranked #10 in NAICS 111421, #11 in NAICS 1114 and #28 in PSC 8730 in FY2025.
What is Lovelace Farms Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Lovelace Farms Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is FY26 forestry work (W912P926FA134), from ENDIST St Louis (USACE), on October 1, 2026.
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