Rodney D. Mehring JR. DBA Blue Lizard Farm

Rodney D. Mehring JR. DBA Blue Lizard Farm is a sole proprietorship operating as a specialty crop producer and agricultural processor in Caliente, Nevada, that participates in federal agricultural development programs exclusively as a sub-recipient of USDA grants. The vendor holds no prime contracts or IDVs; all three federal awards in the source are sub-awards under USDA Agricultural Marketing Service grant programs, totaling $217 thousand in combined obligated funding across a three-year span.

Blue Lizard Farm's federal footprint centers on specialty crop production, food safety infrastructure, and agricultural market access in rural Nevada. The vendor received an RFSI Equipment Grant sub-award from the Department of Agriculture Nevada (November 2025) for produce processing equipment replacement to increase production and food safety. In parallel, it received a Specialty Crops Market Development sub-award from the University of California Office of the President (November 2025) to participate in a food corridor project connecting Mesquite, Las Vegas, and Ely, Nevada, aimed at expanding market access for Eastern Nevada specialty crop producers and small farmers and reducing logistical barriers to distribution. An earlier training-focused sub-award from the Department of Agriculture Nevada (June 2022) supported competitiveness improvement for Southern Nevada specialty crop producers through training resources.

All grant work is routed through the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, which accounts for 100% of the vendor's federal award count. Activity has been intermittent — one award in 2022, then a two-year gap before two awards in November 2025. As a sole proprietorship with no prime contracting footprint, Blue Lizard Farm operates entirely within USDA specialty-crop and agricultural-development grant structures rather than competitive federal contracting; its federal engagement is project-specific and grant-recipient driven, not vehicle-based or customer-relationship driven.