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The present
day Malm Ranch Company had a very humble beginning in the late
1870's. A.P. Malm, a Swedish immigrant, homesteaded the quarter
section where the Malm Ranch headquarters is still located and his
father homesteaded the quarter section bordering on the west. Since
they moved into an area only inhabited by buffalo, there were no
trees, natural protection, or live water on their homesteads. They
sledded logs cut from pine trees in canyons approximately 10 miles
to the north to the present site with a team of horses and later
hand dug a well approximately 165 feet deep. It seems that ranching
is tough these days but actually it is unbelievably easy compared to
that of the early homesteaders.
Malm Ranch is now
operated by the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of the original
Malm family. In the early years, it was known by the name of Pioneer
Stock Farm and was known for its Belgian and Percheon horses that
provided the horsepower for farmers in the Greeley, CO, area that
have since been replaced by tractors. During the same period, the
Malm name was recognized for its high quality Hereford and Shorthorn
cross commercial cattle.
Recently, Malm Ranch added an
aquaculture operation known as Malm Trout Ranch where genetically
superior rainbow trout are raised for the stocking of lakes, ponds
and creeks for recreational fishing.
Gordon & Fanny Malm
Howard &
Dixie Malm, Timothy, Bethany, Cassady, & Jessica
Andy &
Stacy Malm, Katelin, Karissa & Kaden
Martha Malm Ellis
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