Farm Present (Into The Twenty First Century)
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The Twenty First Century has certainly brought changes into our lives. The first decade saw the farm evolve from mixed farming operations to straight grain. BSE (mad cow disease) made it no longer profitable for us to be in the cattle business and certainly Earl, who was up in years, had been the main cattle man in the family and was ready to slow down. The scope of operations grew and families changed. We saw the addition of GPS (Autosteer) and marvelled at how efficient the system was. What a way to lessen operator fatigue!
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Adrian married Tracy (Holland) and within the space of five years added three more little Mulligans into the family fold (Bailey, Riley and Morgan). They moved onto the home quarter and built a new house in 2008. Meanwhile, as one generation expanded, another contracted. As Rhonda and Murray’s children (Layna, Brock, Bryce and Lauren) all moved out of the house ready to start their own lives. Bryce tried his hand at construction before deciding that he wanted to return to the farm. Tri M Farms pursued an alliance with Rahr Malting and grew barley for Sapporo Breweries in Japan. Things were growing and changing.
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Adrian's kids and a couple of friends love being around the farm. They are taught early NEVER to go around running equipment!
Loading canola in 2015.
​​Mulligan Trucking has streamlined into its own operation. We have 6 trucks hauling predominately fertilizer, although we do still haul some grain. Earl always said, "In business you were either expanding or retiring".
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Three consecutive, very wet, and difficult harvests was behind the decision to replace our dryer, and integrate it with a grain handling system. The dryer is an 1800 bushel/hour NECO unit. Supporting bin storage of 150,000 bushels is connected to the system with 2 legs and the dry bin is routed via a Lambton grain pump. Capacity is 10,000 bushels/hour. This system is designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce man power hours, and contribute to a higher standard of safety.
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Our upgraded dryer integrated with a grain handling system.
A project of this magnitude does not come together without a number of skilled people. Among these were: Skyway Grain Systems, Flaman Nisku who supplied and installed the grain dryer, and Legal Electric with whom we have enjoyed a long association with. The grain handling system has been put to good use. In fact, we can't imagine life without it!
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Tri M Farms is also proud to have research sites (Alberta Agriculture) on our land or land that we farm. Research holds the key to better farming practices and it is an honor to watch these talented agricultural professionals at work.
Our roots run deep. Deep into the land and deep into the community. Murray once said that farming is an honorable profession.​
We are Proud to Be Apart of This.
