Triple S Farms
Triple S Farms: A partnership,
Owners: Roger, Elaine, Doren & Ellen Sorensen
The Sorensen Family moved to Fallon, located in Lahontan Valley of Churchill County, Nevada about 1928. Years earlier, in 1905 the U.S. Congress approved the construction of the countries first dam in Lahontan Valley called the Newlands Project. Completed in 1913 a 30-mile canal carried water from the Truckee River to join with the Carson River at the dam site, along U.S. Hwy. 50, to create Lahontan Reservoir, a 300,000 + acre feet storage facility that irrigates over 70,000 acres.
My father, Dennis Sorensen, & I, Roger, reclaimed some acreage in the lower valley from sage brush, sand hills and slews following purchase in 1946. My 2 brothers, Jarold and Doren, and I purchased it from Dad in 1991. Doren and I bought out the 3rd brother, Jarold, when he moved to Utah in ’95. Come October, we will own the 92 acre farm (parcel # 006-531-10 & # 006-531-08) free and clear after making three more payments totaling $2,800 to the Dennis and Erma Sorensen Family Estate. The property is located 5 miles south of Fallon ¾ mile off U.S. Hwy. 95 then west on Lone Tree Rd. The farm is bordered on the north by Lone Tree Road (paved), on the west by a canal and Allen Road (paved), on the south by a canal and another farm and on the east by a deep drain ditch and other farms.
The property includes 20 acres of canals, drains, roads, corrals, stack yards, buildings and service area, and 72 acres of cropland. There are 65 acres of water right at 3 ½ feet of duty. With a heavy loam soil the allotment is sufficient for irrigating the additional acres. Some seasons have produced alfalfa yields as high as 9 dry ton per acre. Averages range between 6 – 7 tons per acre. Corn silage is another crop we market. We expect between 25 and 30 ton per acre of field corn for ensilage. With over 30 acres of corn this year were hoping for 900 ton. Hay yields for 1st and 2nd crop on 27 acres so far this season total 97 dry tons. 3rd and 4th crops will likely give us another 40 ton.