In May 1894 Herman purchased a homestead northeast of Yuma, with additional land purchased in 1902.  Herman raised cattle, horses and farmed various crops.  Both he and Rose were very involved in the local community, and Herman served as a Yuma County Commissioner for eight years.  Mary Brand, who was born on the farm, married Stanley Rutledge in 1933 and their three children, Doris, Shirley and Donald, were also born on the farm.  They continued to farm and expand the Brand farm ground and ranch, raising cattle and Belgian and Percheron horses.  Soon center pivot and flood irrigation were introduced, and Doris married Leon Mekelburg, with whom she had six children: Deb, Randy, Mike, Richard, David and Tom. 

Some of the land was bought by Mekelburg Farms, LLC, operated by Brand family members and inducted as a Centennial Farm in 2014.  After graduating from CSU, Donald and wife Judy returned to the farm and, along with Stanley and Leon, formed the RMR Ranch, Inc.  They started a dairy with 45 cows, but expanded until they had 100.  Doris lived on the land and in the house where she was born until her passing on June 28, 2012.  Today Don and Judy continue to farm the original land, raising corn, peas and barley, along with children Brett, Roc and Spring.