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Access to Land: The Sumption Farm Family & Relationships with Neighbors

2017-04-07 17:36:29| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Communication can be a challenge when five brothers farm together. Sure, weekly meetings help, but the key to ensuring nothing falls through the cracks on the Sumption family farm has been the daily meal they share together, explains Taylor, 40. When you get a lot of things going on […]

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Access to Land: The Sombke Farm Family & Succession Planning

2017-03-31 21:12:41| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Looking for a career path off the farm, Doug Sombke headed to college in 1978. However, only a few weeks into his freshman year, he was ready to pack up and head back to his family’s Conde farm. “Sitting in class I began to think of how many […]

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Access to Land: Christensen Farm Family & Succession Planning

2017-02-13 19:21:42| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Ask Marlow Christensen and his three sons, Dale, Don and Doug, why they chose farming as a career and their responses are similar. “It’s all we’ve ever known,” explains Dale, who, like his younger brothers, joined the family operation full-time right out of high school. His brother, Don, […]

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The Miller Family Farm: A Leap Into Uncharted Waters

2016-12-16 17:27:16| Country Lines Online

After a long career in the construction business, Rob Miller, then a Madison, WI, resident, found himself at a crossroad when he lost his job during the 2008 economic downturn. During this time, his son, Jake, was working for a vegetable farmer. Jakes work in the agriculture industry piqued Robs interest in how foods were […]

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