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Bonnie And Ed Tait Farming Case Study
To begin, a farmer will choose to rent his land as previously stated because the gap between his children and himself are huge and the children are not mature enough or old enough to tackle the responsibility that comes with farming. (Tait) Farming is a lot of responsibility, and that is one not many children can take on. For Bonnie and Ed Tait that was not the case. The couple had two girls, which for them, meant nobody would take on the family farm. Carrie Tait, one of their daughters that as children their father would say “I’m happy I didn’t have any boys.” Carrie’s parents wanted to still keep their land however they auctioned all of their mechanics. Bonnie and Ed decided to auction everything that was on the farm but opted out of auctioning

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