摘要：Pretty much every multigeneration farming family hasa relative who drove a tractor up until the day they died.After all, suggests family lore, living on a farm is a privilege not to be squandered under any circumstance.So what does a retiring farmer who has no heirs to takeup the tractor do? If selling the land is out of the question,renting to an unrelated tenant is likely the next optionto be considered. But for a farmer-turned-landlord, thedecision to look outside the family has both practical andemotional considerations, not the least of which can be asense of guilt.
