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As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land

As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land
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John Boyer grew up on his family’s 131 acres of rolling fields of corn, oats, and wheat in a rural area near the tiny city of East Jordan in northern Michigan. The farm had changed ownership outside the family several times over the decades before Boyer rebought it in 2018. He felt an obligation...

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