Midwest farmers view retirement as the kiss of death

By Christina Capecchi
March 11 2017 - 6:00am
Only 49 per cent of Iowa farmers have identified a successor to eventually run their farms, with many avoiding the topic because they equate retirement with mortality.
Only 49 per cent of Iowa farmers have identified a successor to eventually run their farms, with many avoiding the topic because they equate retirement with mortality.

Lavern Kelchen stood in the back of a church hall in jeans and a buffalo-check shirt, tapped his left index finger on his leg and placed the winning bid on a 156-acre farm in eastern Iowa.

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