Legacy of 150-Year Nebraska Family Farm Defies Inheritance Norms | Rural Radio
Fridays in the Field
•
5m 30s
For 150 years, the Batie family has defied the traditional norms of farm inheritance.
"We don't do the traditional 'oldest son gets the farm,'" said Don Batie. "Our motto has always been whoever wants to farm is the one who should be farming."
This philosophy has shaped the Batie family farm for over a century and a half, spanning four generations instead of the expected five or six.
Don's great-grandparents were blessed with five children, and it so happened that the second youngest, a girl, chose to remain on the farm.
She and her husband welcomed 10 children into the world, and the youngest among them—Don's father—also decided to dedicate himself to farming.
Don, being the youngest of his own five siblings, has planned for his two daughters to assume responsibility for the farm once he retires.
Learn more about the Batie family farm in Dawson County, Nebraska in this week's episode of Fridays in the Field.
Up Next in Fridays in the Field
-
Nebraska Farmer Prepares to Plant Pin...
Glenn Miller stays busy on his operation, raising cattle, corn, dry edible beans, alfalfa, and winter wheat.
Miller, who farms in Sioux County in Nebraska, shares how he balances his time among those commodities.
He said he'll plant pinto beans in a few weeks and, thanks to recent rains, be ab...
-
Fast planting progress in Northeast N...
The limited rain has allowed Pender-area farmer Jeff Baker to complete soybean planting already, and he has a healthy chunk of corn planting done as well.
Baker has a very curious mind when it comes to agronomy, so he conducts his own trials. His research trials range from genetics, fertilizer...
-
Precision Ag Brings Benefits to Farm ...
Join us for the first 2023 episode of Fridays in the Field and meet Randy Smith, a farmer from Shelby, Nebraska, who has begun using precision technology on his fields.
Randy's dad, Ron, even jokes about his old-school farming methods.
Despite using technology to improve production, the dry fa...
