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| Paige Pence, middle, with her parents Brent and Christine (Photo by Matthew J. Grassi, Farm Journal) |
Some people were born to be wild, some were born to run, and others were born to farm. Paige Pence from New Carlisle, Ohio, falls in the latter category.
This summer the Western Illinois graduate will get an "entirely new learning experience," reports Matthew J. Grassi for Farm Journal. Her parents plan to "turn her loose" on their 4,500-acre farm to see what managing agriculture is all about.
Pence, 22, just graduated with a bachelor's degree in agricultural science partnered with a minor in animal science, which gives her a leg up on farming book smarts. But at her family's farm, she'll be hands-on. "Paige [will] get her feet wet running the farm’s fleet of equipment and pitching in wherever she can leave her mark," Grassi writes. "She’ll be shouldering a healthy load of farm duties, with her parents guiding her along the way."
While some farm families struggle to find a way to keep their farms in the family, the Pences have a plan. "Meeting with the family, you can tell right from the jump Brent and Christine are thrilled to get their daughter back," Grassi adds. "Through sheer perseverance and with some help from friends, neighbors and family, they've built an impressive operation to one day pass down to their only child."
As Paige finished her final year at college, she felt ready to head back to the farm. She told Grassi, "During my senior year it started to hit me that I was ready to go home … and start making the changes that were going to help our family.”
Even though Brent and Christine aren't planning to retire anytime soon, Paige is content to be on the farm learning how to manage it. She told Grassi, “I have always grown up around farming, so I don’t see myself ever leaving. There are always different things that need to be done, and aside from showing [livestock] over the last decade, I’ve always been around helping out. I don’t see myself moving anywhere else. I feel like everything I need is right here.”
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