There have been comments to the effect that the son was not ready or capable to take over. While anything is possible what happens all too often is the problem rests with dad. Dad only wants to relinquish a minimal amount of power or assets. Going further dad wants things run just like when he was a young man even though there are better and/or more profitable ways to do things today. Dad won't step back and is losing his ability to run equipment so dad runs the tractor using the clutch and brake pedals as foot rests. Tractor is soon at dealer's shop with big repair bill waiting. Just because dad developed gray hair does not mean he was the best manager the farm could have. At Cornell I received a big earful as to not judging by what we see on the surface when looking at a farm business. The equipment and buildings could be clean and nice but that does not mean a train wreck was not decades in the making in terms of management. I see examples right in the area. A son is doing heavy labor at age 65 away from the farm while dad is home running the field cultivator on flat tires and driving like he just went through a couple cases of cheap beer. A 100 foot section of road has serious damage from a chisel plow when dad forgot to raise it to head back to the house. In this example dad was not even 70 years of age and he never let the boys run tractor so the blame lays with only one person.
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