This Extended Family Makes Partnership Farming Fun
BY LOU ANN GOOD
Friends warned Dennis and
Karen Lehman, not to tty a farm
ing partnership. “It will never
work,” they said.
But Dennis and Karen did enter
a farm partnership with Karen’s
parents, Jog and Betty Martin, and
they are glad they did.
Why does this family partner
ship at Route 3, Manheim, work
when so many other joint ventures
Karen blanches the corn while her mother con
tinues cutting it off the cob.
end in broken relationships, anger
and disillusionment?
The parents say, “In a partner
ship everyone must be willing to
give and take.”
“Yes,” Karen agreed, “commu
nication is the big key.” She added,
“That means decisions must be
made together. We talk it out until
we agree.”
The Martin’s are convinced that
they could not have a better son-in-
law. Still, when they first dis
cussed the partnership, Betty said,
“We realized that Dennis would
have younger ideas and we must
accept that”
On the other hand the Lehmans
ee generations are busy husking corn. From
Lehman, La Vonne Lehman and Betty Martin.
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