"Trust companies have no love of the land. They don’t understand a farmer’s love of his soil. To them it’s just a commodity like ticker tape on the stock exchange. Just numbers." Keith Berglind, retired farmer | file photo

Landowners advised to get it down on paper

Former farmer tells of how his one chance to buy the family farm was stolen by paperwork almost 60 years ago

Former farmer tells 
of how his one chance to buy the family farm was stolen by paperwork almost 
60 years ago

My name is Keith Berglind. I’m 83. This story is about how my opportunity to buy our third generation Berglind family farm was stolen from me nearly six decades ago. I’ve wanted to tell this story for more than 50 years. This is finally my chance. Maybe just one young farmer will read this and […] Read more