To work UI land, farmers say they must 'pay up or get out'
By Christine Des Garennes
Sunday November 4, 2007
Robert K. O'Daniell
Gene, left, and Ken Thurman have farmed what is now the UI Hunter farm near Sidney for decades. In the future, the land will be rented to the highest bidder.
SIDNEY – Ken Thurman – everyone around here calls him Kenny – lives in the only farmstead on a stretch of road locals call the Sidney-Philo blacktop.
Just look for the green-and-yellow John Deere mailbox.
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