Mr. Good said he knew of "no other working family farm anywhere in country with the kind of room they have."

Mr. Good said the researchers did not download the files for fear of violating computer crime laws.

"Image is very important in this business," Mr. Good said.

"If something breaks, you have less than 24 hours to fix it," Mr. Good said.

"It takes about six hours to set up," Mr. Good said.

Instead, Mr. Good said, his wife was "treated like a white rat."

She was also told not to take any drugs in the meantime, Mr. Good said.

But Mr. Good said that he and his wife needed hope, which is what the studies gave them.

Mr. Good said he thought the leveraged buyout business would hold up.

Mr. Good, the marketing specialist, said many farmers fell in the middle range.