A retired fifth-generation farmer here, Donald Bockhoven, says the most abused tax breaks are for sale of firewood.

Mr. Lake, a fifth-generation farmer whose 1,400 acres are planted with corn and soybeans - "a cow-chow factory," he calls it - has had a computer since 1988.

ROB COLE, 76, is a fifth-generation farmer in the town of Newfoundland.

"People told me I was going to get angry at God for letting this happen to me," said Mr. Hoffmeister, a fifth-generation farmer.

Jack Hoeffner, 61 and a fifth-generation farmer, grows 40 acres of pumpkins on his 400-acre produce farm here.

Being a farmer these days can be pretty dicey, says Mr. Hill, a fifth-generation farmer.

As a fifth-generation farmer representing one of the largest agriculture districts in the country, I look forward to sharing with my colleagues our stories about our way of life.

Gayle White, a fifth-generation farmer from Oklahoma, on the challenges facing the family farm.

For the first time in more than 40 years, Bill Smith, a fifth-generation farmer here, was not at the meeting.

Chris Stoney, a 32-year-old fifth-generation farmer who grew up mustering cattle on his grandfather's mountain lease, was our guide.