A generation of Texas farmers are retiring. It’s not clear who will replace them.

Tanner Heffington, left, talks to Jimmy Drake. Drake passed on his farm and equipment to long-time neighbor Heffington last year, making this the first time in more than 70 years that a member of the Drake family didn’t harvest the land. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

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