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Luke Langford Family Farm Essay
Luke Langford’s small farm
“Cypress Cattle” Reflection

Luke Langford’s small farm business is within his family farm “Cypress Cattle & Produce Company”. The farm has a variety of commodities including beef cattle, produce, a saw mill, as well as seasonal items. This fall Mr. Langford has a sunflower patch, a pumpkin patch with pumpkins of all sizes, a large corn maize for entertainment, a baby animal petting zoo in his barn, as well as his normal farming operations.

While the family small farm has been around longer, Mr. Langford has been farming for twenty-four years on the family farm. He is originally from Ponce de Leon but currently lives in Freeport. He started the produce market and took over the family farm around the time he

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