Despite growing up on a multigenerational farm in eastern Colorado, Stephanie and Felicia Ohnmacht never planned to go into the family business. From a young age, their parents insisted they enroll in college and pursue careers outside of agriculture, in fields that weren’t subject to the whims of Mother Nature.

They both did for a while. After attending the University of Colorado in Boulder, Stephanie, the middle of three children, went into the telecommunications industry and Felicia, the youngest, worked in project management for a semiconductor company. For a time, the family estate in Burlington, called Gergen Farms, felt like a relic from their past that they’d have to handle once their parents passed.

“We were pretty disconnected from it,” Felicia said. “We toss ourselves under th

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