HENDERSON, Ky. — Lois Book Harper has lived in the same area in Henderson, Kentucky, for her almost 80 years of life. She and her late husband bought the Windy Hill Farm in 1970.

“I can’t wait to get out there and start seeing the plants come up out of the ground," she said. "I mean, that’s what I’ve always done, and I love it. It’s like, in your blood."

At one point, they owned about 500 acres of farmland across Henderson County. Now, Harper said she’s down to about 85 acres and looking to downsize more.

“I’m in the process of selling it; that’s what all that is,” she said, pointing to a stack of plots on her table.

The farmers who rent her land used to alternate corn and soybeans, but because of the weather in recent years, that has stopped.

“This will be the fourth year of soybeans

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