By Sunni Battin

news@marhsallindependent.com

It’s a day that neither Altermatt sisters Miranda or Kaycee quite envisioned — taking over the family farm near Lamberton — especially at the ages of 20 and 22 respectively.

But in 2012 their father suddenly passed in a boating accident. Then came the question from their grandfather if they wanted to run the farm together.

“Our dad was the type of person to help anyone at anytime. In farming, you help your neighbors,” Kaycee said. So when their dad died, “neither one of us hesitated, and we both said yes right away,” Miranda added when they were asked to take helm of the 1,300 acre farm.

Then the learning came, and there was lots of it.

For instance, Kaycee recalls driving a combine for the first time. “I was shaking the whole time and it

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