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Family farm members have different names, same purpose

Phyllis Coulter
Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020 Updated Feb 11, 2020

Logan Manuel and Austin O'Neall talk about seed selection. Austin is part of a family farm, O'Neall Scholl, where the owners aren't all related by blood, but by purpose.
Photo courtesy Davis Fulton Photography

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COOKSVILLE, Ill. — The Scholl and O’Neall families have been neighbors and acquaintances for at least four generations, and business partners for 20 years.

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