Ron Cashdollar is a Bedford County farmer with an eye to the future and a worry that little pieces of the farm business are being lost every season.

For example, he points out that a man who, for years, milled tractor heads closed his doors because he couldn’t find anyone to take over the business. Now an entire community of farmers must travel longer distances to get the work done.

Locally, he says, two business parks boast everything from factories to  (continued...)