i would think there have been thousands of family buisness over the years ,not just farming that have been ruined by haveing a controlling member who exerts their will over everyone else in the family /buisness...these poeple can be thought of as control freaks / phycos /dillusions of grandure /never wrong /geriatric toddlers/my way or the highway......The people who suffer fron the condition of PATHALOGICAL NARCASSISM wreek havock on those around them and have probably led to more (in this case) farming family breakdowns/farm breakdowns/sales etc that probably any other factor other than financial or no future generations to come back .Bear in mind that a personality disorder is by definition a disorder of a persons personality....it cant be fixed with drugs or therapy as the person wont think there is anything wrong with them (IT ALL EVERONE ELSES FAULT)....if anyone out there reading this post and can relate to being in a position of being controlled by someone else ,then i highly recommend you research this condition and then reaserch the effects it will have on yourselfs and you might have that lightbulb moment that can explain why you feel /act /react to your own circumstances. In my circumstances it enabled me to realise why i did or didnt do things ,why i didnt want to get into a confrontation or argue with this person as i would always lose irrispective if i was right or wrong... I googled 'the effects a pathalogical narcassist has on their family/children' PLEASE TAKE 10 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE TO READ ABOUT THIS CONDITION and the damage it can cause to anyone who is unlucky enough to be caught in these peoples orbit of influence,,,,,,,,,please comment if after doing some reasearch it has alterred your perseption as to why what is happening to you ,is happening to you........i put up with being coercively controlled for decades and now after reading about this condition that someone else has i can start to deal with the issues it has created ....good luck and hope someone benifits from the insight you hopefully will gain