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And thanks. A large white sign, a Sentinel, the size you'd see along the highway guards one of the

Easter days' farms near the Columbia River. On the white

background in Big Maroon Riding it says Easter Day Farms, private road, no

trespassing. The big Steerhead family brand is stamped there too.

Beyond the sign and a big metal gate rolls a ribbon of freshly grated gravel road.

It slices through the verdant fields down a hill and beyond it,

the Columbia River.

But this big old sign is coming down.

The Easter Day family was forced to sell off this massive farm and several others.

It's all a result of the Ag Titan's major bankruptcy. The value of this land is incredible, but really

it's the water. The Columbia Basin is a desert until you put water on it. Out here, rainwater is

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