Well, my Dad inherited his family farm in Minnesota, but that was in the days when farming was diversified, so you didn't just milk, or as upper midwest dairy farmers say, "mewk," cows. You farmed grain, beef cows, dairy, hogs, etc.
My Mom wanted nothing to do with the country life any longer, so he handed it off to his brother and we moved to the city (albeit in the country). My uncle then ran it as a dairy and grain farm, which is unusual today.
And, yes, our Minnesota bordered Canada too.