She watched them remove the rest of the machinery out last sunday. Idiot me, I had to go take a look. I couldn’t stop crying. I feel like I am grieving a loss. This is the push my mom needed to finally go see her lawyer. Since my brother is still not communicating with either of us. She is sending a certified letter asking him what are his intentions regarding the farming of the land he is renting. Is it wrong to hang on to some hope that someday he will call me. Yet everybody warns me to stay away. I have been really struggling with eating and emotions and blaming myself. I don’t know if there is a question but I needed to process all of this.
You may never know exactly why your brother decided to stop farming. Maybe he has been thinking about it for awhile and the events of the past year or so resulted in him making a decision.
Go ahead and hang on to the hope that someday your brother will talk to you. I don't know the answer, but as you said, you "needed to process of this."
For right now, your Mom still has HER farm and I am glad that she is talking to a lawyer and sending a certified letter to your brother "asking him what are his intentions regarding the farming of the land he is renting". Considering how valuable your land is, I am sure that you can find someone to harvest the crop for you this fall.
And of course, "farmers help farmers" when they are in need. So if your brother doesn't harvest the crop or arrange for someone else to harvest the crop, don't be too surprised if one day, a bunch of tractors with corn pickers and combines show up at your Mom's farm and harvest the crop for you. C(:-)