BURLESON COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Often children move away from the farm or ranch, but sometimes when the next generation wants to come back to the family business, it can be an economic challenge for the operation to support more than one family.

That can require the creation of new revenue streams."I started off the day working, you know, a day working cowboy. Then, I started working at some of these auction barns and just doing whatever it took to make a living," Pete Scarmardo, a Burleson County rancher, said.

"Our sons, they all wanted to stay and work with us, and I just feel very blessed that we had enough to do where we could all make a living."Scarmardo's cattle operation is headquartered in Burleson County, but his family business has grown to be diversified with other agribusiness enterprises."They all have a little bit of a different interest, but it's still all in our ag-related businesses. Scott runs Brazos Valley Livestock, runs auction barn for us. Craig, he manages Scarmardo Cattle Company and buys and trades cattle and then Scarmardo Ranches. He helps me with all the day-to-day operations of Scarmardo Ranches," Scarmardo said.