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Oil Boom Turning Kansas Farmers Into Millionaires

Companies are paying out thousands to lease farmland for drilling.

Companies Pay Out Big Bucks to Lease Land for Drilling

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Farmers Allen and Debbie Francis show ABC News' Sharyn Alfonsi the $174,000 tractor they purchased with their oil lease money. They have become overnight millionaires as oil companies have started to pay thousands of dollars for the right to drill on land. (Jake Whitman/ABC News)
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