Long ago — when the bulk of the southern Minnesota market valued good farmland at less than $2,000 per acre — my brother faced a difficult decision. A parcel went on the market for $1,600 an acre. A ...

Indiana ag lender Joe Kessie graduated from Purdue University in 1983 with a degree in ag finance – during the height of the 1980s farm crisis. “I think only about 25% of the graduates in the ag ...

Editor's note: This is the first part in a series looking at the farm crisis of the 1980s. FARGO, N.D. | Today’s older farmers remember the 1980s farm credit crisis, but the younger ones can barely ...

A grim economic outlook for U.S. corn and soybean farmers is inviting comparisons with the devastating farm economy of the 1980s. While there are key differences, smaller and mid-sized farmers are at ...

Columnist Mychal Wilmes recalls the struggles his parents and a brother went through to survive the financial crisis conditions in farming.

BISMARCK — Sarah Vogel was uniquely prepared to have a leading part in the 1980s farm crisis. A granddaughter of Frank A. Vogel, chief adviser to Bill Langer, the famous Nonpartisan League party ...

“I’ve definitely made mistakes and decisions that were expensive,” Klinefelter says. “So far, I’ve been able to get through to the other side of them.” Fall’s sun drapes across the sky in Nokomis, Ill ...

You can still see the effects of the farm crisis when you drive through Iowa's countryside or small towns. There are many changes that aren’t as easy to see with how the business of farming has ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - More than 3 in 5 Iowa farmers say they’re pessimistic about their economic future... That’s according to a December 2024 poll from Iowa State University. That survey also ...

You can still see the effects of the farm crisis when you drive through Iowa's countryside or small towns, and many changes aren’t as easy to see. Decades after the crisis, it’s even harder to ...