Cute user name. The farm crisis was anything but cute. I watched it up close and live with weekend auctions and crying farm families. With that said, farmers were being paid not to grow crops and there was a great deal of loan abuse. Those who had strong farms and knew how to manage a business made it. Those who didn't, lost everything. The banks were not the only ones to blame, but it was definitely a sad time in the midwest.
Cute user name. The farm crisis was anything but cute. I watched it up close and live with weekend auctions and crying farm families. With that said, farmers were being paid not to grow crops and there was a great deal of loan abuse. Those who had strong farms and knew how to manage a business made it. Those who didn't, lost everything. The banks were not the only ones to blame, but it was definitely a sad time in the midwest.
This is related to the midwest farm crisis of the 1980s. See this article for detailed info: http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id395.htm.
Cute user name. The farm crisis was anything but cute. I watched it up close and live with weekend auctions and crying farm families. With that said, farmers were being paid not to grow crops and there was a great deal of loan abuse. Those who had strong farms and knew how to manage a business made it. Those who didn't, lost everything. The banks were not the only ones to blame, but it was definitely a sad time in the midwest.
Cute user name. The farm crisis was anything but cute. I watched it up close and live with weekend auctions and crying farm families. With that said, farmers were being paid not to grow crops and there was a great deal of loan abuse. Those who had strong farms and knew how to manage a business made it. Those who didn't, lost everything. The banks were not the only ones to blame, but it was definitely a sad time in the midwest.