1980s Farm Crisis Comparison: Then and Now In his continuing look at how today compares to the last big farm crisis of the 1980s, Mikkel Pates gets the perspective of the Steffes family, whose auction ...

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 ...

After more than 260 years, the last cow has left Leesburg. Maude last week found a new home in the Hillsboro countryside.

FARGO — Today’s older farmers remember the 1980s farm credit crisis, but the younger ones can barely imagine what it was like. Themes are eerily familiar: a dramatic rise in farm equity, followed by ...

The farm crisis in the 1980s left a deep mark on the ­Midwest. It was the worst downturn in farming since the Depression. After an unprecedented boom in demand for wheat ended, thousands of farmers ...

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. - Bob Worth barely kept his composure as he revealed two close friends, both fellow farmers, recently committed suicide. They killed themselves over agriculture stresses, he said, ...

Rockwell City, Ia. — A twisted shaft in Randy Souder's corn head earlier this month had him calling a half-dozen Midwest suppliers to see if he could replace the part. More than likely, he'll repair ...

LISMORE, Minn. – About 30 years ago in the midst of one of the worst farming downturns in the Midwest since the Great Depression, Gene Metz of Lismore was "real close" to being out of farming. The ...