1980s Farm Crisis

Historical reflections on the 1980s’ U.S. farm crisis

Jaclyn Krymowski · October 13, 2021

As an agriculture community, we tend to do a lot of rubbernecking at days gone by. Not having quite as many decades under my belt as many of my peers, I never really understood that. That is until I started really paying some more mind to agricultural history, especially by those who lived it. It […]

University of Iowa: Farmer suicides high since 1980s farm crisis

AGDAILY Reporters · June 14, 2017

It’s been over 30 years since the 1980s farm crisis and according to a new study from the University of Iowa — the number of suicides among farmers and farm workers in the United States has remained stubbornly high ever since. The study examined suicides and homicides among farmers and agricultural workers across the country […]