Could Iowa be facing another 1980s-style farm crisis, a severe downturn marked by foreclosures, suicides and job and population losses?

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 ...

My favorite interview last week was 90-year-old Illinois farmboy John “Jack” Block. Block was former President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Agriculture from 1981 until 1986, the worst of the domestic ...

Iowa’s economy leans heavily on farming, not just crops but agriculture’s ties to giant employers like equipment manufacturers Deere & Co. and Kinze Manufacturing, seed companies Corteva Agriscience ...

U.S. trade policies are compounding preexisting economic challenges, putting farmers on course for a crisis at a scale not seen since the 1980s, American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland ...

A newspaper article that recently appeared in the New York Times is attention grabbing. The Times, which lacks a reputation for paying much attention to agriculture, published a story quoting former ...

There was no shortage of buffalo check flannel and cowboy boots among attendees of Farm Aid’s 40th anniversary concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 20, 2025, but alongside them were just as ...

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 ...