1980s Farm Crisis: Origins, myths and realities: Jerusalem artichoke miracle crop was a sign FARGO, N.D. -- Today's older farmers remember the 1980s farm credit crisis, but the younger ones who ...

The 1980s: A time when farming ended too soon for many Mychal Wilmes reflects on the difficult conversations and losses he witnessed as a journalist covering the devastating farm crisis of the 1980s.

The figures reflect a level of strain on the U.S. farm belt that is comparable to the agricultural crisis of three decades ago, this time driven by lingering weakness in commodity prices, storms ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says the current agriculture climate doesn’t look much different from the 1980s, a time many farmers would like to forget.

Historian Jim Roe is developing a presentation on west central Minnesota's role in the eventful period surrounding the Farm Crisis of the 1980s for the West Central Historical Association.