Duration of decline tops magnitude as farm income issue

When the commodity boom collapsed in 2014, U.S. farm income plunged along with it. While there are signs that income is stabilizing, economists Brent Gloy and Dave Widmar say their foremost concern “is more about the duration than the magnitude” with the fourth year of persistently low income going into the books. “The longer that… » Read More

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