Causes and Impact | 1980s Farm Crisis

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Iowa PBS IPTV Iowa Public Television Farm Crisis rural America family farm 1983 drought 1988 drought public farm auction 1980s America recession agriculture farming 1980s economic crisis 1930s America Great Depression farmer US History American agriculture economic depression inflation interest rates FED Federal Reserve rural banks grain embargo United States U.S. history us history history American history social studies ushist22 jimmy carter president carter paul volcker
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History-Social Science
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Causes and Impact | 1980s Farm Crisis

Explore the causes and the later impact of the 1980s farm crisis on commercial agriculture in the United States in this media gallery with clips from Iowa PBS’s documentary The Farm Crisis. In the 1980s, thousands of American farmers were forced into bankruptcy, land values dropped by one-third nationally, and sky-high interest rates turned successes into failures seemingly overnight.
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PBS Learning Media

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