Part 1 of a three-issue series on agriculture explores the breakdown on the ever-expanding fringes of the farm economy that has made long-fixed attitudes and policies about rural America negotiable.


Anger, blame, depression

A hearing in March 1986 at the Colorado State Legislature almost ended in a fist fight when an attorney for the Farmers Home Administration supposedly called a farmer “boy.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/18.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

On playing mouse to a hungry wild cat

The lion now crouched directly in front of the truck, staring at me … Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/18.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The land has got to cash flow

Breakdown on the ever-expanding fringes of the farm economy has made long-fixed attitudes and policies about rural America negotiable. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/18.11/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E