1987 Agricultural Research, Southeast Kansas Branch Station

Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

The Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station

The 1987 Agricultural Recovery: A District Perspective

In the ear’ly 1980s, however, it became evident that farm exports would decline and that farm income growth would fall short of earlier expectations. From 1980 to 1986, farmers lost $293 billion in equity as farm real estate values declined to r’eflect the lower’ earning potential. Moreover, as crop prices fell by 14,4 percent from 1980 to 1986, many farmers were unable to meet their debt oblig...