Farmers have been relying on the high value of their land to get them through years of low commodity prices
Farmers have been relying on the high value of their land to get them through years of low commodity prices
Land accounts for 80 percent of farm assets according to the Department of Agriculture. So farmers are using their land as collateral to face low commodity prices, but the amount of production that farmers need to service their debt is rising.
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