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Dr. Farmer reflects on the farm crisis of mid-80s and how similar causes of easy credit and lax lending coupled with inflating assets create debt problems for individuals and companies. The current crisis is compunded by the securitization of debt and sold by investment bankers as an investment opportunity.

This article describes mistakes farmers make during highly profitable years that involve pride and greed. They fail to account for an eventual downturn in market conditions and take on too much debt in their expansion phase.

This article describes the impact of the population loss on the people of the Great Plains states. The forces that affect the economy of the Great Plains states are also described.

This article is based on research showing the factors on how sons decide whether or not to take up farming.

This article describes the reactions of two farm women to two of the main frustrations of family farming, economics and farming with the in-laws. What was hoped for isn't working out and there is a lot of sadness and hopelessness to their lives.