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Are farmers today headed for a repeat of the 1980s farm crisis?

For the last few years, corn and soybean farmers have faced low commodity prices and rising fertilizer and fuel costs. Many of them worry about whether they’ll turn a profit this year and are concerned about it being a repeat of the 1980s farm crisis.

Harvest Public Media’s Hope Kirwan reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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