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Grain Prices Down For First Time In Years

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Farmers in the Midwest are facing a situation they haven’t seen for a while. Grain prices are down. And after some of the most lucrative years they’ve ever seen, some producers could lose money on this year’s crop.

Grant Gerlock from Here & Now contributor Harvest Public Media reports on how farmers are managing the downturn, and how it could affect the rest of the rural economy.

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This segment aired on September 21, 2015.

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