The fear is that the problems these farmers and others have will become so severe they won't be able to stay in business. Farmer and machinery dealer Dennis Johnson says what happens next is a simple but important economic lesson - one affecting nearby towns and cities. I look around as a machinery dealer, and I see the lots full of machinery. We can't sell this product if you don't have the buck. The buck starts out on the land, that's where it starts.
Industry is our farmer.
That's our industry here. We live off this soil and this land. Part of that industry was visible just beyond the county fairgrounds where the rally was held. The fields of corn and soybeans are ready for harvesting, but they have far less value than expected. Most of the crop will not be sold.