open,but closed....
Lonely farmhouse east of Stillwell,IL. Many places in this area of Illinois still is in the throes of a depression that started in the '70s and reached its peak in the early '80s.Family farms were shuttered,rural towns and businesses dried up,and lives were shattered.Big farms got bigger as they bought up foreclosed farms for pennies on the dollar.Now 30 years later,many areas have seen a rebound in farmland prices but with sinking commodity prices,are we set for a repeat of the '80s?Hopefully the lessons learned from that time will guide us now...
The door of this abandoned farm may be open,but the door is pretty much closed for anyone hoping to get into farming now.
open,but closed....
Lonely farmhouse east of Stillwell,IL. Many places in this area of Illinois still is in the throes of a depression that started in the '70s and reached its peak in the early '80s.Family farms were shuttered,rural towns and businesses dried up,and lives were shattered.Big farms got bigger as they bought up foreclosed farms for pennies on the dollar.Now 30 years later,many areas have seen a rebound in farmland prices but with sinking commodity prices,are we set for a repeat of the '80s?Hopefully the lessons learned from that time will guide us now...
The door of this abandoned farm may be open,but the door is pretty much closed for anyone hoping to get into farming now.