Economic pain reaches America’s farm belt
The American farm belt is sliding through a painful recession, and seventh-generation Illinois farmer John Yeley is no longer sure he wants his children to inherit the land his family has worked since 1852.
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The American farm belt is sliding through a painful recession, and seventh-generation Illinois farmer John Yeley is no longer sure he wants his children to inherit the land his family has worked since 1852.
Yeley has farmed for 26 years just over the Indiana line.
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The American farm belt is sliding through a painful recession, and seventh-generation Illinois farmer John Yeley is no longer sure he wants his children to inherit the land his family has worked since 1852. Yeley has farmed for 26 years just over the Indiana line.
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Yeley has farmed for 26 years just over the Indiana line.
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