As farmers got in trouble, banks, the FDIC and sheriffs had to serve foreclosure papers. Some farmers met the Sheriff with a gun. Some offices were burned. From the 1990 NET program, After the Last Harvest
By the 1980s, the situation in agriculture was worse. At least a third of Nebraska farmers were in danger of loosing their farms. Banks were foreclosing on loans to farmers, and auctions were increasing, selling off ...
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