Agman:

 I am not bitching,  but I see the realties.  I did not sign my name to a note that charged plus 15% interest.  No matter what some of our self proclaimed experts told us,  while at that time I didn't pay much attention to return on investment or return on assets, I could not see any way that the return for the ag producer could pay that kind of interest.

Actually for me, I benefited by the 1980s farm crisis, it presented opportunities that may not have been there otherwise.  But I will never say it was good.  Just in my neighborhood and surrounding communities, there was stress,  attempted suicide, divorce, foreeclosures,  bank failures, and whole families who resorted to drinking to escape.  Although we have mostly recovered, there was damage to the community that will never be repaired.

  One thing I hope we learned from it is to not listen to those self-proclaimed experts, who like to offer advise, but leave to risk to someone else.   There are no silver bullets.

When I look back to the history of my family, I believe they came into this area to make homesteads, not to get rich quick, but they believed that land ownership ment security.