Farm Crisis Then and Now
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 5 | 8m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Back in 1984 current Almanac producer Brendan Henehan filed a report on the farm...
Back in 1984 current Almanac producer Brendan Henehan filed a report on the farm crisis for the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour. Fifteen years later he checks up on the Gerald and Alicia Koenen family of Paynesville. Back in 1984 they had to file for bankruptcy to hang on to their farm... and they still struggle with their dream of running a family dairy operation.
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Farm Crisis Then and Now
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 5 | 8m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Back in 1984 current Almanac producer Brendan Henehan filed a report on the farm crisis for the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour. Fifteen years later he checks up on the Gerald and Alicia Koenen family of Paynesville. Back in 1984 they had to file for bankruptcy to hang on to their farm... and they still struggle with their dream of running a family dairy operation.
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