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U.S. farm finances worsen despite aid, Fed reports

By Mike Dorning and Michael Hirtzer, Bloomberg News
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019 Updated Nov 21, 2019

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By Mike Dorning and Michael Hirtzer, Bloomberg News

Farm finances deteriorated across a swath of agricultural states during the summer and early fall despite the Trump administration’s second round of trade aid payments and slightly higher prices, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reported Nov. 14.

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