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Farmers in crisis as operating costs soar, prices fall

The Department of Agriculture predicts farmers' incomes will drop an additional nine percent in 2017, extending the worst slide in generations. As David Begnaud reports, that is due to a drop in commodity prices and rising costs of operating farms.
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