Report: Minnesota farmers’ incomes plummet

Farmers’ incomes plummeted last year across Minnesota, according to a new report. Median net income dropped by two-thirds in 2009, from $91,000 to $33,000, for 3,000 Minnesota farms participating in a joint report released last week by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and University Minnesota Extension.

By: By Jon Swedien , Forum Communications Co. , The Jamestown Sun