Crumbling barns signal tumultuous change in Iowa

Barns collapsing from disrepair reveal that the social and agricultural landscape of Iowa has changed drastically over the past half century. Farms have consolidated, competition for land is cutthroat and intensely political, and depopulation is the norm. The soaring price and volume of necessary inputs and technology has made mega-farms almost a requirement, and the social consequences are legion.
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