For 13th Straight month, Rural Economies Slump In Creighton University Economist Survey; Farm Loans Being Restructured

From the Omaha World-Herald:



Weak farm income is affecting loans in the rural Midwest, according
to a survey of bankers in the region, as the rural economy declined for
the 13th straight month and the outlook leading into 2017 remains
dreary.

With grain prices slumping, Creighton University economist
Ernie Goss said, farm income is slated to drop by 12 percent from 2015,
prompting “an