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What Dad Learned in the '80s

Elizabeth Williams
By  Elizabeth Williams , DTN Special Correspondent
Surviving the 1980s taught Don Cantrell to shrink his operating line to a minimum, a lesson he has passed on to his son, Kyle. (Photo courtesy of the Cantrell family)
Surviving the 1980s taught Don Cantrell to shrink his operating line to a minimum, a lesson he has passed on to his son, Kyle. (Photo courtesy of the Cantrell family)
This fatherly financial advice is meant to prevent heartaches should the farm economy suffer another serious setback. Here's what veterans of the 1980s debt crisis want their children to remember, so their kids don't have to learn the hard way.

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Elizabeth Williams

Elizabeth Williams
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