The vice president of data analysis with Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) says the average farmer’s debt to asset ratio is relatively stable. However, Brad Zwilling says that’s because the value of assets continues to rise. “Our debt-to-asset ratio really hasn’t changed much since about 2012.” He says, “So that means that either we’ve […]
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