When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s - Paperbackby Pamela Riney Kehrberg (Author) Winner: Dorothy Schwieder Excellence in Research Award Tucked into the files of Iowa State University's Cooperative Extension Service is a small, innocuous looking pamphlet with the title Lenders: Working through the Farmer Lender Crisis. The Cooperative Extension Service intended this publication to improve bankers' empathy and communication skills, especially when facing farmers showing "Suicide Warning Signs."