US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn

A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to capitalize on an explosion of urbanites looking to spend time in the countryside. Her guests, mostly Chicago-area professionals, offer a steady flow of income in an increasingly unstable agricultural economy. Thompson, who also raises animals for meat at her farm, Pink River Ran