Og 10 #140

[aras82]

Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which
farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
A) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is
B )which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, is
C )the collateral which is borrowed against by farmers to get through the harvest season, is
D )which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are
E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are

[cartera]

E......

[mitzi]

Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which
farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
A) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is
declining values... is.. (subject-verb error) --> out
B )which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, is
declining values... is (another subject-verb error) --> out

C )the collateral which is borrowed against by farmers to get through the harvest season, is
declining values... is (one more subject-verb error) --> out

D )which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are
'against' is inappropriately located between 'borrow and to'. --> out

E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are

declining values... are(good); which farmer... season modifies 'the collateral' (good), the location of 'again' is correct. Let's keep it!

therefore IMO is E.
Have I missed anything?