Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 — to 315 filings compared to 216 in 2024, marking the third year in a row that filings increased, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The ...

Farm bankruptcies surged 46% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of increases. Declining farm income and rising debt are pushing farmers to the brink.

Upper Midwest farm incomes and investment fell in late 2025, and most surveyed ag lenders expect further declines despite ...

Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on an ...

Located 20 miles from St. Louis, Claverach Farm has been in Sam Hilmer’s family for more than a century. Located on roughly 300 acres, the farm is where Sam and his wife, Rachel, grow a variety of ...

Steve Robisky (CQ), a Cedar Falls farmer, sows seeds for native prairie plants into a field for a private customer in rural Cedar Falls on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Robisky started farming 21 years ...

The farm bill has been extended for one year as part of legislation to reopen the federal government. The extension reauthorizes key initiatives like the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the ...

Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on an ...