Arkansas led the nation with 33 Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings in 2025, more than double 2024 and the most filings in the state in the 21st century, according to an American Farm Bureau report ...

A steady increase in cropland rent prices has added a challenge for the state's tenant farmers, who already are weathering ...

Arkansas farms made less money in 2025, according to a report created by the Rural & Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri and the University of Arkansas Division of ...

As farmers continue to face economic and agricultural difficulties, a farmer-owned cooperative will return $280 million in net earnings to eligible customer-owners through its patronage program in ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas farmers face an 8% drop in net income next year, with crop losses from spring flooding driving the decline. However, economists say 2026 may see higher soybean and ...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — While at Helms Dairy in Arkadelphia, Richard Helms likes to begin his day at 4:30 in the morning. Like clockwork, he and the dogs get the cows ready for their first milking of the ...

Arkansas introduces rice program in schools to teach students about the grain, support local farmers and address food insecurity.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Farm Bureau (ARFB) responded to the Trump Administration's recent $12 billion farm aid package, stating that the issues that farmers face "far exceeds" the monetary ...

BALD KNOB, Ark. – The income of Arkansas farmers is trending in the positive direction for the first time in two years, but there’s a catch. It is not because most farmers are turning a profit.

House Republicans are including major changes to U.S. agriculture policy and food assistance in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” with implications for Arkansas commodity farmers and food ...

THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING IT, QUOTE: "ABSURD AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL." AGRICULTURE IS THE NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY IN ARKANSAS. CONTRIBUTING NEARLY 30-BILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE'S ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO THE ...

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