More Minnesota farmers filed for bankruptcy in 2025 as high input costs and low prices for most agricultural commodities squeezed profit margins, the American Farm Bureau Federation said in a report ...

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 jumped 46% in 2025, with the Midwest hit hardest. Many families are struggling as crop losses and market pressures force them to seek Chapter 12 relief.

WASECA, Minn. ― Leaders from the agency regulating the nation's largest provider of financing for agriculture made a visit to Minnesota and Iowa to expose Washington, D.C.-based staff to Midwest ...

A new study shows a threefold increase in Midwest farm acres using the offseason crops to help protect the soil and reduce runoff, but it still makes up less than 8% of all farmland. Tim Gottman’s ...

In a survey by the Ninth District of the Federal Reserve Bank, of Minneapolis, lenders share details of continued lower income and spending and higher demand for loans during the fourth quarter of ...

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 ...

In mid-year looks at land prices in several Midwest states, prices have soared so far. According to the 2022 Purdue Farmland Values report, farmland went up 30 to 34% in Indiana again this year. “The ...

Zemua Baptista had dreamed his whole life of becoming a farmer. In late 2019, while still in college, he was able to get a contract and a beginning farmer loan to build eight chicken houses to raise ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — The Midwest Industrial Park will soon grow by 326 acres. The Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County board of directors voted Friday during a special meeting to exercise an ...

JANESVILLE, Wis-- For 33 years, Pam Jahnke has been the go-to source for everything agriculture. Jahnke will be honored with the Governor's Legacy Award on March 12 at the Wisconsin Governor's ...