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A landscape of soybeans in the foreground swaying against the wind as a combine makes its way through the field in the background.
Courtesy of Arkansas Farm Bureau
Harvest Public Media
More American farmers are filing for bankruptcy. Here’s why
Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval
Higher costs and lower prices are squeezing farmers out of profitability. That’s led many to file for bankruptcy as a last resort to find aid.

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