LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The net income for Arkansas farmers is dropping by 8% in 2025 alone, according to a report by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center.
There has been quite a bit working against farmers this year, particularly torrential rainfall and declining crop prices. Hunter Biram, an extension economist with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, suggests that the best-case scenario of Arkansas farmers at this point is still not promising.
“We do not account for farmers to be able to pay themselves a wage, so the best-case scenario for a farmer is to volunteer their time to show up and plant the crop and break even.”…