Financial

Farmers have to bet the farm on their yearly farm loans, just to stay in business. Federal loan programs don’t help most farmers.

Farmers are more and more indebted. They may be land rich, but they are increasingly cash poor. If they can’t find a lender to refinance, they lose their land.

A boondoggle for wealthy farmers and insurance companies. Taxpayers spend billions on it, but 47% goes to private insurance companies, and small farmers can’t get in on it.