Arkansas Farmer Adam Chappell: ‘It’s Bad Out There’

Arkansas farmer Adam Chappell is sounding the alarm about the financial challenges facing producers across the state. Once farming 8,000 acres with his brother, Chappell now manages about a third of that land as neighbors leave agriculture behind. He says high input costs, low prices, and market consolidation are pushing 30 to 40 percent of farmers toward bankruptcy. Chappell worries the decades-long decline of family farms is accelerating and wonders if he will be next.