KARK
STUTTGART, Ark. – Arkansas farmers are warning that without immediate relief, the state could face a cascading crisis that stretches far beyond the fields, threatening schools, small businesses, and entire rural communities.
On Tuesday, lawmakers gathered at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart, moving the House Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Subcommittee meeting out of the Capitol so farmers in the middle of harvest could attend. Nearly a hundred filled the room, sharing testimony that was often blunt but deeply personal.
“Generations at Risk”
For many, the issue is about more than numbers. It’s about legacy.
“The current agricultural climate doesn’t just threaten to take away our livelihoods, but it promises to take away what hard-working Arkansans have worked generatio
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