GARLAND CITY, Ark. - Times are tough for America’s farmers.

According to the Arkansas Extension Cooperative, the widening gap between expenses and revenue has created a financial farming crisis, but help could soon be on the way.

High input costs, falling commodity prices, tariff and trade wars, economic conditions and weather are some of the major factors impacting farming communities across the nation.

“Unknown, I guess would be the answer to that. We just don't know,” said Russell Heigle, Miller County, Ark., farmer.

Heigle and his family have been cultivating row crops, like corn, beans, cotton and rice, for several generations in Miller County.

According to the Miller County Extension Agency, all these crops are projected to lose between $85 and $350 per acre.

“Prices aren't gre

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