GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) - While many think tariffs are behind the struggles Tennessee farmers are facing this harvest season, some say stagnant prices and soaring input costs are the real culprits.

Tennessee Farm Bureau Director of Communications Lee Maddox said he's "extremely concerned about where our farmers are going to be at the end of this year and especially going into next year," adding that the agriculture industry in the state lost $430 million last year and $730 million over the past two years, well before the latest tariffs were in place.

"We were already seeing these low prices, and of course, there is a supply and demand situation that takes place there," Maddox said. "But the inflation costs do not add up to the price that farmers get for the crops they produce."

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