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Rick Crawford Called Trump's Tariffs 'a Powerful Move to Help Support American Ag Producers.' That Same Year, Arkansas Led the Nation in Family Farm Bankruptcies.

Rick Crawford Called Trump's Tariffs 'a Powerful Move to Help Support American Ag Producers.' That Same Year, Arkansas Led the Nation in Family Farm Bankruptcies.

A new University of Arkansas tracking project counts 83 farm bankruptcies in Arkansas since 2021 — second only to California, and the most family-farm filings of any state in the country. Crawford told Arkansas farmers the trade war wouldn't hurt them in 2018 — and was still calling the tariffs a powerful move for farmers in 2025.