Arkansas led the nation with 33 Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings in 2025, more than double 2024 and the most filings in the state in the 21st century, according to an American Farm Bureau report ...
Data compiled by the American Farm Bureau Federation show 315 bankruptcy filings in 2025, which is a 46% increase from 2024.
Chapter 12 Bankruptcy provides family farmers with flexibility to carry on normal business operations while making reasonable payments towards their debt load, even when facing the risk and ...
photo credit: Arkansas Farm Bureau, used with permission. Despite the overall drop in Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings in 2022, filings were not down in every region in 2022, like they were in 2021. In ...