Family farm bankruptcies in 2019 were up 20 percent and the
most in the past eight years according to a new analysis from the American Farm
Bureau.
Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies have increased
consecutively over the past five years, totaling 595 in 2019 with nearly half occurring
in the Midwest.
Wisconsin again had the highest number of filings on top of a record amount in 2018. Georgia had the second-largest amount.
