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UADA Analysis Shows Arkansas Farmers to Suffer Losses for Corn, Cotton, Long Grain Rice, Soybeans


The analysis, “The State of the Arkansas Crop Economy in 2025,” conducted by Hunter Biram, Ryan Loy, and Scott Stiles, examined net returns on the state’s principal crops. They factored in expected yield, expected price, expected revenues, operating costs and rent.
They found that Arkansas farmers can expect losses of:

• $273.71 per acre for corn
• $352.75 per acre for cotton
• $258.84 per acre for long grain rice
• $85.02 per acre for soybeans.

"The agricultural economy right now is probably in one of the most depressing states that I’ve seen in my career,” Deacue Fields, vice president-agriculture, for the University of Arkansas System, said to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. In addition to leading the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Fields is an agricultural economist.

“No matter what the yields, the prices are so low and expenses so high,” he said. “We had record yields in 2024, and farmers still lost money. You can’t yield your way into profitability this year.”

https://www.agriculture.com/partners-uada-analysis-shows-arkansas-farmers-to-suffer-losses-for-corn-cotton-long-grain-rice-soybeans-11827877