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"So many farmers are so focused on surviving with this cashflow and working capital crisis."

Farmer Chris Gibbs gives an unvarnished look at the state of U.S. agriculture

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Lori Ann LaRocco
Apr 10, 2026
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I have been covering the challenges facing U.S. agriculture since the first Trade War. Back in 2018, when I was writing “Trade War Containers Don’t Lie: Navigating the Bluster”, I met farmer and cattlemen Chris Gibbs.

Gibbs farms more than 500 acres of wheat, corn, soybeans, and alfalfa hay in Ohio, and has a 90-head cow-calf operation.

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