Farmers in crisis turn to high-interest loans as banks pull back


FINANCIAL stress is mounting in the Farm Belt, pushing more growers to take on high-interest loans outside traditional banks to stay in business.

After his local farm bank wouldn’t lend him as much as he said he needed in 2017, Iowa farmer James Kron turned to Ag Resource Management LLC, a Texas-based financial-services firm. Now, when he takes his corn and soybeans to grain elevators near his farm, he signs the checks over to ARM until his loan is paid back in full.

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