Lauren Swann of New Albany, looking out at the Red Hill Bottom acreage in the Fairfield Community where she and her husband Rhett grow cotton, hoping for no more rain. Thursday, May 15, 2025. Heavy rains have made the fields too muddy for farming equipment, delaying planting. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Amid falling crop prices and rising input costs – and tariffs – some Mississippi growers say something’s got to give.
Mike Graves deferred payments to John Deere for the first time in a half century of farming in 2024.
