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Katie Wedell, USA TODAY NETWORK, Lucille Sherman, USA TODAY NETWORK and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest
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American farmers produce nearly all of the country’s food and contribute some $133 billion annually to the gross domestic product.
Yet they now are saddled with near-record debt, declaring bankruptcy at rising rates and selling off their farms amid an uncertain future clouded by climate change and whipsawed by tariffs and bailouts.
For some, the burden is too much to bear.
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