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Worried farmer reading bills at a kitchen table while families visit a pumpkin patch, farm stand and goat pen outside

Farm Bankruptcy Warning Signs: April Filings Jumped 130% Over Last Year. Here's the One Most Farmers Miss Until It's Too Late

April 2026 farm bankruptcies jumped 130% over last year. But filings are the last thing to move. Here's the early warning sign most farmers miss, carryover debt, plus a 10-minute self-check and the way out.

Stephen Loke

23 min read

Two adult siblings standing apart by an old red barn while a young family member welcomes visitor families at an orchard farm stand, showing how siblings who inherit a family farm can turn conflict into an agritourism plan

When Siblings Inherit the Family Farm but Not the Vision: How to Turn the Fight Into a Plan (and Give the Next Generation a Reason to Come Home)

Two siblings want to sell, one wants to keep the home place. Here's what real families learned in court, how to split a farm fairly (not just equally), and how agritourism can create paid roles that bring the next generation home.

Stephen Loke

24 min read