Midwest farm economies suffered while some Sun Belt states kept rolling in early 2025

Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on an economic winning streak, according to a Stateline analysis of federal economic data for the first quarter. GARY STONE, NEBRASKA EXTENSION/UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN via STATES NEWSROOM
BY TIM HENDERSON Stateline Tariffs, deportations threaten economic damage in the still-thriving southeast United States Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies…
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